honours & awards section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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)

Answer: (a)

Paulina Vega is granddaughter of celebrated Colombian singer Gastón Vega.

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 Laureus World Sports Awards are annual awards given to those sportspersons who have been outstanding in the previous year. These awards were established in 1999 by Founding Patrons Daimler and Richemont.

The first gala was held on May 25, 2000, in Monte Carlo. The 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards is to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 26.

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.