honours & awards section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

In the 21st screen awards, who won the Best Actress Award?

a) Usha Jadhav

b) Kangana Ranaut

c) Vidya Balan

d) Priyanka Chopra

Question : 2

Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian ?

a) V.S. Naipaul

b) S. Chandrashekhar

c) Mother Teresa

d) H.G. Khurana

Question : 3

Consider the following statements.

1. PV Sindhu defeated Li Xuerui in the 2015 Denmark badminton open women’s singles final to win the title.
2. India’s tennis player Saketh Myneni wins the Vietnam Open tennis trophy in the men’s singles category.
3. Novak Djokovic wins the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters tennis title in the men’s singles category.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) None of these

Question : 4

Who won the best film award in the 60th Filmfare Awards?

a) Haider

b) Highway

c) Queen

d) PK

Question : 5

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 : 6

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