Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 25

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Which is the highest literary prize given by the Government of India?

A
Sahitya Akademi Award

B
Kalidas Samman

C
Saraswati Samman

D
Jnanpith Award

Solution

Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary honour. Its name has been taken from Sanskrit words Jnana and Pitha which means knowledge-seat. It was instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by the Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns the Times of India newspaper group.
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Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. National Film Award was started in $$1953$$.
$$2$$. The first award was given to a Marathi film 'Shyamchi Aai' directed by PK Atre.
Which of the statements is/are true?

A
Only $$1$$

B
Only $$2$$

C
None of these

D
All of these

Solution

The National Awards for films, which were started in 1953 as an annual incentive by the Government of India , for the making of artistic, competent and meaningful films have come a long way, to cover the entire national spectrum of Indian Cinema, to judge merit by the highest possible yardstick and to become the most coveted and prestigious awards in the country. Shyamchi Aai, a Marathi film won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film at the National Film Awards in 1954.
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Aegis Graham Bell Awards is intended to promote innovation in the field of ___________.
$$1$$. Telecom
$$2$$. Internet
$$3$$. Media
$$4$$. Education

A
$$2$$ and $$3$$

B
Only $$1$$

C
$$2, 3$$ and $$4$$

D
All of these

Solution

The Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication has established the Aegis Graham Bell Award as a tribute to the father of the telephony, Alexander Graham Bell. The Award is intended to promote innovation, entrepreneurship in the field of Telecom, Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Security to provide recognition for outstanding contributions by the innovators.
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National Urban Water Awards is instituted by Ministry of Urban Development for excellence in ___________.
$$1$$. Services to the Poor
$$2$$. Citizen Services and Governance
$$3$$. Urban Sanitation
$$4$$. Communication Strategy and Awareness Generation

A
$$1, 2, 3$$ and $$4$$

B
$$1$$ and $$3$$

C
$$2$$ and $$4$$

D
Only $$3$$

Solution

The National Urban Water Awards (NUWA) are instituted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India (GoI), in association with the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in urban water management. These awards have been instituted with the explicit purpose of honouring urban local governments, water boards and organizations that assist them in taking significant steps towards effective water management and effecting improvements in service delivery.
Question 5
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'World Cancer Day' is observed every year on __________.

A
February 19th

B
February 4th

C
February 12th

D
January 17th

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World Cancer Day aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against the disease. It was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) as an event to unite the world’s population in the fight against cancer.
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Which one of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
$$1$$. Orange Prize Only for Indians
$$2$$. Pulitzer Prize Journalist of any Origin
$$3$$. Nobel Prize Mathematics

A
Only $$1$$

B
$$1$$ and $$2$$

C
Only $$2$$

D
None of these

Solution

The Women's Prize for Fiction earlier known as the Orange Prize is the UK's most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman. The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. 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.
Question 7
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June 20 is observed as ____________.

A
World Day for War Orphans

B
World Refugee Day

C
World No Tobacco Day

D
International Human Solidarity

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June 20 is the day the world commemorates the strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of refugees. Held every year, World Refugee Day also marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee.
Question 8
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Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Government services
$$2$$. Public service
$$3$$. Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
$$4$$. Emergent Leadership
Choose the correct fields in which Ramon Magsaysay Award is given.

A
$$1, 2$$ and $$3$$

B
$$1$$ and $$2$$

C
$$2, 3$$ and $$4$$

D
All of these

Solution

Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest honour and is often regarded as the region’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It was established in 1957 in the memory of Philippines’ 3rd President Ramon Magsaysay who had died in an air disaster in March 1957. It is awarded annually to individuals or organizations from Asia region for their altruistic and philanthropic service.
Question 9
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Consider the following statements about Pushkin Prize.
$$1$$. This award is given by Russian Federation to any citizen other than Russian for overall contribution in popularisation of Russian culture, language and literature.
$$2$$. This award was established in $$1881$$ to honour one of the greatest Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?

A
Only $$1$$

B
Only $$2$$

C
Both $$1$$ and $$2$$

D
Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$

Solution

The Pushkin Prizes began when some of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's descendants, together with lovers of his work, gathered together in 1987 to mark the 150th anniversary of his death. Lady Butter, inspired to perpetuate her ancestor's memory in a unique and appropriate way, launched the creative writing competition as a pilot project in Scottish secondary schools in Tayside in 1988. The project was such a success that in 1992 a charitable trust was established and since then the opportunity has expanded to include every secondary school in Scotland as well as English language specialist schools in and around Pushkin's home town of St Petersburg.
Question 10
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Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar is given by _____________.

A
Ministry of Culture

B
Ministry of Human Resource Development

C
Ministry of Home Affairs

D
Cabinet Secretariat

Solution

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar instituted by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is given every year for encouraging increased use of Hindi in official business. The Ministry of Home Affairs or Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of India, serving as the Indian State Department. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy.

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Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 25

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Question 1

Sahitya Akademi Award

Kalidas Samman

Saraswati Samman

Jnanpith Award

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Question 2

Only $$1$$

Only $$2$$

None of these

All of these

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Question 3

$$2$$ and $$3$$

Only $$1$$

$$2, 3$$ and $$4$$

All of these

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Question 4

$$1, 2, 3$$ and $$4$$

$$1$$ and $$3$$

$$2$$ and $$4$$

Only $$3$$

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Question 5

February 19th

February 4th

February 12th

January 17th

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Question 6

Only $$1$$

$$1$$ and $$2$$

Only $$2$$

None of these

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Question 7

World Day for War Orphans

World Refugee Day

World No Tobacco Day

International Human Solidarity

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Question 8

$$1, 2$$ and $$3$$

$$1$$ and $$2$$

$$2, 3$$ and $$4$$

All of these

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Question 9

Only $$1$$

Only $$2$$

Both $$1$$ and $$2$$

Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$

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Question 10

Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Home Affairs

Cabinet Secretariat

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