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

Question : 41 [MPPCS (Pre) 2004]

Who among the following is Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner?

a) Bhagawat Rawat

b) Makhanlal Chaturvedi

c) Firaq Gorakhpuri

d) Cyan Ranjan

Question : 42

Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shree are given on the eve of

a) Pravasi Bhartiya Divas

b) Independence Day

c) Gandhi Jayanti

d) Republic Day

Question : 43

Arab poet Shihab Ghanem bagged the Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize for his translation of Indian works into both the Arabic and English language. Consider the following statements about this award

1. This is given biannually.
2. This is instituted on the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, for promoting values of universal brotherhood.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 44

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Personalities Awards/Prizes (2014)

1. Xu Youyu : UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
2. Ramesh Chandra : Sahitya Akademi Award
3. Jayprakash Panwar : ICT Mountain Shah Development Award
4. Manoj Kumar : Arjuna Award

a) 1 and 4 only

b) 2, 3 and 4 only

c) 1, 2 and 3 only

d) All of these

Question : 45

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Ajay Jayaram has won silver medal in 2015 Korea Open Badminton tournament in the Men’s singles category.
2. Sebastian Vettel from Germany has won 2015 Singapore Grand Prix of Formula One.
3. Russia will host 2022 Asian Games.

a) 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these