Weekly Current Affairs (Awards) Quiz (7-13 October 2023)
1. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?
A. Shirin Ebadi
B. Masih Alinejad
C. Narges Mohammadi
D. Javad Zarif
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- Answer: C
2. Who is the Indian-origin professor who has been awarded the Dutch Spinoza Prize for climate change research?
A. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta
B. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri
C. Dr. Sunita Narain
D. Dr. Vandana Shiva
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- Answer: A
3. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
A. Claudia Goldin
B. Paul Krugman
C. Joshua Angrist
D. Ben Bernanke
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- Answer: A
4. Who broke the marathon world record recently?
A. Eliud Kipchoge
B. Kenenisa Bekele
C. Haile Gebrselassie
D. Kelvin Kiptum
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- Answer: D
5. Which company won the 'Best Innovation in Refinery' award for the year 2022-23?
A. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
B. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL)
C. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)
D. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
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- Answer: B
6. Who launched the book "The Book of Life: My Dance with Buddha for Success"?
A. Balram Bhargava
B. The Kashmir Files
C. Lucknow
D. Vivek Agnihotri
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- Answer: D
7. Who launched the trailer of the animated series "Krish, Trish, and Baltiboy – Bharat Hain Hum"?
A. Munjal Shroff
B. Tilakraj Shetty
C. Graphiti Studios
D. Anurag Thakur
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- Answer: D
8. Which state was awarded the third prize for its outstanding efforts in operationalizing Telemanas?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra
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- Answer: B
9. Which Tamil writer was awarded the Saraswati Samman in 2022 for her memoirs, "Surya Vamsam"?
A. Jeyamkondan
B. Jayamohan
C. Perumal Murugan
D. Sivasankari
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- Answer: D
10. Who among the following has won the Shakti Bhatt Literary Prize?
A. C S Lakshmi
B. Ruskin Bond
C. Vishal Bharadwaz
D. Arundathi Roy
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- Answer: A
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