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

Answer: (a)

The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work that emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. The prize includes a number of Rupees two lakh, a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl. In 2011, Gulab Kothari won this award.

Note: The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work that emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.

Eminent writer and journalist M P Veerendra Kumar has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi award for 2016 for his Malayalam travelogue Haimavatha Bhoomiyil which unravels ancient trails of Indian culture and literature.

Answer: (a)

Jean Tirole is the second Frenchman to have been awarded a Nobel Prize this year. It is not one of the original Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel’s will in 1895.

The Economics Prize was established only in 1968 and is funded by Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank.

Answer: (c)

Ida is a 2013 Polish drama film that is set in Poland in 1962. It is about a young woman on the verge of taking vows as a Catholic nun. Ida won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Polish film to do so.

Note: Asghar Farhadi‘s The Salesman won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as director Farhadi did not attend the ceremony in political protest. This film is from Iran.

Answer: (b)

Former Indian Cricket Captain Dilip Vengsarkar received the prestigious BCCI instituted colonel C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.

He was conferred with the award for his contribution to Indian cricket. Apart from this, Indian medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar received the Polly Umrigar award.

Answer: (a)

Sabin award is given to the Amphibian conservationists. In 2008 the IUCN recognized Satyabhama Das Biju of Department of Environmental biology, University of Delhi for his dedication for his research and conservation of Frogs and had awarded the Sabin award.