Q11. Which award is given to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of literature in India?
a) Arjuna Award
b) Sahitya Akademi Award
c) Dronacharya Award
d) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: Sahitya Akademi Award[/expand]
Q12. Who is the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar)?
a) A.R. Rahman
b) Satyajit Ray
c) Bhanu Athaiya
d) Gulzar
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: Bhanu Athaiya[/expand]
Q13. Which prestigious award is given annually to the best Indian scientist in various fields?
a) Nobel Prize
b) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
c) Param Vir Chakra
d) Bharat Ratna
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize[/expand]
Q14. Who was the First Indian Nobel Laureate?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) C.V. Raman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Har Gobind Khorana
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: a. Rabindranath Tagore[/expand]
Q15. Who received the First Bharat Ratna Award?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: d. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[/expand]
Q16. Who was the First Scientist to receive a Nobel Prize?
a) C.V. Raman
b) Homi Bhabha
c) Jagdish Chandra Bose
d) Satyendra Nath Bose
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: c. Jagdish Chandra Bose[/expand]
Q17. Who was the First Woman to receive the Bharat Ratna Award?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Mother Teresa
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Sarojini Naidu
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: d. Sarojini Naidu[/expand]
Q18. Who was the First Indian to receive the Ashok Chakra?
a) Major Somnath Sharma
b) Lance Naik Albert Ekka
c) Captain Vikram Batra
d) Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: a. Major Somnath Sharma[/expand]
Q19. Who was the First Woman to receive the Ashok Chakra?
a) Neerja Bhanot
b) Kiran Bedi
c) Kamla Chaudhry
d) Nirbhaya
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: a. Neerja Bhanot[/expand]
Q20. Who was the First Indian to receive the Jnanpith Award?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) R.K. Narayan
c) Mulk Raj Anand
d) B.V. Karanth
[expand title=”View Answer”]Answer: b. R.K. Narayan[/expand]
