GA QUIZ 12

[1] Name the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014?
Ans - Tomas Halik

[2] Who bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013?
Ans - Gyan Correa

[3] Who won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water ―Water for Life‖ Best Practices Award for their
sustainable practices of water resources?
Ans - India and Singapore

[4] Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013?
Ans - Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar



[5] Name the renowned Hindi author will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book ‗Dhool Paudho Par‘ published in 2008?
Ans - Govind Mishra

[6] Who was conferred India's Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards
in Mumbai?
Ans - Amitabh Bachchan

[7] Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014?
Ans - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban

[8] Which country lifted the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014?
Ans - : South Africa

[9] Who has been appointed coach of the National men‘s hockey team?
Ans - Olympian and former India captain Jude Felix

[10] Name the company who has bagged a multi-year deal from Volvo Cars?
Ans - : Infosys

[11] Which telecom service provider has launched its popular mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa partnering with private sector ICICI Bank?
Ans - Vodafone