honours & awards section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Jean Tirole has won Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation.

Answer: (d)

In his third term as PM he completed his full five-year term and became first PM from outside the Congress party to serve a full term.

Answer: (c)

Eminent Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade on 6 February 2015 was chosen for the Jnanpith Award 2014. He will be the 50th recipient of the Jnanpith award.

His novel Kosala (Cocoon) published in 1963 was not only instrumental in changing the dimensions of the Marathi novel but also the world of Marathi friction was transformed with its advent.

With this award, he will join the league of three noted Marathi writers who have won the Jnanpith award. Nemade’s novels among others include Bidhar, Hool, Jarila, Jhool, etc.

Answer: (a)

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for its lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was conferred on V. Shantaram in 1985.

Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honours, including

• Bharat Ratna (India’s Highest Civilian Award),
• Padma Bhushan (1969),
• Padma Vibhushan (1999),
• Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989),
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997),
• NTR National Award (1999),
• Bharat Ratna (2001),
• ANR National Award (2009),
• three National Film Awards, and
• 12 Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards.

The Government of India honoured Raj Kapoor with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.

Answer: (d)

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.

The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh won this award in 1959, becoming the second recipient of this award after Jipson John of Taiwan in 1958. He was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950–1956).

After their resignation from the Union Cabinet He worked as Chairman of U.G.C.(1956–1961). He served as vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi (1962–67). He was also President of I.S.I.(Indian Statistical Institute) from 1945 to 1964, Honorary Chairman of National Book Trust (1957–60).

Note: The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Human rights activist Bezwada Wilson and Carnatic musician Thodur Madabusi Krishna are winners of the Magsaysay Award from India in 2016. Acharya vinobha Bhave was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award in 1958 for community leadership.

Answer: (d)

The UK government announced the inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Awards to honour individuals who have worked to strengthen the UK- India relationship over the years.