Current Affairs · Topic 4
Nobel prizes, Pakistan's civil and military awards, and Pakistani laureates.
Learn first
Learn how each award works and the Pakistani winners, then the latest winners.
Practise
Try each question, then open the answer. MCQs 201–232 of 232.
201.The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics went to Ben Bernanke and others for research on what?
Answer: B. Banks and financial crises
Bernanke later chaired the US Federal Reserve.
202.The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics went to Claudia Goldin for research on what?
Answer: C. Women's labour market outcomes
She was the third woman to win the economics prize.
203.Which is the highest award for mathematics given only every four years?
Answer: A. Fields Medal
It is given to mathematicians under 40.
204.Which Iranian woman was the first woman to win the Fields Medal?
Answer: A. Maryam Mirzakhani
She won it in 2014.
205.The Turing Award is presented by which organisation?
Answer: A. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
It is often called the Nobel Prize of computing.
206.The Pulitzer Prizes are administered by which university?
Answer: C. Columbia University
They were first awarded in 1917.
207.The Man Booker International Prize is for what?
Answer: D. Fiction translated into English
The prize is shared by author and translator.
208.Which Indian writer won the International Booker Prize in 2022 for "Tomb of Sand"?
Answer: B. Geetanjali Shree
It was the first Hindi novel to win.
209.Which Pakistani novelist was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for "Exit West"?
Answer: D. Mohsin Hamid
It was shortlisted in 2017.
210.Which author won the Booker Prize twice, for "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies"?
Answer: C. Hilary Mantel
She won in 2009 and 2012.
211.The Golden Globe Awards honour work in which fields?
Answer: A. Film and television
They are presented in Los Angeles.
212.The BAFTA awards are presented in which country?
Answer: D. United Kingdom
BAFTA is the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
213.The Golden Bear is the top prize at which film festival?
Answer: D. Berlin
Venice gives the Golden Lion.
214.The Golden Lion is the top prize at which film festival?
Answer: D. Venice
Cannes gives the Palme d'Or.
215.Which Pakistani film was the first to be selected as Pakistan's entry for the Oscars after a long gap, in 2013?
Answer: A. Zinda Bhaag
Pakistan had not sent an entry since 1963.
216.The Nigar Awards are associated with which industry?
Answer: C. Pakistani film
They were Pakistan's main film awards for decades.
217.The Lux Style Awards in Pakistan honour work in which fields?
Answer: B. Film, television, music and fashion
They began in 2002.
218.The PTV Awards honour work in which medium?
Answer: A. Television
Pakistan Television began in 1964.
219.Pakistan Television (PTV) began broadcasting in which year?
Answer: B. 1964
Its first transmission was from Lahore.
220.Radio Pakistan began broadcasting as Pakistan's station on which date?
Answer: D. 14 August 1947
It announced the birth of Pakistan at midnight.
221.Who announced the creation of Pakistan on Radio Pakistan at midnight in 1947?
Answer: C. Mustafa Ali Hamdani
He made the announcement in Urdu from Lahore.
222.Akhtar Hameed Khan, founder of the Orangi Pilot Project, received which international award?
Answer: B. Ramon Magsaysay Award
He received it in 1963 for the Comilla rural development model.
223.The Orangi Pilot Project, a famous community sanitation scheme, is in which city?
Answer: A. Karachi
Residents built their own sewers with technical help.
224.Which Pakistani founded the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme model in Gilgit-Baltistan?
Answer: D. Shoaib Sultan Khan
AKRSP began in 1982.
225.Saudi Arabia's highest civilian award is named after which king?
Answer: B. King Abdulaziz (Order of King Abdulaziz)
Several Pakistani leaders have received it.
226.The UAE's highest civilian award is named after whom?
Answer: A. Sheikh Zayed (Order of Zayed)
It is given to heads of state.
227.China's Friendship Medal was first awarded in which year?
Answer: B. 2018
It is China's highest honour for foreigners.
228.Which Pakistani squash player was voted the greatest player of the 20th century?
Answer: C. Jahangir Khan
He was unbeaten in over 500 matches between 1981 and 1986.
229.Which Pakistani sprinter was called "The Flying Bird of Asia"?
Answer: C. Abdul Khaliq
He won 100 m gold at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila.
230.Which Pakistani female cricketer captained Pakistan for many years and became the first Pakistani woman to play 100 ODIs?
Answer: A. Sana Mir
She was ranked the world's top ODI bowler in 2018.
231.Which Pakistani female cricketer was the first to take 100 T20I wickets for Pakistan?
Answer: C. Nida Dar
She is an all-rounder.
232.Pakistan won the Asian Games gold in women's cricket in which year?
Answer: B. 2010 and 2014
Pakistan women won gold at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014.
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