Honours and Awards: General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Q91. Name the India’s highest award which is given to a civilian

[A] Param Vir Chakra

[B] Jananpeth Award

[C] Bharat Ratna

[D] National Film Award

Q92. The UNESCO’s ‘ Prix Jules Verne ‘ prize has been given to which of the following serials of Doordarshan

[A] Surabhi

[B] Turning point

[C] The World of the week

[D] Eye Witness

Q93. Who among the following was the first Indian to receive the Megsaysay award?

[A] Mother teresa

[B] R.K.Laxman

[C] T.N.Seshan

[D] Vinoba bhave

Q94. Who is awarded a Purple Heart?

[A] Navy personnel

[B] Motivator

[C] Military personnel

[D] Doctor

Q95. Who among the following is a recipient of first World Sanskrit Award?

[A] Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

[B] John Merkel

[C] Hassan Abbas

[D] Pandit Shivashankar Tripathi

Q96. Who institutes the META awards?

[A] Mahindra group

[B] Satyam group

[C] Reliance group

[D] None of the above

Q97. Who won the Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday?

[A] D.K. Karve

[B] JRD Tata

[C] Zakir Hussain

[D] Acharya Vinobha bhave

Q98. Who won the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2021?

[A] Cyrus Poonawalla

[B] Adar Pooonawalla

[C] Deepak Tilak

[D] Sanjay Gupta

Q99. Who has chosen for the first “Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar”?

[A] Alluri Seetha Ramaraju

[B] Abhinandan Varthaman

[C] Subhash Chandra Bose

[D] None of the above

Q100. Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize?

[A] Gobind Behari Lal

[B] Vijay Seshadri

[C] Jhumpa Lahiri

[D] Arundhati Roy