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

Answer: (a)

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has served as the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 during his tenure.

He has also been the director-general of TERI, a research and policy organization in India, and chancellor of TERI University; besides being the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF), as well as the chairman of the board of Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

Pachauri has been outspoken about climate change. He is now serving as the head of Yale’s Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).

Answer: (b)

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India. It was established in 1965, administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

It is given to the people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world.

Answer: (c)

Uday Prakash is a Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, translator and short story writer from India. He has worked as an administrator, editor, researcher, and TV director. He writes for major dailies and periodicals as a freelance writer.

He has also received several awards including the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his collection of short stories, Mohan Das. Prakash was born on January 1, 1952, in the “backward” village of Sitapur, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India.

He was raised and received primary education there by a teacher. He graduated in Science and obtained his Master’s degree in Hindi Literature, receiving a Gold Medal from Saugar University in 1974. From 1975-76 he was a research student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Note: Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Award prizes the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major 24n Indian languages recognized by the Akademi.

In 2016 Nasira Sharma got Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Parijat.

Answer: (b)

Pankaj Arjan Advani is India’s leading billiards and snooker player. A winner of 8 World Titles in billiards and snooker, he is considered the best all-round billiards and snooker player India has produced.

In 2005, he set a world record by becoming the first player to complete a grand double by winning both the point and time formats in the IBSF World Billiards Championship, Malta. In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani—Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2005 and Padma Shri in 2009.

Note: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 awarded to Olympic medalists P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik; ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who lost a medal by a whisker, and shooter Jitu Rai.

This is for the first time the nation’s highest sporting award has been conferred on four athletes.

Answer: (d)

The Ashok Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.