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

Question : 31

Which of the following has/have been honoured with Padam Vibhushan in 2014?

a) Dr. Raghunath A Mashelkar, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

b) B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga, Maharashtra

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Question : 32 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006]

Who is the first person of Indian origin to win the ‘Booker Prize’?

a) Arundhati Roy

b) V.S. Naipaul

c) Salman Rushdie

d) Jhumpa Lahiri

Question : 33

Magsaysay award is given by

a) Philippines

b) UK

c) Malaysia

d) USA

Question : 34

Consider the following statements :

1. Bharat Ratna is not awarded to dead persons like the Nobel Prize.
2. The holders of the Bharat Ratna rank 7th in the Indian order of precedence.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 35 [SSC CHSL 2014]

Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013 has been given to

a) Shalini Singh

b) Narendra Kohli

c) Zubin Mehta

d) Arvind Aadiga