honours & awards section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members.

Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting shortages of food.

Answer: (b)

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Science and Technology (SSB) is an award in India given annually by the CSIR. It is named after the founder Director of the CSIR and carries an award money of ` 5 lakh each.

Answer: (b)

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri, on 14 April 2014, won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections." The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced by Columbia University. Mr Seshadri is a Columbia University alum.

Answer: (d)

Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism, a 2014 documentary by Indian film-maker and conservator Benoy K. Behl, won the Best Documentary Producer Award at the Madrid International Film Festival in July 2015. Bhel shot the documentary for XPD Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, India.

Answer: (a)

Miss Colombia Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe 2014. She was a 22 year old students of business, administration from Barranquilla, Colombia. With this Vega became the second beauty queen from Colombia to win the title. Luz Marina Zuluaga was the first Colombian to win the crown in 1956. The first runner-up was Miss USA Nia Sanchez and the second runner-up was Miss Ukraine Diana Harkusha.

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. Nobel Prize is not given in Mathematics.