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- Question
Who has been conferred with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2018?
Options- A. Akshaya Patra Foundation
- B. Yohei Sasakawa
- C. Vivekananda Kendra
- D. Ekal Abhiyan Trust
- Correct Answer
- Yohei Sasakawa
ExplanationPresident Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015, 16, 17 and 18 at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The award comprises a cash award of one crore rupees, a citation in a scroll, a plaque and a traditional handicraft item. Japan's Yohei Sasakawa was conferred with the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world. For 2015: Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari was given the award for its contribution in Rural Development, Education and Development of natural resources. For 2016: Jointly to Akshaya Patra Foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of children across India and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of manual scavengers. And For 2017: Ekal Abhiyan Trust for its contribution in providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children in remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment, Gender, and Social Equality. - 1. Which Airport has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018?
Options- A. Chennai International Airport
- B. Cochin International Airport Limited
- C. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata.
- D. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Discuss
- 2. Which of the following network was conferred with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019?
Options- A. All India Radio
- B. AIR FM Gold
- C. Radio Mirchi
- D. AIR FM Rainbow Discuss
- 3. Who topped the Asian Rich List 2019 with Rs 2.3 lakh crore?
Options- A. Hinduja family
- B. Lakshmi Mittal & family
- C. SP Lohia
- D. Mukesh Ambani family Discuss
- 4. 2018 Nobel Medicine or Physiology Prize has been awarded to whom of the following persons?
Options- A. Carl H. June and Timothy Ray Brown
- B. Steven Rosenberg and Zelig Eshhar
- C. James Reyniers and Ragnar Granit
- D. James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo Discuss
- 5. Who has topped the 'Women who Changed the World' list as per the survey of BBC History Magazine?
Options- A. Marie Curie
- B. Rosa Parks
- C. Ada Lovelace
- D. Rosalind Franklin Discuss
- 6. This country won the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management Award, 2018.
Options- A. Indonesia
- B. Bangladesh
- C. Nepal
- D. India Discuss
- 7. UK-based online market research and data analytics firm YouGov reported this as India's most Patriotic Brand.
Options- A. SBI
- B. Reliance Jio
- C. BSNL
- D. Tata Motors Discuss
- 8. Which centre won an award for Outstanding Contribution to Gold Policy Research in 2017-18 at the 15th India International Gold Convention held in Kochi?
Options- A. India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), IIM Ahmedabad
- B. Centre for Research on Gold (CRG), IIT Madras
- C. Indian Institute for Gold Policy (IIGP), IIM Kozhikode
- D. Centre for Gold Policy Formulation (CGPF), IIM Mumbai Discuss
- 9. Who is the recipient of K.Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2018?
Options- A. Nitish Kumar
- B. Veera Munusam
- C. S T Moorthy
- D. P S Krishnan Discuss
- 10. Who won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recently?
Options- A. Malala Yousafzai and Edward Snowden
- B. Kim Jong-Un & Moon Jae-In
- C. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
- D. John McCain and Emmanuel Macron Discuss
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Correct Answer: Cochin International Airport Limited
Explanation:
The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has been selected for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018. It is the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations. CIAL will be given the award in on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly ceremony in New York on September 26. Cochin Airport a first in the world to be fully powered by solar energy. It will give 60 million units per annum power and save Rs 40 crore per annum of the airport.
Correct Answer: All India Radio
Explanation:
All India Radio and the Publication Division and Children's Film Society of India were awarded with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019. Director General of All India Radio, F. Sheheryar and Director General (News), Ira Joshi received the Award for All India Radio.
Correct Answer: Hinduja family
Explanation:
Leading London-based NRI industrial tycoons, the Hinduja family has topped the Asian Rich List 2019 for the sixth successive year with £25.2 billion (over Rs 2.3 lakh crore) wealth. Steel magnates Lakshmi Mittal and his son Aditya Mittal were ranked second with £11.2 billion (over Rs 1 lakh crore) wealth. Petrochemicals billionaire SP Lohia was ranked third with £5.8 billion (over Rs 53,000 crore) wealth.
Correct Answer: James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo
Explanation:
The Nobel Medicine or Physiology Prize has been awarded to James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation". This is for the first time that no Literature Prize will be given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Correct Answer: Marie Curie
Explanation:
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie was adjudged the most influential woman in history, through a poll conducted by BBC History Magazine. Marie Curie has topped the 'Women who Changed the World' list followed byRosa Parks (US civil rights activist), Emmeline Pankhurst (leader of the British suffragette movement), Emmeline Pankhurst (leader of the British suffragette movement).
Correct Answer: India
Explanation:
Two initiatives of India won the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management Award, 2018, at its Annual General Members Meet, in Georgetown, Guyana. The initiative named "Unnayan Banka" - Reinventing Education Using Technology, of Banka District of Bihar was awarded under the Category "Innovation Incubation". Another initiative named "Unified Agriculture Markets" of Co-operation Department of Karnataka was selected under the Category 'Innovation in Public Service Management'. This initiative also won the overall Gold Award for CAPAM Awards, 2018. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is an institutional member of CAPAM.
Correct Answer: SBI
Explanation:
Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is considered to be the most patriotic brand, according to a survey conducted by UK-based online market research and data analytics firm YouGov, followed by Tata Motors, Patanjali, Reliance Jio and BSNL. Around 16% respondents ranked SBI to be the most patriotic brand overall, followed by Tata Motors and Patanjali with 8% each, and Reliance Jio and BSNL with 6% each. The survey, which covered 152 brands across 11 categories, is based on data collected online by YouGov Omnibus among 1,193 respondents in the country using its panel of an online representation of India.
Correct Answer: India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), IIM Ahmedabad
Explanation:
The India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), IIM Ahmedabad won an award for Outstanding Contribution to Gold Policy Research in 2017-18 at the 15th India International Gold Convention held in Kochi. The award was received by Professor Arvind Sahay, Chairman of IGPC, along with his team. The convention was held at Le Meridien Convention Centre. Around 400 delegates participated.
Correct Answer: P S Krishnan
Explanation:
P.S. Krishnan, former Secretary to Government of India (GoI), has been conferred prestigious K. Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2018 for his works in the field of social justice for SCs, STs, BCs for the last more than six-and-half decades. The Periyar International Inc., a Chicago-based voluntary organisation, gives an annual award for outstanding contributions to Social Justice at a function in New Delhi.
Correct Answer: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
Explanation:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict". Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending the victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others.
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