honours & awards section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

The prize recognises the best Englishlanguage fiction from around the world, published in the United Kingdom (UK) during a given year, regardless of form, genre or the author’s country of origin.The Folio Prize was instituted in 2014.

Answer: (b)

Indian Test captain Virat Kohli bagged the Polly Umrigar Trophy for Cricketer of the Year.

Answer: (b)

1. Arjuna Award: instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports;
2. Oscar Awards: given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements;
3. Dronacharya Award: presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching; and
4. Pulitzer Prize: a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition.

Answer: (a)

To date, four people have won a Nobel Prize twice. Those include:

1. Maria Sklodowska-Curie (1903 and 1911, for the discovery of radioactivity (physics) and later for isolating pure radium (chemistry);
2. John Bardeen (1956 and 1972, for the invention of the transistor (physics) and for coming up with the theory of superconductivity (physics);
3. Linus Pauling (1954 and 1962, for research into the chemical bond in terms of complex substances (chemistry) and for anti-nuclear activism (peace); and
4. Frederick Sanger (1958 and 1980, discovering the structure of the insulin molecule (chemistry) and inventing a method to determine base sequences in DNA (chemistry).

Answer: (b)

The Vegetarian by Han Kang was, on 16 May 2016, announced as the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. The novel was translated by Deborah Smith and published by Portobello Books. Han Kangis a South Korean author.