๐ Chapter 05 ยท PYQs ยท International Awards
International Awards โ Previous Year Questions
UPSC, APPSC, and TGPSC previous year questions on international awards with detailed answers.
Who among the following Indians has won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
- A) C.V. Raman
- B) Amartya Sen
- C) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- D) Kailash Satyarthi
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Answer: B โ Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. C.V. Raman won Physics (1930), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won Chemistry (2009), and Kailash Satyarthi won Peace (2014).
The Nobel Prize in Economics (Economic Sciences) was added in which year?
- A) 1901
- B) 1950
- C) 1969
- D) 1975
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Answer: C โ The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was added in 1969 by Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) in memory of Alfred Nobel. It is officially called the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.”
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on:
- A) DNA structure
- B) Structure and function of the ribosome
- C) Protein folding
- D) Enzyme catalysis
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Answer: B โ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (jointly with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
The Man Booker Prize is awarded for the best original novel written in English. Arundhati Roy won it in 1997 for which novel?
- A) The Inheritance of Loss
- B) The God of Small Things
- C) The White Tiger
- D) Midnight’s Children
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Answer: B โ Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker Prize in 1997 for “The God of Small Things.” It was her debut novel and remains one of the best-selling Indian novels in English.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in which year?
- A) 1950
- B) 1954
- C) 1957
- D) 1965
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Answer: C โ The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in 1957 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in honour of Ramon Magsaysay, the third President of the Philippines who died in a plane crash in 1957.
Manjul Bhargava, who won the Fields Medal in 2014, is of which origin?
- A) Indian
- B) Indian-American
- C) British-Indian
- D) Canadian-Indian
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Answer: B โ Manjul Bhargava is an Indian-American mathematician who won the Fields Medal in 2014. He is a professor at Princeton University and is known for his work in number theory.
Kiran Bedi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in which year?
- A) 1990
- B) 1992
- C) 1994
- D) 1996
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Answer: C โ Kiran Bedi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994 for Government Service. She was the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972.
The Nobel Prize is awarded annually on 10 December, which is the death anniversary of:
- A) Marie Curie
- B) Alfred Nobel
- C) Albert Einstein
- D) Isaac Newton
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Answer: B โ The Nobel Prize is awarded on 10 December, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel (1833โ1896), the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite who established the prizes in his will.
Ravish Kumar received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2019 for his work in:
- A) Environmental activism
- B) Journalism
- C) Community leadership
- D) Public service
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Answer: B โ Ravish Kumar, senior journalist and anchor at NDTV India, received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2019 for Emergent Leadership, recognising his commitment to honest journalism.
The International Booker Prize 2022 was won by Geetanjali Shree for “Tomb of Sand.” What is the significance of this award?
- A) First Indian to win the International Booker Prize
- B) First Hindi-language novel to win the International Booker Prize
- C) First woman to win the International Booker Prize
- D) First novel translated from an Indian language to win
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Answer: B โ “Tomb of Sand” (Ret Samadhi) by Geetanjali Shree was the first Hindi-language novel to win the International Booker Prize. It was translated into English by Daisy Rockwell.