IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

List of International Awards

Name of Award	Year Instituted	Awarded for
Pulitzer Prize	1917	Named after the US Publisher, Joseph Pulitzer; It is annually conferred in the US for accomplishment in Journalism, literature and music
Magsaysay Award	1957	Named after Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines; it is annually conferred for outstanding contribution to Public Service, Community Leadership, Journalism, Literature, Creative Arts and International Understanding
Templeton Award	1972	Conferred by the Templeton Foundation for progress in religion-inaugurated by John M. Templeton, a Presbyterian of Nassau, Bahamas
Booker Prize	1968	Highest literary award, set up by the Booker Company and the British Publishers Association
Right Livelihood	1980	Instituted by Jakob Von Vexkull, a Swedish-German writer and Philatelic expert, after selling his stamp collection; also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize and conferred annually for practical and exemplary solutions to real problems of today
Jawaharlal Nehru	1965	Instituted by Government of India, it is conferred annually to persons for outstanding contribution in promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among the people of the world
Oscar Award	1929	Conferred annually by the Academy of Motion pictures, Arts and Sciences in the US in recognition of contribution and performance in the field of cinema
Jesse Owens	1992	Instituted by the International Amateur Athletic Federation; Global Award to honor individuals with sports background who have made significant and lasting contribution to society.

QUIZ ON AWARDS & HONORS

1.      Which award was instituted by Govt. of India to be given annually for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among the people of world?

2.      Name the state award which is given for literature, performing art and plastic art?

3.      Which prize was instituted by the Govt. of India on 2nd October 1994?

4.      Which award conferred for outstanding contribution to public service, community leadership, journalism, literature, creative arts, peace & international understanding?

5.      Which is the highest civilian award among National awards given by president of India for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science?

6.      Who got the Nobel Prize for “Gitanjali”?

7.      Who was awarded with the Nobel Prize for economics in 1998 and Bharat Ratna Award in 1999?

8.      Who won the highest gallantry award - Param Vir Chakra first time in India posthumously in 1947?

9.      Who was the first winner of highest literary Bharatiya Jnanpith Award in 1965?

10.  Which Indian Nobel Laureate got both Nobel Prize and Bharat Ratna award?

11.  Who was the first winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

12.  Which Indian first time got Ramon Magsaysay Award?

13.  Who was the first winner of the Padma Vibhushan Award?

14.  Who was the winner of Man Booker Prize for the year 2006 for her novel "The Inheritance of Loss"?

15.  Which prize for Science and Technology is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?

ANSWERS

1.      Jawaharlal Nehru Award

2.      Shikhar Award

3.      Gandhi Peace Award

4.      Ramon Magsaysay Award

5.      Bharat Ratna Award

6.      Rabindra Nath Tagore

7.      Amartya Sen

8.      Major Somnath Sharma

9.      G Shankar Kurup

10.  Mother Teresa

11.  Devika Rani Roerich

12.  Vinoba Bhave

13.  Adoor Gopal Krishnan

14.  Kiran Desai

15.  The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar