honours & awards section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

After Nobel’s death, the Nobel Foundation was set up to carry out the provisions of his will and to administer his funds. In his will, he had stipulated that four different institutions—three Swedish and one Norwegian—should award the prizes.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Prabodh Chandra Dey better known by his nickname Manna Dey (Bengali, is a legendary playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh he was a part of the Indian film playback music industry.

He is rated as the best classical singer among all singers of Hindi film music, though he sang various types of songs from pop to folk. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.

The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for its lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

Note: 2016 recipient of the award is filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath who will be honoured at the 64th National Film Awards ceremony.

Answer: (d)

1. M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998): Carnatic classical singer;
2. Ravi Shankar (1999): Sitar player;
3. Lata Mangeshkar (2001): playback singer;
4. Bismillah Khan (2001): Hindustani classical shehnai player; and
5. Bhimsen Joshi (2008): Hindustani classical singer.

Note: so far 6 people got the Baharat Ratna award in the field of music 6th one was Pandit Bhim sen Joshi (2008).

The last time Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee got this award was in 2015.

Answer: (b)

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

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.