honours & awards section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

The director of Satish Dhawan space centre Sriharikota Range (SHAR) MYS Prasad was selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award 2015. Prasad was selected for his outstanding contribution to Research and Development in the field of space science in his long career at the ISRO.

Answer: (a)

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014. He was awarded for his efforts in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answer: (d)

The United Nations, in December 2013, honoured Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for successful management of cyclone Phailin. India (Odisha), thus, became the first country in South East Asia to be felicitated for disaster management by the UN.

Answer: (b)

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established and endowed by Sweden's central bank Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 on the occasion of the bank's 300th anniversary, in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Answer: (c)

Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, a plant scientist has been chosen for the award for his contribution to increase world’s wheat production.