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

Answer: (a)

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”.

Satyarthi became the seventh person from India to win a Nobel Prize, while Yousafzai, the second Nobel Prize winner from Pakistan.

Note: The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

International Simón Bolívar Prize winners are selected by the unanimous decision a jury of seven “eminent persons” – five representing the regions of the world, one chosen by the Venezuelan authorities, and a representative of the director-general – from a list of candidates submitted by UNESCO member states and associate members.

Answer: (c)

Lahore based author Bilal Tanweer won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel The Scatter Here is Too Great (Random House India).

Answer: (d)