honours & awards section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 January 2015 presented National Bravery Awards 2014 to 24 awardees. 8 girls and 16 boys were conferred with National Bravery Awards. Four of them have been awarded posthumously.

Answer: (b)

Dhyan Chand award is India’s highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games. The award is named after the legendary Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand and was initiated in 2002. The award carries a cash prize of ` 5 lakh, a plaque and a scroll of honour.

Answer: (b)

Wipro won seven awards at the third annual edition of the CIO choice Honour and Recognition 2015. The awards were given to Wipro to recognise customer satisfaction and endorsement by the CIO community.

Wipro won the award in the categories of Managed IT services, Managed Security Services, Enterprise Infrastructure Automation Services, Systems Integrator, Network Maintenance Services, Service Assurance Program and Application Managed Services.

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: (d)

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

Answer: (c)

The 2012 WISE Prize for Education was awarded to Dr Madhav Chavan, a former chemistry lecturer who devised a simple formula to bring education and literacy to millions at minimum cost.

Established by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the WISE Prize for Education recognizes an individual or team of up to six people for an outstanding, world-class contribution to education.

Note: Dr Sakena Yacoobi Awarded the 2015 WISE Prize for Education.