honours & awards section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

Since 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway on 10 December each year (the anniversary of Nobel’s death).

The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. The Nobel laureate receives a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount. As of 2009, the prize was worth 10 million SEK (about US$ 1.4 million).

Since 1990, the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is held at Oslo City Hall.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Laureates Awards is associated with aerospace, aviation and defense arenes and Laureus awards is associated with sports.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Indian RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal was conferred with the Giraffe Hero Award 2015 by a US-based NGO. The Giraffe Heroes Project.

Agrawal was awarded for his bravery in utilising the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 for the public good despite innumerable challenges.

Answer: (b)

The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, founded by Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) University in Kumbakonam, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s hometown, is awarded every year to a young mathematician judged to have done outstanding work in Ramanujan’s fields of interest.

The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 (the age at which Ramanujan died), and the current award is $10,000.