honours & awards section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

World Food Prize 2014 won by–

a) Vivek Murthi

b) Alisher Usmanov

c) Sanjay Rajaram

d) Pierre Deligne

Question : 3

Consider the following statements :

1. Vyas Samman is presented for the outstanding work in literature.
2. Kabir Samman presented for sociocommunal harmony.
3. Bhatnagar award presented for Science.
4. Dhanwantari Award presented for medical science.

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) All of the above

Question : 4

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 : 5

Tansen Samman is conferred in the field of :

a) Journalism

b) Literature

c) Science

d) Music

Question : 6

Who was the first recipient woman of Vyas Samman?

a) Chitra Mudgal

b) Malti Joshi

c) Prabha Khetan

d) Mannu Bhandari