GK - Awards and Honours
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The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is
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India's first physicist to win a Nobel Physics Prize in 1930 "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" was Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
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Option BExplanation :
India's first physicist to win a Nobel Physics Prize in 1930 "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" was Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
22.
What year was the first Oscar Awards ceremony held?
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First presented it in 1929, The Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
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Option BExplanation :
First presented it in 1929, The Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
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Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award?
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Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar) in 1983, for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi with John Mollo.
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Option CExplanation :
Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar) in 1983, for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi with John Mollo.
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Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of
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To support and encourage voluntary action and in memory of Late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India instituted the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Sewa Award for Service to Children in 1994 to honour an individual who makes outstanding contribution towards service for children.
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Option AExplanation :
To support and encourage voluntary action and in memory of Late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India instituted the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Sewa Award for Service to Children in 1994 to honour an individual who makes outstanding contribution towards service for children.
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Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to
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The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of knowledge and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.
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Option AExplanation :
The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of knowledge and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.
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