honours & awards section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Who presents the following mentioned awards to the winners?

1. Swarna Kamal
2. Rajat Kamal
3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award

a) The Prime Minister

b) The President

c) Vice-President

d) Minister of Cultural activities

Question : 2

Consider the following Statements:

1. Madan Mohan Malviya was conferred with Bharat Ratna posthumously.
2. He founded Banaras Hindu University in 1916.
3. Malviya was 3 time President of the Indian National Congress.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

1. Women scientists Dr Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadanwere jointly named for Dr Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014.
2. This is the second time in the history of the trust that two eminent women scientists are being concurrently honoured.
3. Dr Tessy Thomas is the Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Hyderabad and Geeta Varadan is the Project Director (Mission) of Agni V, and Director, Advanced-Data Processing Research Institute at ISRO.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 4

Vyas Samman is awarded annually by

a) Ministry of Culture

b) Times Group

c) KK Birla Foundation

d) Azim Premji Foundation

Question : 5

Match the following.

a) 3 2 1 4

b) 3 2 4 1

c) 3 4 2 1

d) 4 3 1 2

Question : 6

Who received the Booker prize for the Book “Half a Life”?

a) V.S. Naipaul

b) Anita Desai

c) Arundhati Roy

d) Kiran Bedi