honours & awards section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Paulina Vega is granddaughter of celebrated Colombian singer Gastón Vega.

Answer: (a)

The Government of India has named President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia as the recipient of the 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on 19 November 2012 for serving as an example and an inspiration to many a woman in Africa and beyond.

Note: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2015 was awarded to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Answer: (d)

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: (d)

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

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