honours & awards section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

None of the given statements is correct.

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.

Since his death in 2000, Morley’s wife, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant. Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization.

The contest was founded in 1952 by the California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth, and then Gulf Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.

Answer: (a)

The Madhya Pradesh government, in May 2013, conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan. Instituted in 1984, the award is conferred upon to a music composer and singer alternately.

Answer: (b)

Kailash Satyarthi, through Bachpan Bachao Andolan campaigns for protection of child rights and to abolish illegal human trafficking.

Answer: (d)

Australian author Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his book ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North.’

The book tells the story of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a wartime love affair with his uncle’s wife. Post-war, he finds his growing celebrity as a war hero at odds with his sense of his own failings and guilt.

Note: The Sellout by Paul Beatty is named winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Answer: (c)

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University has been chosen for the award for its contribution in agricultural development and productivity through Research and Development.

Answer: (c)

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is set in the background of World War II and give details about life of Prisoners of War.