honours & awards section 9 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

The double world record holder, rifle shooter Gagan Narang, loaded with the World Championship bronze medal apart from a clutch of Commonwealth Games gold medals and the Asian Games silver, was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on August 29, 2011.

Note: 2016 recipients of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award are the badminton player P. V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, sports shooter Jitu Rai, and wrestler Sakshi Malik.

Answer: (d)

The Maha Vir Chakra is the second military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Answer: (b)

Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja was, on 17 April 2013, selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. He got the award for his contributions to Telugu literature over a period of six decades.

Note: The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.

Answer: (a)

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the fourth time in a row in January 2013. Messi’s fourth award lifted him above three-time FIFA winners Zinedine Zidane of France and Brazil’s Ronaldo.