51. Nobel Prize is an annual award given to people who have achieved excellence in Chemistry, Physics, peace,
Medicine, Economics and ______________.
(a) Cinema
(b) Literature
(c) Music
(d) Mathematics
52. Who was the first scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes?
(a) Albert Einstein
(b)Thomas Edison
(c) Marie Curie
(d) Frank Templeton
53. The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted ______________.
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) Greece
(d) Australia
54.The ‘Pulitzer prize’ which was established in 1917,is given in which of the following fields?
(a) Mathematics
(b) Journalism
(c) Science
(d) Agriculture
55. In which of the following field, ‘Fields Medal’ is given ?
(a) Physics
(b) Mathematics
(c) Architecture
(d) Peace Mission
56. The Norwegian Abel Prize is annually awarded in the field of ____________.
(a) Space research
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) Physics
57. The Pritzker Prize is awarded for the achievement in the field to_____________.
(a) Literature
(b) Music
(c) Mathematics
(d) Architecture
58. Which award is called the Oscar of sports?
(a) Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
(b) Laureus World Sport Award
(c) ESPN Awards
(d) Stanley Cup
59. Which of the following is also known as Asia’s Nobel Prize?
(a) Ramon Magsaysay Award
(b) Michelin Star
(c) Pulitzer prize
(d) The Aga Khan award
60. The Magsaysay Award is given in the name of Ramon Magsaysay. He was the president of which country?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Malaysia
(c) Philippines
(d) Sweden
61. Golden Globe Awards are international awards associated with:
(a) Music
(b) Literature
(c) Films
(d) Science
62. Cannes film festival is held in:
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) England
63. Who is the author of the book, ‘A Suitable Boy’?
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Aravind Adiga
(c) Amartya Sen
(d) Mahashweta Devi
64. Who translated the book ‘The story of My Experiments with Truth’ written by M.K Gandhi from Gujarati to English ?
(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) J.B Kripalani
(c) Mohanlal Pandya
(d) Vinoba Bhave
65. The White Tiger’ was written by --
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) C.V Raman
(c) Arvind Adiga
(d) Vikram Seth
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66. Who wrote ‘The Argumentative Indian’?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) Chetan Bhagat
(c) Arundhati roy
(d) N.C Chaudhary
67.Who is the author of the book named ‘Freedom is Exile?
(a) Ayub Khan
(b) Rajesh Pilot
(c) Dalai Lama
(d) S.S Gill
68. The author of the book, ‘Unhappy India’ is:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
69. Which of the following was the author of the Book’ Gilimpses of World History?
(a) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
(b) Jawahar lal Nehru
(c) J. B. Kriplani
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
70. The famous book ‘Gitanjali’ was written in________________ language.
(a) Assamese
(b) Bengali
(c) English
(d) Marathi
71.’ Anandamath’ , a book about the sanyasi rebellion is witten by:
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Lala Lajpat RAi
(d) None of the above
72. Which freedom fighter wrote the book, ‘The Indian Struggle’?
(a) Bhagat singh
(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
73. Who is the author of the books named ‘Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’?
(a) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
(b) R.K Narayan
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) Rajendra Prasad
74. R.K Narayan is famous for his book_____________ .
(a) The Room on the Roof
(b) The Angry River
(c) Malgudi days
(d) Pax Indica
75.The author of ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari ‘is
(a) Aravind Adiga
(b) Robin Sharma
(c) Monohar Malgonkar
(d) Arundhati Roy
76. The famous work of Leo Tolstoy is :
(a) The Merchant of Venice
(b) War and Peace
(c) To Kill a Mocking Bird
(d) Great Expectation
77. Who is the author of the book named ‘A Tale of Two cities’?
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) J.K Rowling
78. ‘The Diary of a young girl’ which depicts the conditions of the time of holocaust is written by:
(a) Anne Frank
(b) Malcolm Gladwell
(c) Toni Morrison
(d) H.G .Wells
79. Alice in Wonderland is a fiction novel written by____.
(a) Alexandre Dumas
(b) Anna Sewall
(c) Rudyard Kipling
(d) Lewis Carroll
80. When is the National Youth Day observed ?
(a) 25 June
(b) 27 September
(c) 5 March
(d) 12 January
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81. When is ‘World Cancer Day’ observed?
(a) 10 May
(b) 4 February
(c) 7 January
(d) 23 April
82. The international Mother Language Day is celebrated every year to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world on which date?
(a) 20 February
(b) 19 February
(c) 23 February
(d) 21 February
83. World Health day is celebrated every year on
(a) 7 October
(b) 7 March
(c) 7 December
(d) 7 April
84.’World Red Cross Day’ is celebrated on:
(a) 8 May
(b) 8 June
(c) 9 May
(d) 11 May
85. The day on which India successfully tested nuclear bombs in Pokhran on 11 May , 1998. This date is annually
celebrated as :
(a) National Science Day
(b) Nuclear Power Day
(c) National Technology Day
(d) Pokhran Day
86 . ‘World No Tobacco Day’ is observed every year by WHO on _____________ to make tobacco users aware of the
opportunity to lead a healthier life.
(a) 15 May
(b) 31 May
(c) 28 May
(d) 25 May
87. Which among the following days is observed on June 8?
(a) World Environment Day
(b) World Ocean Day
(c) World Population Day
(d) World Hepatitis Day
88. The first International day of Yoga was observed around the world in the which year?
(a) 2015
(b) 2016
(c) 2014
(d) 2017
89. Every year on ________________ ‘International Youth Day’ is observed .
(a) 12 August
(b) 27 August
(c) 11 May
(d) 1 July
90. In India , Teacher’s Day is celebrated on_______________ .
(a) 14 November
(b) 30 January
(c) 5 September
(d) 10 October
91. World Ozone Day is observed on____________.
(a) 21 April
(b) 16 September
(c) 25 September
(d) 5 June
92. World Peace Day established in 1981 by the UN General Assembly is celebrated annually on:
(a) 21 September
(b) 7 February
(c) 17 October
(d) 29 August
93. Which Day is observed as the ‘World Postal Day’?
(a) 10 December
(b) 29 August
(c) 1 October
(d) 9 October
94. United Nations Officially came into existence on 24 October in which year?
(a) 1947
(b) 1939
(c) 1918
(d) 1945
95. ‘United Nations,’ name was given by whom?
(a) Clement Atlee
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(d) Winston Churchill
96. ‘National Unity Day’ Or ‘Ekta Diwas’ is observed every year to mark the birth anniversary of whom?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azard
(c) B.R Ambedkar
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
97. When is Indian Navy Day celebrated ?
(a) 8 October
(b) 4 December
(c) 15 January
(d) 1Febuarya
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98. Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated on:
(a) 30 June
(b) 24 June
(c) 26 July
(d) 28 July
99. The ‘National Mathematics’ Day is celebrated on the Birth Anniversary of ______________ on ’22 December’?
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Bhaskara II
(c) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(d) P.C Mahalanobis
100. Farmers’ Day celebrated every year on the birthday of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh is on
(a) 25December
(b) 23 December
(c) 7 December
(d) 22 Decmeber
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