honours & awards section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

The double world record holder, rifle shooter Gagan Narang, loaded with the World Championship bronze medal apart from a clutch of Commonwealth Games gold medals and the Asian Games silver, was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on August 29, 2011.

Note: 2016 recipients of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award are the badminton player P. V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, sports shooter Jitu Rai, and wrestler Sakshi Malik.

Answer: (d)

The Maha Vir Chakra is the second military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Answer: (b)

Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja was, on 17 April 2013, selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. He got the award for his contributions to Telugu literature over a period of six decades.

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

Answer: (d)

The Nobel Prizes are given every year for outstanding contributions in six fields of chemistry, economics, literature, peace, physics, or physiology or medicine.

The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968.

Answer: (a)

The FiFi Awards is an annual event sponsored by The Fragrance Foundation which honours the fragrance industry’s creative achievements and is the most prominent and prestigious celebratory event of the fragrance industry.

These awards have been held annually in New York City since 1973 and are attended by around 1,000 members of the international fragrance community, designers and celebrities from the fashion, theatre, film, or television industries.

Answer: (b)

Arjuna Award was introduced in 1961