honours & awards section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Nandi award is the highest award for excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu Theatre, Telugu Television, and Life time achievements in Indian cinema, presented annually by Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: (a)

Bihari Puraskar conferred by Rajasthan is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer. It carries a citation, a plaque and prize money of Rs. 1 lakh.

Answer: (b)

Khushwant Singh (Journalist) : Returned his Padma Bhushan in protest against Operation Blue Star (1984); awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2007.

Answer: (b)

Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs. 500,000. The award was instituted in 1985. The last recipient of the award is Raj Singh for wrestling in the year 2014.

Answer: (c)

Electrical engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit aka the microchip.

By definition, the integrated circuit or microchip is a set of interconnected electronic components such as transistors and resistors, that are etched or imprinted onto a tiny chip of semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium.

The microchip shrunk the size and cost of making electronics and impacted the future designs of all computers and other electronics. The first successful demonstration of the microchip was on September 12, 1958.

Answer: (b)

The Noble Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economics) are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.