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‘Bharat Ratna’, the highest civilian award of India, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order. List of Bharat Ratna Awardees Year Recipient State / Country 2024 Charan Singh Uttar Pradesh 2024 Karpoori Thakur Bihar 2024 L. K. Advani Delhi 2024 M. S. Swaminathan Tamil Nadu 2024 P. V. Narasimha Rao Telangana

1) Who of the following landed in Malta in 60 AD due to shipwreck? a) St. Andrew b) St. Paul c) St. Peter d) St. John 2) Which is the capital of Malta? a) Birkirkara b) Gozo c) Valetta d) Comino 3) Who seized Malta in 1798? a) Napoleon Bonaparte b) Julius Caesar c) Francis Drake d) Charlemagne

1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born? a) 4 February 1444 b) 15 April 1442 c) 21 September 1452 d) 30 November 1455 2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born? a) Ferrara b) Pisa c) Lepanto d) Genoa 3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join? a) Augustinian b) Capuchin c) Dominican d) Benedictine 4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola? a) Charles VIII b) Philip IV c) Henry VI d) Edward VI

1. When was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) 9 March 1881 b) 21 April 1896 c) 26 September1888 d) 30 November 1885 2. Where was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) Reno b) St. Louis c) Halifax d) Boston 3. Where did Thomas Stearns Eliot study Sanskrit? a) Calcutta b) Bangalore c) Trivandrum d) Harvard

1) Where was Cricket World Cup 2003 held? a) England b) Australia c) South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya d) West Indies 2) Who tested positive for banned substance and was sent out of Cricket World Cup 2003? a) Shoaib Akhtar b) Mohammed Asif c) Shane Warne d) Brett Lee 3) How many runs did India score in the ODI against Australia on 15 February 2003? a) 360/3 b) 300/6 c) 250 all out d) 125 all out

1. When did Max Planck win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1923 b) 1918 c) 1924 d) 1927 2. When was Max Planck born? a) 4 December 1866 b) 23 April 1858 c) 10 September 1860 d) 22 February 1856 3. Where was Max Planck born? a) Bremen b) Dusseldorf c) Kiel d) Ulm

1. When was Robert Kennedy attorney general of USA? a) 1936-1940 b) 1942-1946 c) 1953-1959 d) 1961-1964 2. When was Robert Kennedy born? a) 29 March 1921 b) 10 May 1918 c) 20 November 1925 d) 26 August 1923 3. Where was Robert Kennedy born? a) Atlanta b) Brookline c) Portland d) San Antonio 4. To which party did Robert Kennedy belong? a) Republican b) Green c) Democratic d) Progressive

Nebraska Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Nebraska become a state of USA? a) 1 March 1867 b) 28 May 1852 c) 4 August 1798 d) 21 November 1792 2. Who sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act? a) Julius Sterling Morton b) William Jennings Bryan c) Stephen Douglas d) George Norris 3. When was the first Arbor Day celebration? a) 17 January 1855 b) 10 April 1872 c) 21 July 1891 d) 28 December 1875

1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born? a) Trujillo b) Barcelona c) Madrid d) Casablanca 2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain? a) 12 August 1492 b) 17 June 1536 c) 22 January 1538 d) 10 November 1509 3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific? a) Christopher Columbus b) Ferdinand Magellan c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa d) Vasco da Gama

1) When did George III become the king of UK? a) 1603 b) 1701 c) 1740 d) 1760 2) To which dynasty George III belong? a) Lancastrian b) Hanoverian c) Tudor d) Stuart 3) Who persuaded George III to end his relationship with Sarah Lennox and marry Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz? a) George Grenville b) Charles Fox c) William Pitt the Elder d) John Stuart