honours & awards section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Jnanpith award is a literary award which along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.

Answer: (a)

Miss China, Wenxia Yu won the title of Miss World 2012 while Miss Wales Sophie Elizabeth Moulds and Miss Australia Jessica Michelle Kahawaty came second and third respectively. Miss China had to compete with 116 candidates to win the crown.

Note : Miss World 2016- Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle.

Answer: (c)

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared between Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. They were awarded “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”

Answer: (c)

The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).It is named after the architect James Stirling.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

The Gold Panda is the highest conservation awardby the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the leading global environmental organisation. WWF is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity’s footprint on the environment.