honours & awards section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

Only statement 2 is correct. Sahitya Akademy Award is the second-best award in literature.

Answer: (a)

Monsoon Wedding is a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan, which depicts romantic entanglements during a traditional Punjabi wedding in Delhi.

Although it is set entirely in New Delhi, the film was an international co-production between companies in India, the United States, Italy, France, and Germany. The film won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Answer: (b)

A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for stage performances, and the Academy Awards for motion pictures.

The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, and it was set up to honour musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Following the 2011 ceremony, NARAS overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012.

The 54th Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: (d)

Rani Mukherji is the first ever film personality to be felicilated with this prestigious award. She was awarded for creating awareness about child trafficking in New Delhi.

Answer: (a)

The Pulitzer Prizeis an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer. The award is administered by Columbia University, New York.