honours & awards section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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)

Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, a plant scientist has been chosen for the award for his contribution to increase world’s wheat production.

Answer: (a)

It was launched on 10th October ‘2004, by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award, Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, and various other stakeholders like similar organisations engaged in promoting digital content inclusiveness in the whole of South Asian & Asia Pacific nation for development.

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: (b)

The director of Satish Dhawan space centre Sriharikota Range (SHAR) MYS Prasad was selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award 2015. Prasad was selected for his outstanding contribution to Research and Development in the field of space science in his long career at the ISRO.

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.