Awards and Honours MCQs

54. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city?

A. Oslo
B. Stockholm
C. Brussels
D. Geneva
✅ The correct answer is option A.
As stipulated in the will of the Swedish born inventor and international industrialist Alfred Nobel, which was opened after his death in 1896, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.

58. Who was chosen for the National Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2017?

A. Shahid Kapoor
B. Shahrukh Khan
C. Anupam Kher
D. Abhishek Bachchan
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The king of romance Shah Rukh Khan was conferred with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 25 February 2017. The award commemorates the director – producer by honouring excellence in various spheres of cinema like acting, music etc.

59. The 2016 Nobel Prize in literature was won by –

A. Alice Munro
B. Svetlana Alexievich
C. Bob Dylan
D. Angus Deaton
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.

60. Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?

A. Pablo Neruda
B. Derek Walcott
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Winston Churchill
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.
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