OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who delivered the Acceptance Speech ?
(a) Aung San Suu Kyi
(b) Ban Ki Moon
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Alexander Aris
2. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize Prize for Peace in 1991 ?
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Kofi Annan
(c) Aung San Suu Kyi
(d) Zakir Hussain
3. In which field or stream did Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Prize ?
(a) Peace
(b) Literature
(c) Physics
(d) Architecture
4. Aung San Suu Kyi was born on ______
(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 19 June 1945
(c) 23 January 1957
(d) 1 June 1954
5. Aung San Suu Kyi is famous politician ?
(a) Indian
(b) Korean
(c) Nepalese
(d) Burmese
6. Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of which party in Burma ?
(a) Congress Party
(b) RJD
(c) National League for Democracy
(d) Popular Front
7. Who won the Rafto Prize and Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought in 1990 ?
(a) Aung San Suu Kyi
(b) Ban Ki Moon
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Alexander Aris
8. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi win Rafto Prize and Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought ?
(a) 1990
(b) 1995
(c) 1985
(d) 1992
9. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi win the Nobel Peace Prize ?
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1985
(d) 1992
10. Alexander Aris delivered the Acceptance Speech on behalf of his ______ .
(a) father
(b) aunt
(c) sister in Law
(d) mother
11. Name the person on whose behalf Alexander Aris delivered the Acceptance Speech ?
(a) Ban ki moon
(b) Mao Tse Sung
(c) Aung San Suu Kyi
(d) Nelson Mandela
12. In which city was the ceremony of awarding Nobel prize held in the year 1991 ?
(a) Tokyo
(b) London
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Oslo
13. On which date was Aung San Suu Kyi awarded Nobel Peace Prize ?
(a) December 1, 1991
(b) August 15, 1991
(c) December 10, 1991
(d) December 31, 1991
14. Aris firmly believed that his mother would have accepted the prize for all the …………. of Burma, not for herself.
(a) people
(b) monks
(c) politicians
(d) solidiers
15. Why did Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t come to receive the nobel Prize ?
(a) She was ill
(b) She was not in mood
(c) Circumstances didn’t permit her
(d) She didn’t deserve it
16. What was the struggle of Aung San Suu Kyi for ?
(a) Democratic Burma
(b) against slavery
(c) for Women’s Right
(d) None of the above
17. What were Aung San Suu Kyi and people of Burma struggling for ?
(a) Peace
(b) Freedom
(c) Democracy
(d) All of the above
18. According to Alexander Aris, his mother was a symbol through whom _____ may be recognized ?
(a) The plight of people of Canada
(b) The Plight of people of Burma
(c) The Plight of people of China
(d) The Plight of people of Malaysia
19. As per Alexander Aris, of what disease were people dying in the jungles of Burma ?
(a) Malaria
(b) Dengue
(c) Kala-azar
(d) Hepatitis
20. Who was beaten and dishonoured when Aung San Suu Kyi received the award ?
(a) Buddhist Monks
(b) Chinese Monks
(c) Rohingya Muslims
(d) Temple Priests
21. Who were incarcerated besides Aung San Suu Kyi ?
(a) None
(b) College professors
(c) Other leaders of Burma
(d) Alexander Aris
22. The Prize is also intended to _____ all those engaged in this struggle.
(a) dishonour
(b) martyr
(c) incarcerate
(d) honour
23. Which day is celebrated as International Human Rights day ?
(a) May 1
(b) April 1
(c) December 1
(d) Feb 14
24. The day on which Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Prize is also celebrated as:
(a) International Human Rights Day
(b) World Labour’s Dat
(c) Water Day
(d) Earth Day
25. The lonely struggle was taking place in a heavily guarded compound in ______ .
(a) Beijing
(b) Rangoon
(c) Delhi
(d) Rome
26. Alexander Aris said, “Mr. Chairman, the whole international community had applauded the choice of ______ .”
(a) your committee
(b) People of Burma
(c) high commission
(d) none of the above
27. Who was the secretary general of UNO in 1991 ?
(a) Kofi Anan
(b) Javier Prez De Cuellar
(c) Ban ki Moon
(d) Barack Obama
28. What had the secretary general of UNO repeatedly endorsed ?
(a) Freedom of India
(b) Freedom of Burma till
(c) Early release of Aung San Suu Kyi
(d) Nobel Prize for Aung San Suu Kyi
29. Who had said, “Humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war” ?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Socrates
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Martin Luther King Sr.
30. Complete the statement of Alexander Aris, that were his concluding remarks. “Let a new ______
dawn.
(a) morning
(b) year
(c) month
(d) age
31. Who spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold ?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Aung San Suu Kyi
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
32. Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel peace prize not in her own name but in the name of all the
(a) Army of Burma
(b) president of Burma
(c) people of Burma
(d) Farmers of Burma
33. How would she beign her speech according to the son of Aung San Suu Kyi ?
(a) With Joy
(b) With thanks
(c) By saying, that she accepts Novel Prize in the name of all the people of Burma
(d) None of these
34. Which among the following word means “imprisoned” ?
(a) pursuit
(b) eventual
(c) heeded
(d) incarcerated
35. Which of the following word means, “cruel government” or “cruelty” ?
(a) tyranny
(b) applaud
(c) cynicism
(d) striving
36. Which of the following prize was awarded to Suu Kyi ?
(a) Rafto Prize
(b) Nobel Prize
(c) Sakharov Prize
(d) All of these
37. Aung San Suu Kyi is a …………
(a) Classical Dancer
(b) Teacher
(c) Revolutionary
(d) Pro-democracy Activist
38. Aung San Suu Kyi was born in
(a) Rangoon
(b) Beijing
(c) Patna
(d) Tokyo
39. According to Martin Luther King Jr., beauty of Pori2 genuine brotherhood and Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.
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