honours & awards section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been awarded SKOCH Award for Smart Governance.

Answer: (c)

The Manav Vikas India Human Development awards, instituted by the Planning Commission and UNDP was first given out in 2012.

Answer: (b)

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words “Khel Ratna” literally mean “sports gem” in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash component.

Up to 2004–05, the cash component was Rs. 500,000/- (c.11,500 USD).The money has been increased from Rs. 500,000 to Rs. 750,000. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.

Note: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was instituted in 1991–92; the award was given for the performance by a sportsperson in a year. Based on the suggestions provided by the 2014 award selection committee, the Ministry revised the criteria in February 2015 to consider the performance over a period of four years.

In 2015 award was given to Sania Mirza. 2016 recipients of the award are the badminton player P. V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, sports shooter Jitu Rai, and wrestler Sakshi Malik.

Answer: (b)

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

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: (a)