honours & awards section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements

1. The first recipient of the Bharat Ratna was politician C. Rajagopalachariwho was honoured in 1960.
2. In 1966, former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither of these

Question : 2

Golden Globe Awards are associated with

a) Peace initiative

b) Journalism

c) Social work

d) Films

Question : 3

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015 Amartya Sen
2. National Science Gurpreet Singh Foundation CAREER Award
3. Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 J.V Narlikar

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these

Question : 4

Who was the first recipient woman of Vyas Samman?

a) Chitra Mudgal

b) Malti Joshi

c) Prabha Khetan

d) Mannu Bhandari

Question : 5

The first Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to:

a) Amartya Sen

b) Paul A Samuelson

c) Stiglitz

d) Jan Tinbergan and Ragnar Frisch

Question : 6

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award has recently been awarded to:

a) Shammi Kapoor

b) Shashi Kapoor

c) Amitabh Bachchan

d) Manoj Kumar