honours & awards section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

2004 ICC Awards were held at Alexandra Palace, London on 7 September 2004. The 2004 ICC Awards were the inaugural episode and was aimed at recognizing the best individual and team performances of the previous year.

Rahul Dravid picked up both the Test Player of the Year and the Player of the Year at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London.

Note: In 2016 Ravichandran Ashwin also got ICC award in two categories

1. Cricketer of the Year and
2. Test Player of the Year.

Answer: (b)

The Vishvakarma Rashtriya puraskar and National Safety awards scheme was launched in 1965 by the ministry of labour to motivate the brilliant workers and industrial units who deliver their best to curb mishaps and increase the industrial (occupational) safety measures and work for the promotion of the interests of both the management and labour.

Answer: (b)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Satyajit Ray, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century, an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in the same year.

Answer: (c)

Prof. Amartya Sen was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to receive this award. The Shantiniketan born economist is a pioneer in Welfare Economics.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.