Honours and Awards Quiz Test - 3

1.The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year

1. 1961
2.1966
3. 1955
4. 1900

... Answer is 1)

2.The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to

1. Larry Pressler
2. Amnesty International
3.Yasser Arafat
4. Hussain Ibrahim Zaki

... Answer is 3)

3.The Nobel Prize was first awarded in

1. 1922
2. 1901
3. 2000
4. 1958

... Answer is 2)

4.The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in which field?

1. Economics
2. Literature
3. Films
4. Journalism

... Answer is 3)

5.The journalist who refused to accept 'Padma Bhushan' was?

1. Khushwant Singh
2. Shekaran Nair
3. Ratan Thiyam
4. Arun Shourie

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Khushwant Singh (Journalist) : Returned his Padma Bhushan in protest against Operation Blue Star (1984); awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2007.

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