quiz 2:MAGSASAY AWARD

1. NAME THE FUNERAL GROUND OF HARKISHAN SINGH SURJITH?
ANS:NIGAMBODH GHAT

2.WHICH COUPLE WON THE MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2008?
ANS: PRAKASH AMTE AND MANDAKINI AMTE
*THEY COMMITED THEIR LIVES FOR THE ABORIGINS IN "VIDARBHA" IN INDIA
*PRAKASH AMTE IS THE SON OF BABA AMTE
*THEY WERE CATEGORISED UNDER THE SECTION "COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP"

3.IN WHICH YEAR BABA AMTE WAS ADORNED WITH MAGSAYSAY AWARD ?
ANS:1985

4.AFTER WHOM IS MAGSAYSAY AWARD NAMED?
ANS:PHILIPINES FORMER PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY

5.WHO ARE THE FIRST INDIAN COUPLE TO BE AWARDED WITH MAGSASAY AWARD?
ANS:RAJNIKANTH AROL AND MABAL AROL

6.WHICH ARE THE CATEGORIES FOR WHICH MAGSAYSAY AWARD IS GIVEN?
ANS:1.Government Service
2.Public Service
3.Community Leadership
4.Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
5.Peace and International Understanding