honours & awards section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Merlin award is given to the Magicians who contribute significantly in the stage magic shows and creation of magic in the world. This award was created by Tony Hassini and his International Magicians Society.

Answer: (a)

Arun Shourie (born 2 November, 1941) is an Indian journalist, author and politician. He served as an economist with the World Bank (1968–72 and 1975– 77), a consultant to the Planning Commission, India, editor of the Indian Express and Times of India and a minister in the government of India (1998–2004). He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982.

Answer: (b)

The Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir, was awarded the Best Research Award in Earth Sciences at the Centenary year of the Indian Science Congress held at the Calcutta University from 3-7 January 2013.

Note: Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organization of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal.

The 104th Indian Science Congress was held at Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) Tirupati. The next session of the conference would be held in Bhubaneshwar in 2018.

Answer: (b)

US singer-songwriter Carole King became the first woman to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The award was given away at the White House in Washington.

Answer: (d)

Dilip Vengsarkar is also known by the nickname ‘Colonel’. He was a member of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1983 and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985.

Answer: (c)

Roderick MacKinnon (born 19 February 1956) is a professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre in 2003 for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.

In 1989 he was appointed assistant professor at Harvard University where he studied the interaction of the potassium channel with a specific toxin derived from scorpion venom, acquainting himself with methods of protein purification and X-ray crystallography.

In 1996 he moved to Rockefeller University as a professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics where he started to work on the structure of the potassium channel.

These channels are of particular importance to the nervous system and the heart and enable potassium ions to cross the cell membrane.