1. The Bharat Ratna is awarded for:
A) Literature only
B) Science only
C) Sports only
D) Exceptional service in any field ✅
📘 India’s highest civilian award given for performance of highest order in any field.
2. The first recipient of the Bharat Ratna was:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) C. Rajagopalachari ✅
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
📘 C. Rajagopalachari was one of the first three recipients in 1954.
3. The Nobel Prizes are awarded in how many fields?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6 ✅
D) 7
📘 Nobel Prizes are awarded in six categories – Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Economics.
4. The Nobel Peace Prize is presented in:
A) Sweden
B) Norway ✅
C) USA
D) Germany
📘 Unlike other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
5. Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize?
A) C.V. Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
C) Mother Teresa
D) Amartya Sen
📘 Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
6. Who is the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Prize?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Kiran Bedi
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Mother Teresa ✅
📘 She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
7. C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize for:
A) Literature
B) Physics ✅
C) Chemistry
D) Peace
📘 Awarded in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman Effect.
8. The Dronacharya Award is given to:
A) Scientists
B) Players
C) Coaches ✅
D) Social workers
📘 Given to outstanding coaches in sports and games.
9. Which award is given for excellence in sports in India?
A) Padma Shri
B) Arjuna Award ✅
C) Padma Bhushan
D) Bharat Ratna
📘 Arjuna Award recognizes outstanding achievement in sports.
10. The Padma Awards are given in how many categories?
A) 2
B) 3 ✅
C) 4
D) 5
📘 Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
11. Who was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
A) Leander Paes
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Viswanathan Anand ✅
D) P.T. Usha
📘 He received it in 1991–92 for Chess.
12. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given for:
A) Literature
B) Science
C) Peace and International Understanding ✅
D) Sports
📘 Also known as the Asian Nobel Prize.
13. Kalidas Samman is related to:
A) Sports
B) Literature
C) Classical Music/Dance ✅
D) Science
📘 Awarded for classical music, dance, theatre, and arts.
14. The Jnanpith Award is given for:
A) Excellence in Science
B) Excellence in Literature ✅
C) Excellence in Acting
D) Excellence in Music
📘 India's highest literary award.
15. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award?
A) Satyajit Ray
B) A.R. Rahman
C) Bhanu Athaiya ✅
D) Resul Pookutty
📘 She won for costume design in “Gandhi” (1982).
16. The Oscar Awards are also known as:
A) Emmy
B) Grammy
C) Academy Awards ✅
D) Tony Awards
📘 Given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
17. Which of the following awards is given for contribution to films?
A) Grammy
B) Dadasaheb Phalke Award ✅
C) Booker Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
📘 India’s highest award in cinema.
18. Dadasaheb Phalke Award was first given in:
A) 1954
B) 1969 ✅
C) 1980
D) 1975
📘 Devika Rani was the first recipient.
19. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given in the field of:
A) Literature
B) Science and Technology ✅
C) Music
D) Sports
📘 India’s highest science award.
20. The Kalinga Prize is awarded by:
A) Government of India
B) UNESCO ✅
C) UNDP
D) IMF
📘 Given for the popularization of science.
21. Which award is known as the 'Nobel Prize of Mathematics'?
A) Turing Award
B) Abel Prize ✅
C) Fields Medal
D) Breakthrough Prize
📘 Abel Prize is awarded annually for outstanding achievements in mathematics.
22. Man Booker Prize is awarded in the field of:
A) Literature ✅
B) Science
C) Cinema
D) Environment
📘 Awarded for the best original novel in English.
23. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for:
A) Journalism and Literature ✅
B) Sports
C) Science
D) Cinema
📘 Awarded in the U.S. for achievements in newspaper, magazine, and online journalism.
24. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Arundhati Roy ✅
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Vikram Seth
📘 For her novel "The God of Small Things" in 1997.
25. Which of the following awards is given for environmental protection?
A) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
B) UNEP Champions of the Earth ✅
C) Magsaysay Award
D) Ramon Award
📘 UN’s highest environmental honor.
26. Which Indian won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998?
A) Amartya Sen ✅
B) Manmohan Singh
C) Raghuram Rajan
D) Jagdish Bhagwati
📘 For his work in welfare economics.
27. The Gandhi Peace Prize is given for:
A) Literature
B) Non-violence and social work ✅
C) Politics
D) Environment
📘 Instituted in 1995 to honor Gandhian principles.
28. Who among the following has not received Bharat Ratna?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
D) Mahatma Gandhi ✅
📘 Gandhi was never awarded Bharat Ratna, despite his impact.
29. Which award is given by Indian Government for bravery?
A) Padma Shri
B) Kirti Chakra ✅
C) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
D) Booker Prize
📘 Kirti Chakra is a gallantry award for bravery away from the battlefield.
30. Which Indian musician received the Bharat Ratna?
A) Lata Mangeshkar ✅
B) Sonu Nigam
C) Asha Bhosle
D) Udit Narayan
📘 She was awarded in 2001.
31. Who was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019 posthumously?
A) Bhupen Hazarika ✅
B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
📘 Renowned playback singer and composer from Assam.
32. Which of these is a civilian award?
A) Sena Medal
B) Ashoka Chakra
C) Padma Bhushan ✅
D) Vir Chakra
📘 Padma Bhushan is India's third-highest civilian award.
33. Who got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 from India?
A) Homi Bhabha
B) Meghnad Saha
C) C.V. Raman ✅
D) Vikram Sarabhai
📘 For discovering the Raman Effect.
34. Who received the first Nobel Prize for Economics from India?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Amartya Sen ✅
C) Manmohan Singh
D) Abhijit Banerjee
📘 Awarded in 1998.
35. The Indira Gandhi Prize is awarded for:
A) Education
B) Peace, Disarmament & Development ✅
C) Medical Research
D) Agriculture
📘 Instituted by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
36. Who won the Oscar for Best Music for “Slumdog Millionaire”?
A) Resul Pookutty
B) A.R. Rahman ✅
C) Bhanu Athaiya
D) Amit Trivedi
📘 He won for original score and song “Jai Ho”.
37. Which award is associated with theatre in India?
A) Kalidas Samman ✅
B) Saraswati Samman
C) Arjuna Award
D) Kirti Chakra
📘 It honors excellence in classical music, dance, and theatre.
38. Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2014 from India?
A) Kailash Satyarthi ✅
B) Malala Yousafzai
C) Anna Hazare
D) Arvind Kejriwal
📘 Shared with Malala for work on children’s rights.
39. Who was the first sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna?
A) Milkha Singh
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Sachin Tendulkar ✅
D) Dhyan Chand
📘 Received in 2014.
40. The ‘Saraswati Samman’ is related to:
A) Painting
B) Sports
C) Literature ✅
D) Music
📘 Awarded annually by K.K. Birla Foundation.
41. The Booker Prize is awarded in which language?
A) Hindi
B) French
C) Any Indian language
D) English ✅
📘 For the best original novel written in English.
42. Who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001?
A) V.S. Naipaul ✅
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Salman Rushdie
📘 British writer of Indian origin.
43. Which award is given for valor during peacetime?
A) Param Vir Chakra
B) Ashoka Chakra ✅
C) Shaurya Chakra
D) Vir Chakra
📘 Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award.
44. Who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1992 posthumously?
A) B.R. Ambedkar ✅
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) L.K. Advani
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
📘 For his contribution to the Indian Constitution.
45. The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is given for:
A) Science
B) Adventure activities ✅
C) Sports
D) Film
📘 Highest national recognition for adventure sports.
46. Who was the first woman to win Arjuna Award?
A) Mary Kom
B) P.T. Usha
C) Anna Lumsden ✅
D) Karnam Malleswari
📘 She was a badminton player.
47. Which Indian received Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan?
A) Lata Mangeshkar
B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Morarji Desai ✅
D) Rajiv Gandhi
📘 Only Indian to receive Pakistan’s highest civil award.
48. Which international award is given for journalism?
A) Pulitzer Prize ✅
B) Grammy
C) Tony
D) Academy Award
📘 Established in the U.S. for excellence in journalism.
49. Who was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2020?
A) Rohit Sharma ✅
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Bajrang Punia
D) Dutee Chand
📘 For his consistent performance in international cricket.
50. Who among the following is a double Oscar winner from India?
A) A.R. Rahman ✅
B) Resul Pookutty
C) Bhanu Athaiya
D) Satyajit Ray
📘 He won both Best Score and Best Song in 2009.
51. Which of the following awards is NOT given by the Government of India?
A) Padma Shri
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Nobel Prize ✅
D) Arjuna Award
📘 Nobel Prize is awarded by Swedish/Norwegian institutions.
52. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is now renamed as:
A) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award ✅
B) Nehru Khel Puraskar
C) Azad Khel Award
D) Indira Gandhi Sports Award
📘 Renamed in 2021 to honor the hockey legend.
53. Who received the Padma Vibhushan for Art (Music) in 2020?
A) Udit Narayan
B) Adnan Sami
C) S.P. Balasubrahmanyam ✅
D) Asha Bhosle
📘 Awarded posthumously for his contribution to music.
54. Which award did Abhijit Banerjee win in 2019?
A) Nobel Peace Prize
B) Nobel in Economics ✅
C) Pulitzer
D) Magsaysay
📘 For his experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
55. Who received Bharat Ratna in 1997 for music?
A) M.S. Subbulakshmi ✅
B) Lata Mangeshkar
C) Bhimsen Joshi
D) Ravi Shankar
📘 Renowned Carnatic vocalist.
56. The Sahitya Akademi Award is given for excellence in:
A) Sports
B) Literature ✅
C) Science
D) Social Service
📘 Awarded by the Government of India for literary excellence in 24 languages.
57. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
A) Karnam Malleswari ✅
B) Mary Kom
C) P.T. Usha
D) Saina Nehwal
📘 Won bronze in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
58. Which Indian filmmaker received an Honorary Oscar in 1992?
A) Raj Kapoor
B) Satyajit Ray ✅
C) Bimal Roy
D) Mehboob Khan
📘 For lifetime achievement in cinema.
59. Ramon Magsaysay Award is given for:
A) Sports
B) Literature
C) Government service and leadership ✅
D) Film
📘 Known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.
60. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold?
A) Abhinav Bindra ✅
B) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
C) Neeraj Chopra
D) Milkha Singh
📘 Won gold in shooting in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
61. In which field is the Abel Prize awarded?
A) Literature
B) Medicine
C) Mathematics ✅
D) Music
📘 Considered equivalent to the Nobel for mathematics.
62. Who was awarded Padma Vibhushan for music in 2013?
A) Ravi Shankar ✅
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Lata Mangeshkar
D) Kishori Amonkar
📘 Renowned sitar maestro.
63. The Dronacharya Award is given to:
A) Best athlete
B) Best coach ✅
C) Best actor
D) Best writer
📘 Recognizes excellence in sports coaching.
64. Which award is associated with excellence in social work?
A) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
B) Ramon Magsaysay ✅
C) Grammy
D) Padma Bhushan
📘 Awarded for public service, journalism, community leadership.
65. Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) R.K. Narayan
B) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
C) Vikram Seth
D) Arundhati Roy
📘 Awarded in 1913 for "Gitanjali".
66. Who received the Bharat Ratna in 1990 along with B.R. Ambedkar?
A) Rajiv Gandhi
B) Nelson Mandela ✅
C) Morarji Desai
D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
📘 For his fight against apartheid and strengthening ties with India.
67. Arjuna Award is given for excellence in:
A) Literature
B) Military
C) Sports ✅
D) Medicine
📘 Established in 1961 to honor outstanding Indian athletes.
68. Which Indian scientist received Bharat Ratna in 1997?
A) C.V. Raman
B) Homi Bhabha
C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ✅
D) Vikram Sarabhai
📘 For his contributions to missile and space technology.
69. Who received the International Booker Prize in 2022 (Indian origin)?
A) Geetanjali Shree ✅
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Salman Rushdie
📘 For her Hindi novel “Tomb of Sand”.
70. Who received the Padma Shri for culinary art in 2020?
A) Ranveer Brar
B) Vikas Khanna
C) Imtiaz Qureshi ✅
D) Sanjeev Kapoor
📘 Renowned for popularizing Dum Pukht cuisine.
71. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title?
A) Aishwarya Rai
B) Sushmita Sen
C) Reita Faria ✅
D) Priyanka Chopra
📘 Won in 1966; also became a doctor.
72. Who received the Nobel Prize in 2019 for economics with Indian roots?
A) Amartya Sen
B) Abhijit Banerjee ✅
C) Raghuram Rajan
D) Kaushik Basu
📘 Shared with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.
73. The Jnanpith Award is given in which field?
A) Theatre
B) Cinema
C) Literature ✅
D) Science
📘 India’s highest literary award.
74. Who won the Khel Ratna for Athletics in 2021?
A) Neeraj Chopra ✅
B) Hima Das
C) P.T. Usha
D) Dutee Chand
📘 After winning gold in Tokyo Olympics (Javelin).
75. Which Indian won the Oscar for Costume Design in 1983?
A) Bhanu Athaiya ✅
B) Sabyasachi Mukherjee
C) Ritu Kumar
D) Rohit Bal
📘 For Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi”.
76. Who received Bharat Ratna in 2015 along with Vajpayee?
A) Madan Mohan Malaviya ✅
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Sardar Patel
D) Morarji Desai
📘 Posthumous honor for education and nationalism.
77. Which Indian actor was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2015?
A) Aamir Khan
B) Amitabh Bachchan ✅
C) Shah Rukh Khan
D) Rajinikanth
📘 Recognized for contributions to Indian cinema.
78. Who is the youngest Nobel Prize winner?
A) Kailash Satyarthi
B) Abhijit Banerjee
C) Malala Yousafzai ✅
D) Greta Thunberg
📘 Won at 17 for education rights.
79. Padma Awards are announced on:
A) Republic Day ✅
B) Independence Day
C) Gandhi Jayanti
D) Constitution Day
📘 Every 26th January.
80. Who among the following refused the Bharat Ratna?
A) Lata Mangeshkar
B) A.R. Rahman
C) Swami Ranganathananda ✅
D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
📘 He declined due to monastic orders.
81. Which international award did Kailash Satyarthi win in 2014?
A) Magsaysay
B) Nobel Peace Prize ✅
C) Booker
D) Abel
📘 For fighting child labor.
82. Who won the Grammy Award from India in 2023?
A) Ricky Kej ✅
B) Zakir Hussain
C) A.R. Rahman
D) Neha Bhasin
📘 For Best Immersive Audio Album.
83. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is awarded for:
A) Music
B) Sports
C) Science and Technology ✅
D) Literature
📘 Prestigious science award in India.
84. Which Indian received the Bharat Ratna in 2014?
A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
B) Lata Mangeshkar
C) Sachin Tendulkar ✅
D) Ratan Tata
📘 First sportsperson to get Bharat Ratna.
85. Which award was conferred on Mary Kom for boxing?
A) Padma Shri
B) Padma Bhushan ✅
C) Padma Vibhushan
D) Bharat Ratna
📘 Received in 2013.
86. Who among the following is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
A) P.V. Sindhu ✅
B) Leander Paes
C) Milkha Singh
D) Dhanraj Pillay
📘 Awarded for her achievements in badminton.
87. Who won the Jnanpith Award in 2022?
A) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
B) Damodar Mauzo ✅
C) Krishna Sobti
D) Nilmani Phookan
📘 Konkani writer from Goa.
88. Who was honored with Bharat Ratna in 2019 besides Bhupen Hazarika?
A) Nanaji Deshmukh ✅
B) L.K. Advani
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) M. Karunanidhi
📘 Recognized for his contribution to rural development.
89. Which Indian won an Oscar in Sound Mixing?
A) A.R. Rahman
B) Resul Pookutty ✅
C) Bhanu Athaiya
D) L. Subramaniam
📘 For “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2009.
90. Who received Bharat Ratna in 2019 for public affairs?
A) A.B. Vajpayee
B) Pranab Mukherjee ✅
C) Ratan Tata
D) Narayana Murthy
📘 For long service in Indian politics.
91. Who received Padma Vibhushan for sports in 2021?
A) P.V. Sindhu
B) M.C. Mary Kom
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Narinder Singh Kapany ✅
📘 Father of Fiber Optics.
92. Grammy Awards are related to:
A) Journalism
B) Cinema
C) Literature
D) Music ✅
📘 Presented annually for musical excellence.
93. Who won Dronacharya Award for Hockey?
A) Harendra Singh ✅
B) Dhanraj Pillay
C) Sandeep Singh
D) Baljeet Singh
📘 Recognized for his coaching success.
94. Which literary figure got the Padma Vibhushan in 2004?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) R.K. Narayan ✅
C) Vikram Seth
D) Chetan Bhagat
📘 Known for “Malgudi Days”.
95. Who was the first Indian to win a Grammy Award?
A) A.R. Rahman
B) Ravi Shankar ✅
C) Resul Pookutty
D) Bhanu Athaiya
📘 Won in 1967 for world music.
96. Which sportsperson received Padma Shri in 2020?
A) Manika Batra ✅
B) Rani Rampal
C) Bajrang Punia
D) Kidambi Srikanth
📘 Table tennis champion.
97. Who won Bharat Ratna posthumously in 2014?
A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya ✅
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) Rajiv Gandhi
📘 Recognized for contributions to education.
98. Who got Arjuna Award for chess?
A) Koneru Humpy ✅
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Harika Dronavalli
D) Praggnanandhaa
📘 India's prominent female Grandmaster.
99. Which award recognizes Indian excellence in architecture?
A) Pritzker Prize ✅
B) Kalidas Samman
C) Shilp Guru
D) Jnanpith
📘 Often called the “Nobel of architecture” globally.
100. Who won Booker Prize 2022 for “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Shehan Karunatilaka ✅
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Geetanjali Shree
📘 Sri Lankan author awarded for his unique war-themed novel.
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