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Russian Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov passed away at the age of 88 at the beginning of March. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his outstanding contribution in which field?
Physiology or Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
Literature
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, passed away on March 2, 2019. He was 88. His death was announced by the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, where Alferov had been a deputy since 1995. In 2000, Alferov had received the Nobel Prize in Physics together with US scientists Jack Kilby and Herbert Kroemer, for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed-and optoelectronics.
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Name the author of the novel “Nireeshwaran” that won the best novel award in the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, announced on 23rd January 2019?
Mariam Dunstan
VJ James
Sarika Devi
Parvathy Nair
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Answer: Option BExplanation
On 23rd January 2019,Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2017 was announced, Malayalam Novelist VJ James’s, Novel Nireeshwaran won the best novel award. V J James was born in Vazhapally, Changanassery in Kottayam district of Kerala. His debut novel was Purappadinte Pusthakam. Other Accolades he received:DC Silver Jubilee Award, Malayattor Prize in 1999, Rotary Literary Award for Purappadinte Pusthakam, Thoppil Ravi Award, Kerala Bhasha Institute Basheer Award (2015) for Nireeshwaran.
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President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Awards to ________ people from various disciplines on 25 January 2019.
100
112
120
132
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Answer: Option BExplanation
On 25 January 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the category, to 112 people from various disciplines. The awards were conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri awardees. Twenty-one of the awardees are women.
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Which of the following State police recently received the Award for the Best Crime Detection (ABCD) for 2018?
Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Gangavaram circle police of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, received the Award for the Best Crime Detection (ABCD) for 2018 from the Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha and Director General of Police R.P. Thakur in Vijayawada.
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Who was honoured with Jnanpith Award 2018?
Krishna Sobti
Durjoy Dutta
Amitav Ghosh
Shobha De
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Noted English author Amitav Ghosh was honoured with 54th Jnanpith Award 2018 for his outstanding contribution towards literature. Ghosh’s novels include Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and the Ibis trilogy — Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire
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Who among the following renowned English fiction writer has been awarded with Jnanpith award, 2018?
Kiran Desai
Arundhati Roy
Arvind Adiga
Amitav Ghosh
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Renowned English fiction writer Amitav Ghosh has been selected for Jnanpith award, 2018.
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Who has been honoured with this year’s Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award?
Jayachandran S
Imran Siddiqui
Valmik Thapar
Jyoti Sharma
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Hyderabad-based conservationist Imran Siddiqui has been honoured with this year’s Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award, which is India’s most prestigious award. Siddiqui, who is an Assistant Director for Conservation Science at WCS-India monitors tiger in 10,000 sq km, including Nagarjunasagar Srisailam, Amrabad and Kawal Tiger Reserves, and corridors connecting to Tadoba and Tirupati Forests.
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Who presented the lifetime achievement award at the Trinity Arts Festival in Chennai?
Sundaram Iyengar
T T Srinivasaraghavan
Rohit Bakshi
Kiran Rao
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Sundaram Finance Managing Director T T Srinivasaraghavan was presented the lifetime achievement award at the Trinity Arts Festival in Chennai. The award was presented by publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, and the Press Trust of India, Chairman, N Ravi. He was awarded for his leadership qualities that made Sundaram Finance as one of India’s most trusted non-banking finance companies. Over the last 13 years, he has been organising mikeless kutcheries for children aged below 15 years which got him an entry into the Limca Book of Records for the longest open air kutcheri in the country.
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Which of the following Indian movies has won the 2018 ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal?
Baaram
Walking with the Wind
Saranalayam
Paarka Thonuthe
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Walking with the Wind’, directed by Praveen Morchhale, has won the 2018 ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal. The award is instituted by the International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT), Paris and UNESCO. The criteria for the Gandhi Medal reflect UNESCO’s fundamental mandate of building peace in the mind of men and women, particularly human rights, intercultural dialogue, promotion and safeguard of diversity of cultural expressions. ’Walking with the Wind’ tells the story of a 10 year old boy in Himalayan Terrain, who mistakenly breaks his friend’s school chair. His daily 7 km long journey to school in mountainous terrain on a donkey, turns mammoth and challenging when he decides to bring the chair to his village.
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Name the Award distributed by the Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu to celebrate the best and brightest young scientists in India on 22nd November 2018?
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Scopus Young Scientist Awards
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
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Answer: Option CExplanation
On 22nd November 2018,Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, distributed the 12th National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2018 at a gala ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in the nation’s capital New Delhi.This year’s award is a joint collaboration between Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) to celebrate the best and brightest young scientists in India, whose works cut across a broad spectrum of key research disciplines such as the “Make in India”, “Digital India”, “Healthy India” and “Clean India” initiatives. Each award winner received a citation and a plaque, along with a cash prize of INR 75,000.
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Who won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2018.
National Dairy Research Institute
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Who has been honored with the 2018 Munin Barkotoki Literary Award?
Dhrubajyoti Bora
Debabhuson Borah
Homen Borgohain
Arupa Kalita Patangia
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Young writer-critic Dr Debabhuson Borah has been honoured with the prestigious Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2018 in Assam for his book on literary criticism titled ‘Nirbochon’
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Who has been selected for the Infosys Prize 2018 under the Humanities category?
Nalini Anantharaman
Roop Mallik
Kavita Singh
Navakanta Bhat
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On November 13, 2018, Six eminent professors were selected for the Infosys Prize 2018 across different categories of science and research.
| Category | Winner | Contribution |
| Engineering and Computer Science | Navakanta Bhat, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | Design of novel biosensors |
| Humanities | Kavita Singh, Professor and Dean, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | Study of Mughal, Rajput and Deccan art. |
| Life Sciences | Roop Mallik, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | Work on molecular motor proteins, |
| Mathematical Sciences | Nalini Anantharaman, Professor and Chair of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Strasbourg, France | Work related to “Quantum Chaos” |
| Physical Sciences | SK Satheesh, Professor, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | Studies on black carbon aerosols, the dark, light absorbing, microscopic particles in air |
| Social Sciences | Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science, the University of Chicago | Work in behavioural economics. |
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