honours & awards section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize for his contribution towards the environment.

Answer: (a)

Allahrakka Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multiinstrumentalist and philanthropist. Described as the world’s most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements.

He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South, in addition to numerous other awards and nominations.

In the academy, he was nominated for Best Original Score, and Best Original Song (Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire – Music by A. R. Rahman; Lyrics by Gulzar AND “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire – Music and Lyric by A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

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

It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.

Answer: (d)

All the three medals are awarded to recognize “distinguished service of an exceptional order” to all ranks of the Indian armed forces.

Answer: (a)

The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.