Awards & Honors MCQs

The 2026 International Booker Prize was awarded to 'The Whispering Sands'.

Dr. Anya Sharma, one of the laureates, is from India, highlighting the country's growing role in cutting-edge scientific innovation.

Their advancements in controlling entangled qubits are crucial for building fault-tolerant quantum computers, which are essential for distributed quantum computing.

The breakthroughs have direct implications for national security through quantum cryptography, promising unhackable communication channels.

The laureates are honored for their contributions to developing robust quantum entanglement generation and manipulation techniques, leading to practical applications.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for breakthroughs in quantum entanglement applications.

India's achievement in polio eradication contributes significantly to the global objective of achieving a world free from polio.

The core partners of GPEI are WHO, Rotary International, CDC, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi. The IMF is not a core partner.

The WHO acknowledged robust surveillance systems and high vaccination coverage as crucial factors in preventing the re-establishment of poliovirus.

India was historically a major endemic country for polio, meaning the virus was consistently present and circulating in the population.