honours & awards section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014. He was awarded for his efforts in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answer: (d)

The United Nations, in December 2013, honoured Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for successful management of cyclone Phailin. India (Odisha), thus, became the first country in South East Asia to be felicitated for disaster management by the UN.

Answer: (b)

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established and endowed by Sweden's central bank Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 on the occasion of the bank's 300th anniversary, in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Answer: (c)

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian citizen to be awarded Nobel Prize in 1913. He won the award in literature. Author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Answer: (b)

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979. He was also the Prime Minister to head the first non-Congress Government of India.

After assuming office, Desai promoted his policies and peace initiatives between Pakistan and India to avoid conflicts, such as the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.

For this, he was conferred with the Nishaan-e-Pakistan (Order of Pakistan), the highest civilian award in Pakistan. Desai is the only Indian national to receive this award.

Answer: (e)

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace.

The award was instituted by the All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. five lakhs.

It is given on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas (Harmony Day). The 1996 winner of this award was Lata Mangeshkar, followed by Sunil Dutti in 1998; Kapila Vatsayan in 2000, etc.

Note: Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace.

The award was instituted by the All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. ten lakhs.

It is given on 20 August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony Day). In 2016 above award is presented to Shobha Mudgal (singer).