Awards and Honour

Q.1.Who has been awarded the Infosys award in the category of engineering and computer science?
A. Sanghamitra Bandopadhyaya
B. Ananya J. Kabir
C. Ritabrata Munshi
D. Upinder Singh Bhalla
Ans. Sanghamitra Bandopadhyaya



Q.2. Which Indian veteran actor, playwright is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest?
A. Amol Palekar
B. Naseeruddin Shah
C. Girish Karnad
D. Anupam Kher
Ans. Girish Karnad



Q.3. Which airports secured top ranks in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI-ASQ survey?
A. Jaipur
B. Srinagar
C. Delhi
D. Both a and b
Ans. Both a and b



Q.4. What is the award conferred to senior citizens for helping the elderly announced by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment called?
A. Vayoshreshtha Samman
B. Samoohik Samman
C. Shreshtha Samman
D. Kartavya Samman
Ans. Vayoshreshtha Samman



Q.5. Which international group of campaigners won the Nobel Peace Prize on 6th Oct 2017?
A. PETA
B. ICAN
C. ICIJ
D. Act for Peace
Ans. ICAN



Q.6. Which ministry has been judged the best department for contributing to the Swachchta Pakhwada?
A. Ministry of Women and Child Development
B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C. MoEF
D. MoD
Ans. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare



Q.7. Which FB Group got the Swachchta Award for Voluntary Citizen action in Sept 2017?
A. My Delhi Keep It Clean
B. My India Keep It Clean
C. My Mumbai Keep It Clean
D. My Chennai Keep It Clean
Ans. My Delhi Keep It Clean



Q.8.  NITI Aayog in partnership with MyGov and which international body announced Women Transforming India Awards 2017?
A. United Nations
B. World Health Organisation
C. Food and Agricultural Organisation
D. International Women's Association
Ans. United Nations



Q.9. Which port container terminal won the Gateway award 2017 for activities to ease congestion?
A. JNPCT
B. JNTCT
C. Kandla
D. Vizag
Ans. JNPCT



Q.10.Which public service award was conferred on Planned Parenthood, a health organisation, on 6th Sept 2017?
A. Lasker Award
B. Nobel prize
C. Breakthrough Prize
D. The Shaw Prize
Ans. Lasker Award

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