Awards and Honours Quiz

Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-born American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. Har Gobind Khorana made important contributions to this field by building different RNA chains with the help of enzymes.

Morarji Desai was the sixth (and first non-Congress) Prime Minister of India (1977–79). He was the only Indian who won the Bharat Ratna (1991) and Pakistan's Nishan-e-Pakistan (1990). Morarji Desai helped restore friendly relations with China and Pakistan, and vowed to avoid armed conflict such as the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.

Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism and Literature. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University.

Pulitzer Prize is awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University.

Kalinga Prize is an international award given by UNESCO to reward exceptional contributions made by individuals in communicating science to society and promoting the popularization of science. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.

James Michael Lyngdoh was the 12th Chief Election Commissioner of India (14 June 2001 to 7 Feb 2004). He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2003.

Madame Curie (Marie Curie) won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines. She received the Physics Prize in 1903 for her work on radioactivity and the Chemistry Prize in 1911 for the isolation of pure radium.

The Mahavir Chakra is the second-highest military award in India in India, after the Paramvir Chakra. General Arunkumar Shridhar Vaidya was a General Officer in the Indian Army. He served as the 13th Chief of the Army Staff from 1983 to 1986 He was awarded Mahavir Chakra twice (1965 and 1971).

Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in recognition of outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television during the previous year.

Nobel Prize is not given in the field of Mathematics. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, while a memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968.