honours & awards section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi from India and Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

Answer: (a)

The Nobel prize is a set of international awards bestowed in a number of categories which is given annually to the winners by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances.

It was the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel that established the Nobel prizes in 1895 in Sweden.

Answer: (b)

Padma Vibhushan is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation in any field.

Padma Shri is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activities including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs.

Answer: (c)

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

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: (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.