MCQs on Awards & Honors (Oct 2026) for Competitive Exams

81.

Which international literary award, announced annually, specifically recognizes a work of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland?

A Nobel Prize in Literature

B Booker Prize

C International Booker Prize

D Pulitzer Prize

82.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research related to which field?

A Protein structure prediction and design

B Click chemistry

C Lithium-ion batteries

D CRISPR gene editing

83.

Which prestigious prize is often referred to as the 'Nobel Prize of Mathematics'?

A Abel Prize

B Fields Medal

C Wolf Prize

D Turing Award

84.

Who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries in machine learning?

A John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton

B Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz

C Alain Aspect and John Clauser

D Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann

85.

The Saraswati Samman is given annually by which foundation?

A Tata Trust

B K.K. Birla Foundation

C Infosys Science Foundation

D Sahitya Akademi

86.

Which literary work won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 in the Hindi language category?

A NEEDS_REVIEW

B NEEDS_REVIEW

C NEEDS_REVIEW

D NEEDS_REVIEW

87.

Who was awarded the 59th Jnanpith Award in 2024?

A Gulzar and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya

B Damodar Mauzo

C Amitav Ghosh

D Krishna Sobti

88.

What was the primary impact of Dr. Anya Sharma's research, for which she received the Global Innovation Award in 2026?

A Development of a new vaccine for a rare disease

B Discovery of a novel method for carbon capture

C Identification of potential biosignatures on Mars

D NEEDS_REVIEW

89.

The 'Global Innovation Award' is presented annually by which international organization to recognize significant advancements in science and technology?

A The World Health Organization (WHO)

B The International Science Council (ISC)

C The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

D NEEDS_REVIEW

90.

In 2026, Dr. Anya Sharma, a leading astrophysicist, was honored with the 'Global Innovation Award' for her groundbreaking research in which area?

A Quantum Computing

B Exoplanetary Atmospheres

C Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

D NEEDS_REVIEW

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