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Questions : Which of the following statements are correct?
  1. Jnanpith Award is presented by the Ministry of Broadcasting.
  2. Kedarnath Singh has received the award for the year 2013.
  3. Any Indian citizen who writes in hindi is eligible for the award.
Codes:

(a) 2 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 1 only

(d) 2 and 3 only

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

Jnanpith Award is presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith (a trust). Any citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the award.

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Question : 1

The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages ?

a) 20

b) 15

c) 12

d) 24

Answer: (d)

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Established in 1954, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of Rs. 100,000.

Question : 2

Who was the first recipient of ‘Mahathir Award’ for Global Peace in August 2013 ?

a) Howard Stern

b) John Boehner

c) Malala Yousafzai

d) Nelson Mandela

Answer: (d)

The inaugural Mahathir Award for Global Peace was awarded to former South African President Nelson Mandela in Kuala Lumpur on 28 August, 2014. Current South African President Jacob Zuma accepted the award on behalf of Mandela.

Question : 3

The movie that bagged the maximum number of Oscars in 2016 is:

a) The Revenant

b) Inside out

c) Mad Max

d) Son of Saul

Answer: (c)

Mad Max: Fury Road, a 2015 action film directed and produced by George Miller, had 10 nominations at the 88th Academy Awards (Oscar Awards 2016) and took home the most awards with 6 Oscar wins.

It won the Oscar awards for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.

Note: “La La Land”, bagged a maximum of six awards. For Director, Actress, Production Design, Cinematography, Original Score, Original Song.

Question : 4

Which of the following foreigner citizen has been awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’?

a) Nelson Mandela

b) Adolf Hitler

c) Bill Clinton

d) Boris Yeltstin

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women?

a) Kalinga Prize

b) UNSECO Literacy Award

c) Moorti Devi Award

d) Tagore Literacy Award

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

Who conferred with the Indian Film personality of the year 2014 award?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Dileep Kumar

c) Rajnikanth

d) Shahrukh Khan

Answer: (c)

Tamil Superstar Rajnikanth was honoured with the centenary award for Indian film personality of the year 2014 at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The award consisted of a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees, a certificate and the silver peacock medal.

The award for Indian film personality of the year category was instituted in 2013 to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema.

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