GENERAL QUESTIONS ON AWARDS AND HONOURS
Q1. Who established the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
Rockfeller Brothers Fund, New York.
Q2. Ramon Magsaysay Award is also called as
Asia's Nobel Prize.
Q3. Ramon Magsaysay Award is established in honour of ......?
Late Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.
Q4. Who was the first Indian to receive Ramon Magsaysay Award?
Vinobha Bhave - Bhoodan Movement.
Q5. What is the highest award for Mathematics?
Fields Medal.
Q6. What is the age restriction fixed for Fields Medal awardees?
Should be below 40 years of age.
Q7. In whose memory, Fields Medal for mathematics is awarded?
John charles Fields - Canadian Mathematician.
Q8. Ford Motors sponsors a peace prize. What is it?
Atoms for Peace Award.
Q9. Gandhi Peace Award is sponsored by ......?
Religious Society of Friends, England.
Q10. What is the quote inscribed in the Bronze Medal presented with the Gandhi Peace Award?
"Love ever suffers, Never revenges itself" quote of Gandhiji.
Q11. Who is the first receipient of the Felix Houphet Boigny Peace Prize?
Nelson Mandela and FW De Clerk of South Africa.
Q12. What is the name for the statuette given along with the International Children Peace Prize?
Nkosi (in remembrance of Nkosi Johnson, a South African boy)
Q13. The famous Lenin Peace Prize is defunct now. Who received it for the last time?
Nelson Mandela. He was awarded this prize in 1990 but received it only in 2002 as he was imprisoned.
Q14. What is the name for the Peace Prize instituted by the summit of Nobel Laureates of Peace?
Man of Peace Award.
Q15. There are about 8 Indians who have received the Lenin Peace Prize before it was withdrawn. Who was the last Indian to receive it?
Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1983. (Saifuddin Kichlew was the first in 1952).
Q16. It is a peace prize decided by a committee consisting of Buddhist, Christians and Muslim religious personalities. What is the name of the prize?
Niwano Peace Prize. (sponsored by Nikhyo Niwano of Japan).
Q17. A peace prize for propagating Pope Paul VI's peace message - "to reach Peace, teach peace". What is it?
Pax Christi USA Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award.
Q18. The only Indian so far to win the "Peace Prize of the German Book Trade" is.........
Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, Vice President in 1961.
Q19. A peace prize was established for the successful completion of an Olympic Games. Which country and what was the Olympic Games?
Seoul Peace Prize by South Korea after the 24th Olympic Games at Seoul in 1990.
Q20. What is the name of the peace prize sponsored by the Carnegi Foundation of the Netherlands?
Wateler Peace Prize. Dr. Verghese Kurien is the only recipient of this.
Q21. UNESCO awards a peace prize for promoting tolerance with the gift from one of our Indian diplomat. Who is he?
Madanjeet Singh - artist, writer, diplomat and UNESCO goodwill Ambassador.
Q22. Who is the only receipient of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for promoting tolerance?
Narayan Desai, son of Shri Mahadev Desai, Secretary to Gandhiji.
Q23. Who is the only Indian receipient of Albert Einstein World Award for Science?
Dr.M.S.Swaminathan.
Q24. What is the award given in the category of "Future Dimension" representing past, present and future?
Dan David Prize.
Q25. What is the name of the prize sponsored by Samsung Groups for Outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture?
Ho Am Prize - named after Byung Chull Lee (nick name Ho Am) former Chairman of Samsung.
Q26. What is the name of the prize given for food technologists in the field of Packaging and food technology?
Nicholas Francois Appert Award.
Q27. What is the highest award given for underwater research and warfare?
Nierenberg prize.
Q28. Which prize, in the field of Astronomy, Life Science, Medicine and Mathematical Science is also known as "Nobel of the East"?
Shaw Prize - established by Sir Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong.
Q29. Which award is considered as the highest award for computer science?
Turing Award - 2,50,000 USD - awarded by the Association for Computing Machinery - Raj Reddy of India, joint winner in 1994.
Q30. What prize is awarded in honour of the father of green revolution - Dr. Norman Borlaug?
World Food Prize (also called as Norman Borlaug Award).
Q31. What is the award given for outstanding contributions in the field of Aerospace engineering?
Wright Brothers Medal.
Q32. Which prize is considered as the important precursor for future Nobel Prizes?
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize.
Q33. What is the name of the award given for significant contribution in the Field of Cell-Biology?
E.B.Wilson Medal.
Q34. What is the name of the award given in the name of the inventor of oxygen?
Priestly Medal for distinguished service for chemistry.
Q35. What is the name of the famous award given for the development, use and Production of Energy?
Enrico Fermi Award.
Q36. What is the prestigious award for outstanding papers in theoretical Computer science?
Godel Prize.
Q37. What is the highest award given by Japan for outstanding achievements in Science and Technology?
Japan Prize - 50 million Yen - given by Japan Prize Foundation.
Q38. Which country sponsors the Millenium Technology Prize?
Finland - awarded by Millenium Prize Foundation.
Q39. What is the name of the Indian Scientist who is in the Selection Panel of Millenium Technology Prize?
Dr.V.S.Ramamurthi - Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at the Inter-University Accelerator Centre in New Delhi.
Q40. Energy Globe Award is given to ......?
Projects that make "careful and economical use of resources and employ alternative energy sources".
Q41. What is the name of the annual award given by the King of Norway for outstanding mathematicians?
Abel Prize - in honour of Neils Henrik Abel - Norways's famous Mathematician.
Q42. What is the name of the award that is given for outstanding papers on "Discreet Mathematics"?
Fulkerson prize.
Q43. Which prestigious awards for Mathematics, is awarded only for persons below 40 years of age?
Fields Medal and also Nevan Linna Prize.
Q44. What is the name of the famous prize for mathematics sponsored by a famous university in South India?
SASTRA Ramanujan Award - sponsored by Sastra University, Tanjore, Tamilnadu. (The awardees have to be below 32 years of age).
Q45. What is the name of the prize given for mathematics in the name of the Inventor of "Salem Numbers" in mathematics?
Salem Prize for persons who have done outstanding work on "Fourier Series".
Q46. What is the name of the award given for outstanding work on Human Nutrition?
Danone International Prize.
Q47. What is the highest award for Architecture?
Pritzker Prize.
Q48. What are known as "Green Oscars"?
An award for sustainable energy called "Ashden Awards".
Q49. Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious award for Literature. Who administers and manages the Award ?
Colombia University.
Q50. Who is the only Indian receipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Jumpa Lahiri for her book "Interpreter of Maladies" in 2000.
Q51. Who holds the record of winning the Pulitzer Prize the maximum number of times?
Robert Frost of UK for Poetry - four times - 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943.
Q52. Man Group, an investment Company of UK sponsors which literary award?
Man Booker Prize (also called the Booker Prize).
Q53. Who are the Indians to win the Man Booker Prize?
1981 - Salman Rushdie for Mid Night Children 1997 - Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things 2006 - Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss.
Q54. Peabody Award is given for excellence in......
Radio and Television Broadcasting.
Q55. Which award is considered as the highest award for promotion of Press Freedom?
UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Q56. Which award is the highest award for Children and Youth Literature?
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award sponsored by the Swedish Government.
Q57. Which award for books for young people is considered as the "Little Nobel"?
Hans Christian Anderson Award.
Q58. Who is the only Indian recipient of the CPJ International Press Freedom Award?
Yusuf Jameel - Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle - for reporting on Kashmir.
Q59. Which literary award from UK is exclusively given for women writers in English?
Orange Prize.
Q60. Archibald prize is an award for what and from which country?
Portrait Paintings from Australia - 75000 Australian Dollars.
Q61. What award is given for Industrial Designing?
Compasso D' Oro - from Italy.
Q62. What award is given for excellence in advertising, design and communication?
Clio Award - sponsored by Prometheus Global Media, New York.
Q63. Which award is considered as the highest award for religious pursuit and research and discovery of spiritual realities?
Templeton Award.
Q64. Who are the Indians to receive the Templeton Prize for religious pursuit?
1973 - Mother Teresa 1975 - S.Radhakrishnan, II President 1990 - Baba Amte 1997 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale.
Q65. Who is the first Indian to receive the Right To Livelihood Award?
Ela Bhatt - 1984 - founder of Self Employed Women's Association.
Q66. Which Indian couple received the Right to Livelihood Award in 2008?
Krishnammal & Sankaralingam Jagannathan from Tamilnadu. Freedom fighter, social activist, and a Gandhian.
Q67. Shakharov Prize is awarded for ?
Freedom of Thought and Human Rights activities. A prize sponsored by the European Parliament. Nelson Mandela was the first to receive it in 1988.
Q68. Which award is given for Cookery Books?
Gourmand Award.
Q69. Which award is given for excellence in different fields of theatre?
Antoniette Perry Award most popularly known as Tony Award.
Q70. Emmy Award is given for......?
Excellence in Television Productions.
Q71. What is the highest award in Scouts and Guides Movement?
Bronze Wolf.
Q72. Who are the only two Indians to receive the "Bronze Wolf" Award for their service to Scouts and Guides movement?
1. Lakshmi Mazumdar - 1969; 2. Lalit Mohan Jain - 1985.
Q73. Basava Puruskar is an award given by......?
Karnataka Government - carries a prize money of Rs. 10 Lakhs and a citation.
Q74. What is S R Jindal Prize?
An award sponsored by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, carrying a prize money of Rs. 1 Crore awarded to persons for their excellence in their own fields. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Justice Santhosh K.Hegde are the receipients of this award for 2011.
