honours & awards section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

Wipro won the award in the categories of Managed IT Services, Managed Security Services, Enterprise Infrastructure Automation Services, Systems Integrator, Network Maintenance Services, Service Assurance Program, and Application Managed Service.

Answer: (d)

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances.

The will of the Swedish philanthropist inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards

• the Nobel Prize in Physics,
• the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and
• the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences;

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards

• the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine;
• the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and
• the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded by a Swedish organization but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Answer: (a)

English actor Eddie Redmayne won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’.

The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted from the memoir ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’ by Jane Wilde Hawking, the ex-wife of theoretical physicist Stephen.

Note: As of the 2017 ceremony, Casey Affleck is the most recent winner in the Best Actor category for his role as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.

Answer: (c)

Kabir puraskar is given for the promotion of communal harmony.

Instituted in 1990, Kabir Puraskar is given in 3 categories of grades with Rs. 2 lakh for first grade, Rs. 1 lakh for second grade and Rs. 50,000 for third grade along with certificates and citations.

Answer: (b)

Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the Jnanpith Award 2013. His works include many poems, essays and stories.