๐ Chapter 05 ยท MCQs ยท International Awards
International Awards โ Practice MCQs
10 practice questions on Nobel Prize, Man Booker, Magsaysay, and other international awards for UPSC & PSC exams.
Q1Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for which work?
- A) Gora
- B) Gitanjali
- C) The Home and the World
- D) Jana Gana Mana
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Answer: B โ Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali (Song Offerings). He was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize.
Q2C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for the discovery of:
- A) X-rays
- B) Raman Effect (scattering of light)
- C) Radioactivity
- D) Photoelectric effect
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Answer: B โ C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman Effect โ the scattering of light when it passes through a transparent material.
Q3The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often called the “Asian Nobel.” It is named after the President of which country?
- A) Indonesia
- B) Philippines
- C) Thailand
- D) Malaysia
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Answer: B โ The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third President of the Philippines. It was established in 1957 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Q4Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to:
- A) Game theory
- B) Welfare economics and social choice theory
- C) Monetary policy
- D) International trade theory
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Answer: B โ Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, including his work on poverty and famines.
Q5The Fields Medal in mathematics is awarded every:
- A) Year
- B) 2 years
- C) 4 years
- D) 5 years
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Answer: C โ The Fields Medal is awarded every 4 years (at the International Congress of Mathematicians) to mathematicians under the age of 40. Manjul Bhargava (Indian-American) won it in 2014.
Q6Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work on:
- A) Environmental conservation
- B) Struggle against suppression of children and for children’s right to education
- C) Women’s empowerment
- D) Nuclear disarmament
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Answer: B โ Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 (jointly with Malala Yousafzai) for his struggle against the suppression of children and for the right of all children to education.
Q7The International Booker Prize 2022 was won by Geetanjali Shree for which novel?
- A) The God of Small Things
- B) Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi)
- C) The White Tiger
- D) Midnight’s Children
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Answer: B โ Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize 2022 for “Tomb of Sand” (originally written in Hindi as “Ret Samadhi”). It was the first Hindi-language novel to win the International Booker Prize.
Q8The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which city?
- A) Stockholm, Sweden
- B) Oslo, Norway
- C) Geneva, Switzerland
- D) Copenhagen, Denmark
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Answer: B โ The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. All other Nobel Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics) are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
Q9Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for which novel?
- A) The Inheritance of Loss
- B) The White Tiger
- C) A Fine Balance
- D) The God of Small Things
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Answer: B โ Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for “The White Tiger.” Kiran Desai won it in 2006 for “The Inheritance of Loss,” and Arundhati Roy won it in 1997 for “The God of Small Things.”
Q10Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2019 for his work on:
- A) Climate change economics
- B) Experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
- C) International trade theory
- D) Behavioural economics
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Answer: B โ Abhijit Banerjee (jointly with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer) won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2019 for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.