honours & awards section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements:

1. Veerappa Moily has been selected for the Saraswati Samman 2014.
2. He is the second Kannada author to receive the honour after S. L. Bhyrappa (2010).
3. Saraswati Samman was established by the Sir Ratan Tata foundation in 1991.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

1. The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom.
2. Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe organization. The contest was founded in 1953 by California.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 3

The 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 was conferred to

a) Hariharan

b) Kailash Kher

c) Sonu Nigam

d) A.R. Rahman

Question : 4

Which university has been chosen for Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015?

a) Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

b) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

c) Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

d) Anand Agricultural University, anand

Question : 5

Richard Flanagan recently won Man Booker Prize for which of the following book?

a) The Sound of One Hand Clapping

b) Death of a River Guide

c) The Narrow Road to the Deep North

d) The Unknown Terrorist

Question : 6

Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature ?

a) Kalidas Samman

b) Vyas Samman

c) Saraswati Samman

d) Jnanpith Award