honours & awards section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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)

The 53rd National Film Awards, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2005.

The selection process of the 53rd National Film Awards began with the constitution of three Juries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections, which were declared on July 28, 2006. B. Saroja Devi, an yesteryear’s actress, headed the feature film Jury, which had eleven other members. A documentary maker and Indian television personality Siddharth Kak headed the six-member non-feature film Jury.

The Jury for best writing on cinema was headed by veteran film critic Khalid Mohamed. Kaalpurush or Kalpurush (English name: Memories in the Mist) is a 2008 Indian Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta.

The film stars Mithun Chakraborty and Rahul Bose in lead roles. The 120-minute version of the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Although the film was completed in 2005, it was released in India in 2008. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2006 and Mithun being nominated for the best actor category.

Note: The 63rd National Film Awards awarded for best of cinema in 2015. The best feature film award was given to Baahubali: The Beginning. Maximum 7 awards won by film Bajirao Mastani.

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: (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.