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General Knowledge and Important Days Worksheet

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following days is observed as World Blood Donor Day?

a)

14 June

b)

16 June

c)

12 June

d)

10 June

2.

On which day Human Rights Day is celebrated every year around the world?

a)

2 October

b)

23 March

c)

10 December

d)

20 December

3.

Government of India decided to celebrate the birthday of .......... as "Parakram Diwas" every year.

a)

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Swami Vivekananda

d)

Vir Savarkar

4.

Which date is celebrated as National Voters Day in India?

a)

26 January

b)

24 January

c)

21 January

d)

25 January

5.

World Bamboo Day is celebrated every year on ..........

a)

30 December

b)

10 March

c)

18 September

d)

10 July

6.

When is National Panchayati Raj Day observed in India?

a)

4 June

b)

3 May

c)

10 April

d)

24 April

7.

When is International Dance Day celebrated?

a)

27th April

b)

29th April

c)

28th April

d)

30th April

8.

When is World Book and Copyright Day celebrated?

a)

19 January

b)

27 April

c)

23 April

d)

13 May

9.

In whose memory was the government of India declared June 29 as statistics day each year?

a)

Radhakamal Mukherjee

b)

Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil

c)

Shakuntala Devi

d)

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

10.

When is world Ozone day celebrated?

a)

15 January

b)

16 December

c)

16 September

d)

25 April

11.

Fill in the blanks with the correct day for each date: 26 January - ________ 24 January - ________ 21 January - ________ 25 January - ________

a)

26 January - Republic Day 24 January - National Girl Child Day 21 January - Meghalaya Day 25 January - National Voters Day

b)

26 January - National Voters Day 24 January - Republic Day 21 January - National Girl Child Day 25 January - Meghalaya Day

c)

26 January - Meghalaya Day 24 January - National Voters Day 21 January - Republic Day 25 January - National Girl Child Day

d)

26 January - National Girl Child Day 24 January - Meghalaya Day 21 January - National Voters Day 25 January - Republic Day

12.

When is World Water Day celebrated?

a)

21 March

b)

23 March

c)

22 March

d)

20 March

13.

In Indian history, which day is celebrated as Swaraj Day?

a)

15 August, 1947

b)

26 January 1950

c)

26 January 1930

d)

14 August 1947

14.

When is National energy conservation Day celebrated?

a)

14 December

b)

02 October

c)

12 November

d)

06 October

15.

National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January to mark the birth anniversary of which of the following social reformer?

a)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b)

Ram Krishna Paramhansa

c)

Swami Vivekanand

d)

Dayanand Saraswati

16.

When is National Youth Day celebrated in India?

a)

12 July

b)

15 December

c)

12 January

d)

12 November

17.

When is National Mathematics Day celebrated every year in India?

a)

22 December

b)

22 November

c)

21 March

d)

21 January

18.

National Mathematics Day is celebrated in India to mark the birth of which famous person?

a)

M.M. Swaminathan

b)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

c)

C.V. Raman

d)

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

19.

Which of the following days is celebrated every year on 9 January to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community in the development of India?

a)

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

b)

Akhil Bharatiya Divas

c)

Unnatig Bharat Divas

d)

Overseas Indian Development day.

20.

What do you understand by Pravasi Divas or when was it started?

a)

15 January, 2013 is celebrated to commemorate the players.

b)

17 January, 2014 when Indian marine engineer was awarded.

c)

9 January, 2003 commemorates Mahatma Gandhi's return from South Africa to Mumbai on 9 Jan, 1915.

d)

1 September, 2014 is celebrated to commemorate the economic departure of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

21.

When is National Navy Day celebrated in India?

a)

12 December

b)

4 December

c)

12 November

d)

15 July

22.

P.M. Modi's birthday is celebrated across India as

a)

Sewa Diwas

b)

Hindi Day

c)

Farmer Day

d)

Children Day

23.

On which date does India celebrate National Unity day every year?

a)

11 September

b)

5 December

c)

19 November

d)

31 October

24.

India celebrates 29 August as National sports day in whose honor?

a)

J.Shrinath

b)

Milkha Singh

c)

Major Dhyan Chand

d)

P.T. Usha

25.

On which date is world press freedom day celebrated?

a)

15 August

b)

20 October

c)

10 June

d)

3 May

26.

When is National Army Day celebrated in India?

a)

12 December

b)

15 January

c)

12 November

d)

15 July

27.

World Animation Day is celebrated on:

a)

15 December

b)

28 October

c)

16 April

d)

22 February

28.

20 February is celebrated as:

a)

World Day of social Justice

b)

World heritage Day

c)

World Water Day

d)

Central Excise Day

29.

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on which day?

a)

3 June

b)

3 March

c)

12 April

d)

8 September

30.

Why is World Sparrow Day celebrated every year on 20 March?

a)

To commemorate the increasing number of sparrows.

b)

To show the sparrow's superiority over other birds.

c)

To raise awareness for the preservation of sparrows

d)

On the birthday of Dr. Salim Ali

31.

On which date is World Lion's Day celebrated?

a)

10 September

b)

10 August

c)

10 July

d)

10 June

32.

When is World Heritage Day celebrated?

a)

8 March

b)

8 April

c)

18 April

d)

25 May

33.

When is World Cancer Day celebrated?

a)

4 February

b)

5 March

c)

12 May

d)

23 August

34.

International women's day is celebrated every year on March–

a)

6

b)

8

c)

5

d)

9

35.

When is the constitution day of India celebrated?

a)

24 November

b)

25 November

c)

26 November

d)

27 November

36.

When is World Earth Day celebrated?

a)

18 September

b)

25 August

c)

22 April

d)

7 April

37.

When was World Earth Day celebrated?

a)

22 April

b)

22 March

c)

22 January

d)

22 February

38.

When was Leprosy Day celebrated?

a)

25 December, 2015

b)

17 January, 2016

c)

25 January, 2016

d)

30 January, 2016

39.

When is National Good Governance Day celebrated in India?

a)

24 December

b)

25 December

c)

26 December

d)

28 December

40.

Who was the first Indian citizen to receive the Nobel Prize in literature?

a)

Swami Vivekananda

b)

Sully Prudhomme

c)

Sarojini Naidu

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

41.

Who among the following is NOT a Nobel Prize winner?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Kailash Satyarthi

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Amartya Sen

42.

How many categories are there of Nobel Prize?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

6

d)

4

43.

Which Indian won the Nobel Prize for peace in 2014?

a)

Kailash Satyarthi

b)

Malala Yousafzai

c)

Sanjeev Chaturvedi

d)

Anshu Gupta

44.

Who started the "Bachpan Bachao Andolan" campaign for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize?

a)

Kailash Satyarthi

b)

Medha Patkar

c)

Jaggi Vasudev

d)

Malala Yousafzai

45.

Who was the only woman to win the Nobel prize in Physics and Chemistry twice?

a)

Dorothy Hodgkin

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Geria Geyer

d)

Ada Yonath

46.

The UN Peacekeeping forces were awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in the year _______.

a)

1899

b)

2000

c)

1988

d)

1945

47.

The Nobel prize awarding institute, Swedish Academy, is associated with:

a)

Peace

b)

Medicine

c)

Literature

d)

Physiology

48.

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to:

a)

Sukumar Sen

b)

Amartya Sen

c)

Jai Prakash Narayan

d)

Dadabhai Naoroi

49.

The first Nobel Prize in medicine was given in 1901 for the discovery of therapy against?

a)

Diphtheria

b)

Polio

c)

Smallpox

d)

Malaria

50.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for literature for which book?

a)

Gora

b)

Gitanjali

c)

Gitabitan

d)

Sanchayita

51.

Who is India's only Nobel laureate in literature?

a)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

b)

Amartya Sen

c)

C.V. Raman

d)

Kailash Satyarthi

52.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received a Nobel Prize for:

a)

Physiology

b)

Economics

c)

Literature

d)

Peace

53.

Who among the following was the first Chinese Citizen to win Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

Yu Jie

b)

Wang Dan

c)

Liu Xiaobo

d)

Liu Xia

54.

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin?

a)

Frederick Banting

b)

James Collip

c)

E. Abraham

d)

William Osler

55.

Which organisation was formed by Henry Dunant, the winner of the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901?

a)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

b)

Medicines Sans Frontiers

c)

World Wide Fund for Nature

d)

International Red Cross

56.

Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his research on transmission of malaria?

a)

Paul Lauterbur

b)

Robert G Edwards

c)

Karl Landsteiner

d)

Ronald Ross

57.

Who among the following is the youngest Nobel Laureate?

a)

Nadia Murad

b)

Tsung Dao Lee

c)

Malala Yousufzai

d)

Lawrence Bragg

58.

In which year Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai were jointly given the Nobel peace prize?

a)

2012

b)

2013

c)

2014

d)

2015

59.

Name the Indian scientist who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1968 for cracking the genetic code.

a)

Har Gobind Khorana

b)

Visvesvaraya

c)

Venkataraman Radhakrishnan

d)

Meghnad Saha

60.

In which year was the United Nations Organization (UNO) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

2001

b)

2000

c)

2005

d)

2003

61.

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for flagging environmental issues?

a)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Gore

b)

Sierra Club

c)

World Wide Fund For Nature

d)

Greenpeace

62.

Which is the highest civilian award presented by the Government of India?

a)

Padma Vibhushan

b)

Bharat Ratna

c)

Ashok Chakra

d)

Padmashri

63.

Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award was given for the first time in which year?

a)

1904

b)

1944

c)

1954

d)

1984

64.

Which of the following prime minister has been awarded the Bharat Ratna Award?

a)

V.P Singh

b)

Morarji Desai

c)

Charan Singh

d)

Manmohan Singh

65.

Which of these two dignitaries were awarded the Bharat Ratna Award in March 2015?

a)

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Amitabh Bachchan

b)

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Madan Mohan Malaviya

c)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

d)

Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee

66.

Which former Prime Minister of India was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously?

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

P.V. Narshimha Rao

c)

Morarji Desai

d)

I.K. Gujral

67.

In which year was Sachin Tendulkar awarded the Bharat Ratna?

a)

2016

b)

2013

c)

2015

d)

2014

68.

In which year did the Government of India institute two civilian awards-Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan?

a)

1954

b)

1955

c)

1950

d)

1953

69.

When was the provision of Bharat Ratna introduced?

a)

1952

b)

1954

c)

1955

d)

1950

70.

Who among the following was the recipient of Bharat Ratna in 2019?

a)

Rajeshwar Acharya

b)

Virat Kohli

c)

Nanaji Deshmukh

d)

Teejan Bai

71.

______ is the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize for music.

a)

Joyner Lucas

b)

Kendrick Lamar

c)

J. Cole

d)

Eminem

72.

Who was the first Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize?

a)

Gobind Behari Lal

b)

Siddhartha Mukherjee

c)

Geeta Anand

d)

Jhumpa Lahiri

73.

Which is India's highest literary award?

a)

Jnanpith Award

b)

Sahitya Academy Award

c)

Vyas Samman

d)

Kabir

74.

Who was honoured with the 55th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019?

a)

Krishna Sobti

b)

A Achuthan Namboothiri

c)

Chitra Mudgal

d)

Shobha Rao

75.

Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award?

a)

Uma Shankar Joshi

b)

Amrita Pritam

c)

G Sankara Kurup

d)

Ashapurna Devi

76.

Jnanpith Award contains a cash prize along with a bronze replica of Goddess

a)

Durga

b)

Saraswati

c)

Saraswati

d)

Lakshmi

77.

The prestigious Oscar Award ceremony is held every year in which of the following countries?

a)

Russia

b)

England

c)

India

d)

America

78.

Which of the following countries hosts the academy (Oscar) Award for Excellence in cinema every year?

a)

France

b)

USA

c)

UK

d)

Canada

79.

Which of the following films was NOT nominated for an Oscar award?

a)

Salam Bombay

b)

Lagaan

c)

Mother India

d)

Karam

80.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award is related to which field?

a)

Literature

b)

Cinema

c)

Journalism

d)

Volleyball

81.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award is the highest award, given to the remarkable contributions of famous personalities in the field of:

a)

Social work

b)

Literature

c)

Cinema

d)

Sports

82.

Who is called 'Father of Indian Cinema'?

a)

Mani Sethna

b)

Dilip Kumar

c)

Dadasaheb Phalke

d)

Raj Kapoor

83.

The highest decoration for valour (during wartime) given to the Indian uniformed soldiers is ________.

a)

Vir Chakra

b)

Shaurya Chakra

c)

Mahavir Chakra

d)

Param Vir Chakra

84.

Which is the highest gallantry award given for the most conspicuous act of bravery or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, whether on land at sea or in the air?

a)

Param Vir chakra

b)

Bharat Ratna

c)

DhyanChanda Award

d)

Padma shri

85.

Shanti swarup Bhatnagar Annual Award is given for outstanding achievement in which field.

a)

Indian classical music

b)

Literature

c)

Science and Technology

d)

Tribal art style

86.

Who sponsors Shanti swarup Bhatnagar Award for science and technology (SSB)?

a)

Indian government

b)

Council of Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR)

c)

Indian Army

d)

Indian Navy

87.

What is the name of the world's most prestigious English language literary book award?

a)

Best Translated book award

b)

Commonwealth writer Award

c)

Man booker Award

d)

Booker Award

88.

Who is the winner of the 'Man Booker Prize 2016 for a book titled 'The sellout'?

a)

David Jale

b)

Paul Beatty

c)

J.M. Kotiji

d)

Madeleine Thien

89.

For which book Arundhati Roy was conferred with the Booker Prize?

a)

Power Politics

b)

The Cost of Living

c)

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire

d)

The God of Small Things

90.

Who among the following was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize?

a)

Anita Desai

b)

Amrita Pritam

c)

Sarojini Naidu

d)

Arundhati Roy

91.

Which of the following books won the Man Booker International Prize in the year 2019?

a)

Two Virgins

b)

The Golden Gate

c)

Celestial Bodies

d)

Midnight's Children

92.

Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Anshu gupta is associated with which of the following NGO?

a)

Prayatna

b)

Akshaya Patra

c)

Goonj

d)

Udaan

93.

Who is one of the recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award?

a)

Arvind Kejriwal

b)

Suprabha Seshan

c)

CNR Rao

d)

Nirmala Deshpande

94.

______ is the 'Ghazal Queen of India', who was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1975.

a)

Hasina Akhtar

b)

Begum Shabana

c)

Begum Akhtar

d)

Begum Hasina

95.

Which language institution gives away the Bhasha Bharti Samman award in India?

a)

Central Institute of Indian Languages

b)

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

c)

Kendriya Hindi Sansthan

d)

Central Hindi Directorate

96.

Who is known as India's 'Waterman', who won the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize in 2015?

a)

Dr. Rajendra Singh

b)

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

c)

Dr. AK Banerjee

d)

Sunder Lal Bahuguna

97.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was renamed by the Government of India as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in the year

a)

2021

b)

2019

c)

2022

d)

2020

98.

For excellence in the field of medical services, which of the following awards is given?

a)

Daly Memorial Award

b)

Dhanvantari Award

c)

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

d)

Borlaug Award

99.

Which of the following awards is given to Gram Panchayats/Village Councils for their outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development by involving Gram Sabhas?

a)

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran puraskar (DDUPSP)

b)

Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP)

c)

Child-Friendly Gram Panchayat Award (CFGPA)

d)

Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award (GPDPA)

100.

The 'Vyas Samman', a literary award was first awarded in the year

a)

1991

b)

1999

c)

1989

d)

1990

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