Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 41

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Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 41

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Question 1
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"Harvest" is a play about organ selling in India set in near future. It won the 1997 Onassis Prize as the best new international play. Its multi-talented author is also well-known journalist and comic strip artist. Who wrote this play?

A
Eve Ensler

B
Shobhaa De

C
Manjula Padmanabham

D
Edna Ferber

Solution

Harvest is a play by Manjula Padmanabhan concerned with organic selling in India set in the near future. The play also the 1997 Onassis Prize as the best new international play.
Question 2
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Who got Bharat Ratna award for 1980 ?

A
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

B
Mother Teresa

C
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

D
Jayaprakash Narayan
Question 3
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Abdus Salam of Pakistan was a joint winner of 1979 Nobel Prize for his pioneer work in

A
Physics

B
Medicine

C
Chemistry

D
Economics
Question 4
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1979 Jnanpith Award was given to

A
Ashapurna Devi

B
Tarashankar Banerjee

C
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharjee

D
S. H. Vatsyayan Agyeya
Question 5
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Which airline company gained the first position according to a survey of millions of airline passengers conducted by Skytrax Airline Awards 2017?

A

B

C

D

Solution

Qatar Airways was voted the World's Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards. Voted Best Airline by travellers across the world in the annual passenger survey, the Doha based carrier has now won the prestigious Airline of the Year title for a fourth time.
Question 6
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1980 Republic Day award Padma Vibhushan was awarded to an exponent of Hindustani classical music who is

A
Vani Jairam

B
Bismillah Khan

C
Ravi Shankar

D
Rai Krishna Dass
Question 7
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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 was awarded to Olga Tokarczuk. She is a writer, activist, and public intellectual who has been described as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful authors of her generation. She is from ______?

A
Norway

B
Sweden

C
Iceland

D
Poland

E
Denmark
Question 8
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The World Theatre Day is observed on which date?

A
$$24^{th}$$ March

B
$$27^{th}$$ March

C
$$28^{th}$$ March

D
$$29^{th}$$ March
Question 9
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Which Indian-origin filmmaker has been honoured with the Sikh Jewel Award for 2017?

A
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

B
Gurinder Chadha

C
Y K Sinha

D
Premlata Singh
Solution
- Indian-origin British director Gurinder Chadha was honoured with the 2017 Sikh Jewel Award for her contribution to British cinema.
- Chadha, who is best-known for directing ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and ‘Bride and Prejudice’, received the award from UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon at the Vaisakhi Dinner organised by the British Sikh Association at the Lancaster Hotel in London.
Question 10
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Who among the following received the IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in 2017?

A
Michael G. McGee

B
Michael C. Phillips

C
Reena Menon

D
Both (A) and (B)
Solution
- The International Maritime Organization Award was established by IMO to provide international recognition for those who, at the risk of losing their own life, perform acts of exceptional bravery, displaying outstanding courage in attempting to save life at sea or in attempting to prevent or mitigate damage to the marine environment.
- Micheal McGee and Micheal Phillips received the 2017 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.
- The pair was recognized for their role in averting a major tragedy when the ship they were piloting broke down and burst into flames after colliding with mooring dolphins.