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  • Question

  • Which is the highest gallantry award in India?


  • Options
  • A. Param Vishishtat Seva Medal
  • B. Param Vir Chakra
  • C. Kirti Chakra
  • D. Vir Chakra

  • Correct Answer
  • Param Vir Chakra 

    Explanation
    The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, similar to the British Victoria Cross, US Medal of Honor, Pakistani Nishan-e-Haider, or French Legion of Honor or Russian Cross of St. George.

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    • 1. Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women?

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    • A. Tagore Literacy Award
    • B. UNSECO Literacy Award
    • C. Moorti Devi Award
    • D. Kalinga Prize
      • Discuss
    • 2. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city?

    • Options
    • A. Oslo
    • B. Stockholm
    • C. Brussels
    • D. Geneva
      • Discuss
    • 3. The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is

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    • A. Dr. J.C. Bose
    • B. Dr. C. V. Raman
    • C. Dr. Vickram Sarabhai
    • D. Dr. H. J. Bhabha
      • Discuss
    • 4. Who among the following is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award?

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    • A. Ramanand Sagar
    • B. Raj Kapoor
    • C. V. Shantaram
    • D. Ashok Kumar
      • Discuss
    • 5. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year

    • Options
    • A. 1965
    • B. 1961
    • C. 1963
    • D. 1957
      • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?

    • Options
    • A. Jamanlal Bajaj Foundation
    • B. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies
    • C. G. B. Pant Memorial Society
    • D. R. D. Birla samara Kosh
      • Discuss
    • 7. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhavana Award?

    • Options
    • A. Archarya Tulsi
    • B. Dr. J. Rengaswamy
    • C. J. R. D Tata
    • D. Mother Teresa
      • Discuss
    • 8. In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?

    • Options
    • A. 1917
    • B. 1918
    • C. 1922
    • D. 1928
      • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following films has won 9 Oscar Awards in 1987?

    • Options
    • A. The World Safari
    • B. The Last Emperor
    • C. Rain Man
    • D. Amadeus
      • Discuss
    • 10. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to

    • Options
    • A. Larry Pressler
    • B. Amnesty International
    • C. Hussain Ibrahim Zaki
    • D. Yasser Arafat
      • Discuss

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