honours & awards section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

President Pranab Mukherjee, on 6 September 2013, conferred the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony on Zubin Mehta. Zubin Mehta is a conductor of western classical music.

Note: 5th Rabindranath Tagore Award (2016) Winners was Rajdeep Chowdhury, Chinsurah, West Bengal.

Answer: (d)

Action movie star Jackie Chan was, in November 2016, awarded an honorary Oscar at the Eighth Annual Governors Awards at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles or his “extraordinary achievements” in film. Chan has more than 200 films under his belt spanning a 56-year career.

Answer: (c)

Prof. Mustansir Barma, on 14 August 2015, won the prestigious Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology for the year 2015.

Barma, a distinguished Professor and former Director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, has made an immense contribution in the field of Statistical Physics in India.

Note: In 2016 it was presented to Mr A.S. Kiran Kumar for his contribution to space technology.

Answer: (c)

Acclaimed Carnatic musician TM Krishna and social activist Bezwada Wilson were the two Indians among the six winners of the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay award that were announced in July 2016.

Other winners were Conchita Carpio-Morales from the Philippines, Dompet Dhuafa from Indonesia, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and Vientiane Rescue from Laos.

Answer: (d)

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

It is awarded to people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world. It was established in honour of Jawaharlal Nehru.

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.