. The novelist, poet, and critic of which language has been conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015?

(1) Bengali

(2) Telugu

(3) Odia

(4) Gujarati

Who among the following is a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging who was recently conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay award?

(1) T.M. Krishna

(2) Bezwada Wilson

(3) Anshu Gupta

(4) Sanjiv Chaturvedi

Which Indian won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?

(1) Kailash Satyarthi

(2) Venkat Raman

(3) Ram Krishnan

(4) Mother Teresa

Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace prize?

(1) Abraham Lincoln

(2) George Bush Sr

(3) Theodore Roosevelt

(4) Franklin Roosevelt

Which action movie star was awarded in November 2016 the honorary Academy (Oscar) Award for his extraordinary achievements in the movies?

(1) Anil Kapoor

(2) Guy Ryder

(3) Ferdinand Marcos

(4) Jackie Chan

The author of the book ‘Cosmos’ is —

(1) Carl Sagan

(2) Issaq Asimov

(3) Arthur C. Clarke

(4) Michael Christian

The author of the famous Indian book of astrology ‘Panchsiddhantika’ is —

(1) Varahmihir

(2) Bhaskar

(3) Aryabhatta

(4) Brahma Gupta

‘Uttar Ramcharit’ has been written by—

(1) Harsha

(2) Tulsidas

(3) Bhavbhuti

(4) Shudrak

Name the author of the book A Passage to England :

(1) E.M. Forster

(2) Nirad C. Choudhary

(3) Vikram Seth

(4) Eric Segal

The book “The God of small things” is written by :

(1) Pupul Jayakar

(2) Sobha De

(3) Shekhar Kapoor

(4) Arundhati Roy

‘Na Khatam Honewali Kahani’ (The never-ending story) is an autobiography of :

(1) T.N. Seshan

(2) Amitabh Bachchan

(3) Sonia Gandhi

(4) V.P. Singh