Category: Awards

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The award is named after Dadasaheb Phalke (Dhundiraj Govind Phalke). He is known as the father of Indian cinema. The award was instituted in the annual National Awards in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, to honour his invaluable contribution to Indian cinema.

2022 - Annie Ernaux 2021 - Abdulrazak Gurnah 2020 - Louise Glück 2019 - Peter Handke 2018 - Olga Tokarczuk 2017 - Kazuo Ishiguro 2016 - Bob Dylan

1) Who of the Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2010 had won Nobel Prize? a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan b) Zohra Segal c) Ebrahim Alkazi d) Yaga Venugopal Reddy 2) Who of the Padma Bhushan Awardees 2010 had CBI chargesheets against him for defrauding State Bank of India and under arrest for some time? a) Bernard Madoff b) Sant Singh Chatwal c) Ramalinga Raju d) David Leeson 3) Who won the bronze medal in Beijing Olympics 2008 and was awarded Padma Shri in 2010? a) Saina Nehwal b) Leander Paes c) Karnam Malleshwari d) Vijender Singh

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine? Ai Uchida Satoshi Nakamoto Catherine Kobayashi Yoshinori OhsumiCorrect Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine given? Discoveries on how cells recycle themselves Invention of anthrax vaccine Invention of chickenpox vaccine Discovery of diphtheria bacteriaCorrect Answer: Discoveries on how cells recycle themselves 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics? ISRO European Space Mission David James Thouless, John Michael Kosterlitz, F. Duncan M. Haldane Carl AndersonCorrect Answer: David James Thouless, John Michael Kosterlitz, F. Duncan M. Haldane 4. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics given? Launching ... Read more

1. Which novel won John Steinbeck Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) East of Eden b) The Winter of Our Discontent c) Of Mice and Men d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. When was John Steinbeck born? a) 27 February 1902 b) 24 June 1898 c) 12 July 1900 d) 18 October 1904 3. Where was John Steinbeck born? a) Peking b) Salinas c) Canton d) Tokyo

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2021 for Medicine? a) Ardem Patapoutian, David Julius b) Joseph Eble c) Benjamin Solomon Carson d) Devi Shetty 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2021 for Medicine given? a) Work on uncertainty of brain death b) Performance of many neuro surgeries c) Discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch d) Performance of many heart surgeries 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2021 for Physics? a) Lisa Randall b) Giorgio Parisi, Klaus Hasselmann, Sukuro Manabe c) Carlo Rovelli d) Edward Witten

1. When did Ernesto Orlando Lawrence win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1933 b) 1939 c) 1944 d) 1947 2. When was Ernesto Orlando Lawrence born? a) 7 January 1896 b) 12 May 1898 c) 8 August 1901 d) 5 October 1895 3. Where was Ernesto Orlando Lawrence born? a) Canton b) Sacramento c) Albany d) Birmingham

Frederick Sanger Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Frederick Sanger first win Nobel Prize for Chemistry? a) 1958 b) 1952 c) 1948 d) 1960 2. When did Frederick Sanger win Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the second time? a) 1964 b) 1980 c) 1972 d) 1976 3. When was Frederick Sanger born? a) 22 February 1914 b) 23 May 1916 c) 13 August 1918 d) 5 December 1922

Joseph Edward Murray Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Joseph Edward Murray win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1990 b) 1982 c) 1974 d) 1968 2. When was Joseph Edward Murray born? a) 15 February 1928 b) 1 April 1919 c) 9 October 1922 d) 3 August 1917 3. Where was Joseph Edward Murray born? a) Austin b) Sacramento c) Milford d) Athens

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine? a) Emil von Behring b) Chalres Richet c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Johannes Fibiger 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine given? a) Work on serum therapy b) Work on Anaphylaxis c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells d) Contributions to cancer research 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Physics? a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt b) Gabriel Lippmann c) Charles Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George Smith d) Werner Heisenberg