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(a) Bharatiya Jnanapeeth Trust
(b) Sahitya Academy
(c) Ministry of HRD, Central Government
(d) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work that emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. The prize includes a number of Rupees two lakh, a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl. In 2011, Gulab Kothari won this award.
Note: The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work that emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
Eminent writer and journalist M P Veerendra Kumar has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi award for 2016 for his Malayalam travelogue Haimavatha Bhoomiyil which unravels ancient trails of Indian culture and literature.
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Question : 1
Consider the following Statements:
- The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Jean Tirole.
- He is the 6th Frenchman to have been awarded a Nobel Prize this year.
- It is not one of the original Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel’s will in 1895.
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (a)
Jean Tirole is the second Frenchman to have been awarded a Nobel Prize this year. It is not one of the original Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel’s will in 1895.
The Economics Prize was established only in 1968 and is funded by Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank.
Question : 2
Pawel Pawlikowski’s film ‘Ida’ won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. This film is from which country?
a) South Africa
b) Canada
c) Poland
d) Argentina
Answer »Answer: (c)
Ida is a 2013 Polish drama film that is set in Poland in 1962. It is about a young woman on the verge of taking vows as a Catholic nun. Ida won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Polish film to do so.
Note: Asghar Farhadi‘s The Salesman won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as director Farhadi did not attend the ceremony in political protest. This film is from Iran.
Question : 3
Colonel C.K. Nayudu Lifetime achievement award received by -
a) Kapil Dev
b) Dilip Vengsarkar
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Chetan Sharma
Answer »Answer: (b)
Former Indian Cricket Captain Dilip Vengsarkar received the prestigious BCCI instituted colonel C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was conferred with the award for his contribution to Indian cricket. Apart from this, Indian medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar received the Polly Umrigar award.
Question : 4
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I | List II |
(Award) | (Respected To) |
A. Kalinga Award | 1. Sports |
B. Borlaug Award | 2. Agriculture |
C. Pulitzer Award | 3. Journalism |
D. Laureates Award | 4. Popularization of Science |
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 4 2 3 1
Answer »Answer: (d)
Kalinga Award — Popularization of Science.
- The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to laypeople. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
Borlaug Award — Agriculture.
- The Borlaug Award is an award recognition conferred by a fertilizer company, Coromandel International, for outstanding Indian scientists for their research and contributions in the field of agriculture and the environment. The award was created in 1972 and named in honour of Nobel Laureate Norman E. Borlaug. It carries a cash prize of ` 5 lakh, a gold medal, and a citation.
Pulitzer award — Journalism.
- The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
Laureates Award — Sports.
Question : 5
The Academy award is also known as
a) Palm d’ore
b) BAFTAAward
c) Matthews Award
d) Oscar Award
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Academy award is also known as the Oscar award which is presented for various categories in the Film industry. It was first given in 1929.
Question : 6
Which of the following pairs of awards and awareness in the 72nd Golden Globe Award are correctly matched based on Award & Awardee;
- Best film (drama) - Boyhood
- Best actor (drama) - Richard Linklater
- Best film (foreign language) - Leviathan
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of these
Answer »Answer: (a)
Richard Linklater has been conferred with the award for best director.
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