honours & awards section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given for service to children. Under this Scheme, every year the National Selection Committee selects three individuals who are presented the award on August 20 (the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi).

Answer: (c)

Mrs. Devika Rani Roerich received the first Dada Sahab Phalke Award in 1969. Soumitra Chatterjee was conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2011 on May 3, 2012. Pran will be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2012 on May 3, 2013.

Answer: (a)

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

Answer: (a)

Indira Goswamiwas an Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer. She won the 36th Jnanpith award for the year 2000 for her contribution to Indian literature between 1978 and 1999. She also won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983).

Answer: (b)

The award has been instituted by the TSR Foundation in the memory of the late producer-director Yash Chopra

Answer: (d)

In 1994, Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe title after winning the Miss India crown and became the first Indian woman ever to win the Miss Universe crown. The same year the runner-up of Miss India, Aishwariya Rai, won the Miss World title.