honours & awards section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

South Korean author, Han Kang, on 16 May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’’.

It is a novel about a woman who “wants to reject human brutality” and gives up eating meat. The novel was translated by Deborah Smith and was published by Portobello Books.

Answer: (a)

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award. Amitabh Bachchan is the second recipient of the award. The award was first conferred to melody queen Lata Mangeshkar in 2013.

Answer: (b)

Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1971. She served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Instituted in 1954, the Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India.

Answer: (d)

Nargis Dutt was the first film actress to be conferred by the Government of India with the Padma Shri title, the fourth highest civilian award in 1958.

In the early 1970s, she became the first patron of the Spastics Society of India, and her subsequent work with the organization brought her recognition as a social worker, and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980.

Answer: (c)

Dilip Vengsarkar has been honoured with the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013-14.

Answer: (b)

The Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest military decoration awarded forthe highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be awarded to officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian military and can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously.