Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 34

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Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 34

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Question 1
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Choose the most appropriate option.
Who has been selected for $$2016$$ BC Roy Award?

A
Dr. N. Bhaskaran

B
Dr. J. Rajendra

C
Dr. Jagat Ram

D
Dr. P Raghu Ram.
Solution
- Dr P Raghu Ram, President of Association of Breast Surgeons of India was awarded prestigious Dr B C Roy national award for outstanding service in the field of socio-medical relief for 2016.
- The BC Roy Award is the highest recognition for medical practitioners in India.
Question 2
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Who has won the 'Times Power Women of the Year 2017' - Pune for Global PR award?

A
Pooja Chopra

B
Sonali Kulkarni

C
Shabnam Asthana

D
Niharika Kumari

Solution

Shabnam Asthana, an Indian public relations expert, speaker, and entrepreneur, has been honoured with the 'Times Power Women of the Year 2017'- Pune for Global PR. The Times Group recently celebrated the invaluable contribution of women by introducing The Times Power Woman 2017 (Pune) awards. These awards were initiated to celebrate the victories of women who have been a great source of inspiration. These awards focused on the women of Pune and the prestigious list included 34 select women with power, supremacy, command and control. These awardees have been instrumental in working towards the improvement of the socio-economic, art, health, education, and fashion, scientific and intellectual potential of the society.
Question 3
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Who has been chosen for the $$2017$$ Saraswati Samman?

A
Vijay Tendulkar

B
Sitanshu Yashaschandra

C
Ramakanta Rath

D
Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam

Solution

Sitanshu Yashaschandra, the Gujarati poet, playwright and academic, has been selected for the $$2017$$ Saraswati Samman for his collection of verses titled 'Vakhar'. The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation, a literary and cultural organisation that also gives the Vyas Samman for Hindi and Bihari Puraskar for Hindi and Rajasthani writers of Rajasthan. It is the highest recognition in the field of Indian literature in the country and carries a citation, a plaque and award money of Rs $$15$$ lakh.
Question 4
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Born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, this Indian film musician, actor, producer, director, and screenwriter is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry. The Madhya Pradesh government instituted an award in his name for contributions to Hindi cinema. What is he better known as?

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B

C

D
Solution
- Kishore Kumar is considered to be a legend in Hindi film world, He excelled as a playback singer, actor, composer, lyrics writer, director, producer and script writer.
- The songs of Kishore Kumar have an extraordinary blend of romance, emotions, naughtiness and melancholy.
Question 5
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Which one of the following is the theme of the Interternational Day for Monuments and sites (World Heritage Day) 2017?

A
The Heritage of Sport

B
Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism

C
Past and Present Heritage

D
Heritage and Science

Solution

Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS celebrates the International Day for Monuments and Sites. The theme for 2017 edition was 'Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism'.
Question 6
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Trained as an artist and a lawyer, he was a Russian who settled in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. He was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture during times of war. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. Who was he?

A

B

C

D
Solution
- Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, and archaeologist. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices.
- Born in Russia, he lived in other parts of Europe and then moved to the UK and the US, where he found recognition for his prolific work. On a spiritual quest, ultimately, he settled in Kullu along the Himalayas.
Question 7
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World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June $$5$$. Every event has a theme like slogans. What was the theme for WED $$2016$$?

A
Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife Trade

B
Seven Billion Dreams. One planet, Consume with Care

C
Connecting People to Nature

D
One earth one Family
Solution
- Every year World Environment Day (WED) is observed on 5 June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth.
- The theme for 2016 was Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife Trade. The theme seeks to encourage conservation of all those species under threat and calls for taking action to help safeguard them for future generations.
Question 8
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Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist best known for writing a book that won the Booker Prize in $$1982$$. It was inspired by Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. It was later adapted to a movie by Steven Spielberg which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Name this classic movie.

A
The Longest Day

B
Schindler's List

C
Patton

D
Saving Private Ryan
Solution
- Schindler's List is a 1993 American movie set in World War II, and directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on Schindler's Ark, a 1982 book by Thomas Keneally.
- The movie and the book owe their names to the list of over a thousand Jews who worked in the title character's factory.
Question 9
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The two highest gallantry awards in India are

A
Param Vir Chakra & Ashok Chakra

B
Param Vir Chakra & Vir Chakra

C
Ashok Chakra & Maha Vir Chakra

D
Param Vir Chakra & Maha Vir Chakra
Question 10
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Michael N Hall has been chosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award of Telangana. He hails from which country?

A
United States

B
France

C
Switzerland

D
Japan

Solution

Eminent molecular biologist Professor Michael N Hall of the Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland, has been chosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award for his pioneering work in discovering the nutrient-activated TOR (Target of Rapamycin) proteins and their central role in the metabolic control of cell growth. The award will be presented to him during BioAsia 2018, an annual flagship event of the Telangana government. The award, instituted in 2004, was in recognition of the transformative advances toward biomedical research and facilitating improvement in human life and was chosen by an international advisory board consisting of eminent personalities of the life sciences industry.