honours & awards section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Gopalakrishnan is regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of India. As a director, producer and script writer he had played a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema.

Answer: (a)

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has served as the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 during his tenure.

He has also been the director-general of TERI, a research and policy organization in India, and chancellor of TERI University; besides being the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF), as well as the chairman of the board of Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

Pachauri has been outspoken about climate change. He is now serving as the head of Yale’s Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).

Answer: (b)

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India. It was established in 1965, administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

It is given to the people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

Richard Attenborough was a legendary actor and director, he dedicated six decades of his life to the Film Industry

Answer: (b)

G. Sankara Kurup better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet G), was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary award. He won the prize in 1965 for his collection of poems in Malayalam Odakkuzhal (The bamboo flute, 1950).

With part of the prize money, he established the literary award Odakkuzhal in 1968. He was also the recipient of the Soviet Land Nehru Award, in 1967, and the Padma Bhushan in 1968.

Note: The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute), published in 1950.

In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win the award for the novel Pratham Pratisruti (The First Promise).

The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.