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(Q) Midnight's Children won which prestigious award ?
A) Jnanpith Award
B) Booker Prize
C) Sahitya Akademi Award
D) Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Explanation : Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 and later the Booker of Bookers in 2008.
B) Booker Prize
C) Sahitya Akademi Award
D) Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
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B) Booker PrizeExplanation : Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 and later the Booker of Bookers in 2008.
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Books and Authors, Other Awards(Q) Which Indian author is known for his work on the Indian diaspora and won the Pulitzer Prize ?
A) Jhumpa Lahiri
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Kiran Desai
Explanation : Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her collection of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies."
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Kiran Desai
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A) Jhumpa LahiriExplanation : Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her collection of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies."
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Other Awards(Q) Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Jnanpith Award ?
A) Kamala Das
B) Mahadevi Verma
C) Ashapoorna Devi
D) Amrita Pritam
Explanation : Ashapoorna Devi was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award in 1976.
B) Mahadevi Verma
C) Ashapoorna Devi
D) Amrita Pritam
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C) Ashapoorna DeviExplanation : Ashapoorna Devi was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award in 1976.
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Ashapoorna Devi, Famous Personalities, First in India, Jnanpith Awards, Other Awards(Q) Which Indian author is known for his book 'The Inheritance of Loss' ?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Salman Rushdie
C) Vikram Seth
D) Kiran Desai
Explanation : Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize for "The Inheritance of Loss" in 2006.
B) Salman Rushdie
C) Vikram Seth
D) Kiran Desai
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D) Kiran DesaiExplanation : Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize for "The Inheritance of Loss" in 2006.
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Famous Personalities, Kiran Desai, Other Awards(Q) Which prestigious award did Yellapragada Subbarow receive posthumously for his contributions to medical science ?
A) Nobel Prize in Medicine
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Padma Bhushan
D) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Explanation : Yellapragada Subbarow was posthumously awarded the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his significant contributions to medical science.
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Padma Bhushan
D) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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D) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardExplanation : Yellapragada Subbarow was posthumously awarded the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his significant contributions to medical science.
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International Awards, Other Awards, Yellapragada Subbarow(Q) Which award has been named in honor of Savitribai Phule to recognize women's contributions to social work and education ?
A) Bharat Ratna
B) Savitribai Phule Award
C) Padma Shri
D) Jyotirao Phule Award
Explanation : The Savitribai Phule Award is given to women for their outstanding contributions to social work and education.
B) Savitribai Phule Award
C) Padma Shri
D) Jyotirao Phule Award
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B) Savitribai Phule AwardExplanation : The Savitribai Phule Award is given to women for their outstanding contributions to social work and education.
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Other Awards, Savitribai Phule(Q) What is the field of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Social Service ?
A) Medicine
B) Science
C) Social Work
D) Education
Explanation : Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes are awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding work in the field of Science. The award is named after the founder Director of CSIR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. He is also known as the Father of Indian Research Laboratories, remembered for having established various chemical labs in the country.
B) Science
C) Social Work
D) Education
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B) Environmental ScienceExplanation : Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes are awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding work in the field of Science. The award is named after the founder Director of CSIR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. He is also known as the Father of Indian Research Laboratories, remembered for having established various chemical labs in the country.
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