Awards and Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which film won the best film award in the 56th National Film Award declared on 23rd January, 2010 ?
(A) Fana
(B) Antaheen
(C) Lage Raho Munna Bhai
(D) Omkara
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2. 82nd Oscar Award declared in March 2010 for the best feature film went to the film—
(A) American Beauty
(B) The Hurt Locker
(C) Lagaan
(D) Elizabeth
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3. Which one of the following awards is given for Agricultural Research ?
(A) Dr. Homi Bhabha Award
(B) Borlaug Award
(C) Ramon Magsaysay Award
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
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4. The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2010 has been conferred to—
(A) Arvind Kejriwal
(B) Eugenia Duran Apostal
(C) Tadatoshi Akiba
(D) Sanduk Ruit
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5. The 36th G-8 Summit was held between 25-27 July, 2010 at—
(A) Toyako
(B) Heiligendamm
(C) Huntsville, Ontario
(D) St. Petersburg
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6. Who was awarded the UNESCO—Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award for 2010 ?
(A) K.C. Vashishtha
(B) Monica Gonzalez Mujica
(C) Mai Chidiac
(D) N. Swaminathan
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7. The Nuclear Security Summit was held between 12-13 April, 2010 at—
(A) Bucharest
(B) Dhaka
(C) Washington
(D) Islamabad
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8. Which of the following was crowned Miss India worldwide 2010 ?
(A) Niharica Raizada
(B) Kajal Lutchminarain
(C) Cher Merchand
(D) None of these
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9. Who among the following has been honoured with Bharat Ratna for the year 2008 ?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) G. Madhavan Nair
(C) None of these
(D) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
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10. Which Hindi author has been selected for the Birla Vyas Samman 2009 for the work ‘Inhin Hathiyaran Se’ ?
(A) Sri Lal Shukla
(B) Gopal Das Neeraj
(C) Amar Kant
(D) None of these
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11. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in the year 2009 ?
(A) Ehud Barak
(B) Barack Obama
(C) Linda Buck
(D) Both (B) & (C)
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12. The Ramon Magsaysay Award for ‘Emergent Leadership’ has been conferred to—
(A) Sanduk Ruit
(B) Ek Sonn Chan
(C) Park Won Soon
(D) Ananda Galapatti
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13. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was—
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(C) Hargovind Khurana
(D) Amartya Sen
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14. Who was awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2008 ?
(A) Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
(B) Atal Bihari Vajpai
(C) Tony Blair
(D) George W. Bush
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15. Julictte Binoche has begged best actress award in 63rd International Film Festival of Cannes for the film—
(A) A Screaming Man
(B) Of Gods and Men
(C) Certified Copy
(D) Ano Bisiesto
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16. Who has been awarded the ‘Miss World Cup’ in FIFA World Cup Football 2006 ?
(A) Maria Garido
(B) Katty Lopase
(C) Edwige Madze Bada Kou
(D) Neha Kapoor
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17. Who among the following won the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2009 ?
(A) Elizabeth H. Blackburn
(B) Carol W. Greider
(C) Jack W. Szostak
(D) All of the above
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18. Which Indian Scientist has had the distinction of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat Ratna ?
(A) Dr. Homi Bhabha
(B) Dr. J. C. Bose
(C) Dr. C. V. Raman
(D) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
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19. Who among the following was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature-2009 ?
(A) Herta Muller
(B) Bill Clinton
(C) Paul Lauterbur
(D) Shirin Ebadi
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20. Who got the Best Actor Award in the 56th National Film Awards distribution ceremony held on January 23, 2010 ?
(A) Abhishek Bachchan
(B) Shahrukh Khan
(C) Upendra Liwayl
(D) Nana Patekar
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