honours & awards section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (d)

21st screen awards were announced on 15 January 2015 in Mumbai.

• Priyanka Chopra won the Best Actor (Female) award for the film Mary Kom.
• Shahid Kapoor won the Best Actor (Male) award for Haider.
• The best film award was given to the film queen. Hema Malini was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.

Answer: (a)

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V. S.” Naipaul is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism.

Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, to parents of Indian descent.

But, he was never an Indian citizen. Mother Teresa was originally a Yugoslav, but she became an Indian citizen in 1950.

Answer: (c)

PV Sindhu was defeated by Li Xuerui in the 2015 Denmark badminton open women’s singles final.

Answer: (b)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2013 for steering Germany, Europe and the world economy through exemplary leadership during the financial crisis.

The award is given by the "Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust".

Note: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2015 was awarded to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Answer: (b)

Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008.

Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 by outgoing titleholder Riyo Mori from Japan. Eighty contestants competed in the event which was broadcast and distributed globally via NBC in English and Telemundo in Spanish to TV outlets in more than 180 countries. The pageant was watched by a live audience of 7,500 and nearly a billion television viewers worldwide.

This is the first major USA-based television production to take place in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. This is also the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition.

This pageant was held in a contemporary Communist state for the first time as well. The final presentation show was on July 8, the dress rehearsal on July 13, and the live telecast on July 14. Most activities were held successively in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Ha Noi, Da Nang, Hoi An, Ha Long and finally NhaTrang.

Note: Recently, Noida girl Srishti Kaur bags Miss Teen Universe 2017title. Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned Iris Mittenaere of France as her successor at the end of the event.