honours & awards section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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.

Answer: (a)

Sabin award is given to the Amphibian conservationists. In 2008 the IUCN recognized Satyabhama Das Biju of Department of Environmental biology, University of Delhi for his dedication for his research and conservation of Frogs and had awarded the Sabin award.

Answer: (c)

Vanya Mishra was crowned the winner of Femina Miss India on March 30, 2012. Note : Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India World 2016.

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.

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.

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.