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    Who among the followings has become the first Indian-Origin contestant to win Miss America Pageant?
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    'Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize'is given for outstanding contribution in the fields of ________.
    Solution
    Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes are awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding work in the field of Science. The award is named after the founder Director of CSIR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. He is also known as the Father of Indian Research Laboratories, remembered for having established various chemical labs in the country.
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    Consider the following statements.
    $$1$$. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was founded in $$1965$$.
    $$2$$. Mother Teresa was the first person to get the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
    Which of the statements given is/are correct?
    Solution
    As a tribute to the memory of the late Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and to his life-long dedication to the cause of world peace and international understanding, the Government of India instituted the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1965. It is open to all regardless of nationality, race, creed or sex. Given annually, for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among peoples of the world, the Award carries Rupees 2.5 million in cash and a citation.
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    To integrate cultural leaders into its meeting, which one of the following gives 'Crystal Award'?
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    World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international institution founded by Klaus Schwab, that works to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation. It was established in 1971 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The Crystal Award celebrates leading artists who are role models and exemplify the World Economic Forum’s mission of improving the state of the world.
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    The Nobel Prize was instituted by which country?
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    The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, and/or scientific advances for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. The foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway while the other Nobel prizes are awarded in Sweden.
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    The first Indian Economist who won the Nobel Prize was _________.
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    Amartya Sen was born in Bengal in 1933 (citizen of India). He received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1959 and has been a professor in India, the U.K, and the U.S. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1998 was awarded to Amartya Sen for his several key contributions to the research on fundamental problems in welfare economics.
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    Sabin Award is given for the conservation of __________.
    Solution
    The Sabin Award for Amphibian Conservation, established in 2007, recognises significant contributions of individuals to amphibian conservation. The Award provides a unique opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate some of the truly pioneering work that is going on to understand and tackle the decline and extinction of amphibians worldwide, and to get a sense of the true passion and commitment of the individuals responsible for saving species.
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    Consider about BAFTA Awards.
    $$1$$. It is the British counterpart of the Academy Awards (Oscars).
    $$2$$. It was first awarded in $$1939$$.
    $$3$$. It honours the best national and foreign films.
    Select the correct answer using the codes given.
    Solution

    The British Academy Film Awards, founded in 1947 by the British Film Academy, are annual awards presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honor the best British and international contributions to film.

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    Which among the following awards has been recently instituted by the Government of India for individuals or communities from rural areas that have shown extraordinary courage and dedication in protecting wildlife?
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    In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel prizes?
    Solution

    Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice. Her efforts with her husband Pierre led to the discovery of polonium and radium, and she championed the development of X-rays.

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