SSC CGL Static GK – Awards & Honours – Level 3 · Challenge

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SSC CGL Static GK – Awards & Honours – Level 3 · Challenge – 8 questions, subject: Static GK. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
True/false countHow many of these Nobel laureates were Indian-born but US citizens when they won?
Har Gobind Khorana, S. Chandrasekhar, Amartya Sen, Abhijit Banerjee

Correct Answer: B [Three]

Explanation:

Khorana, Chandrasekhar, Banerjee; Sen was an Indian citizen.

2.  
Spot My Mistake'The first posthumous Bharat Ratna (1966) went to Jawaharlal Nehru.' Replace the wrong name:

Correct Answer: D [Lal Bahadur Shastri]

Explanation:

1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, the first posthumous award.

3.  
Assertion–Reason
A: The Shaurya Chakra is the lowest of the six gallantry chakras.
R: The Shaurya Chakra is a peacetime award.

Correct Answer: C [Both A and R are true but R does not explain A]

Explanation:

It is last in P-A-M-K-V-S; being a peacetime award does not make it lowest (the Ashoka Chakra is also peacetime).

4.  
The Arjuna Award (1961) was instituted how many years before the Dronacharya Award (1985)?

Correct Answer: B [24]

Explanation:

Answer: 24. 1985 − 1961 = 24.

5.  
Which Nobel field is decided by the Swedish Academy?

Correct Answer: A [Literature]

Explanation:

Answer: Literature. Swedish Academy – Literature.

6.  
The 2025 Vigyan Ratna (Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar) was conferred on:

Correct Answer: B [Jayant Vishnu Narlikar]

Explanation:

PIB 26-10-2025: Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (Physics, posthumous).

7.  
Wrongly matched pairWhich pair is NOT correctly matched?

Correct Answer: A [Kalinga Prize – UNICEF]

Explanation:

Answer: Kalinga Prize – UNICEF. Kalinga Prize – UNESCO.

8.  
Chronological orderArrange the Indian-linked Nobel laureates by year:
1. Kailash Satyarthi 2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 3. Mother Teresa 4. S. Chandrasekhar

Correct Answer: C [3-4-2-1]

Explanation:

Answer: 3-4-2-1. 1979 → 1983 → 2009 → 2014.

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