honours & awards section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Shyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the “middle cinema” in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991.

On 8 August 2007, Benegal was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005.

Note: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani. The most recent (2016) recipient of the award is filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath who will be honoured at the 64th National Film Awards ceremony

Answer: (d)

The World Economic Forum gives Crystal award to those artists who have improved the state of the world through their art.

Answer: (d)

Prabhu Nath Dwivedi has been conferred prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for his work Kanakalochanaha- a collection of 16 shortstories based upon various social issues.

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: (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)

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.