Honours & Awards(Indian General Awareness ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. The first Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to:
  1.    Amartya Sen
  2.    Paul A Samuelson
  3.    Stiglitz
  4.    Jan Tinbergan and Ragnar Frisch
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Jan Tinbergan and Ragnar Frisch
Answer: (d)
The first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was given in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Tinbergen (The Netherlands) for “having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes.”
The award, officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Question 2. Who was the first recipient woman of Vyas Samman?
  1.    Chitra Mudgal
  2.    Malti Joshi
  3.    Prabha Khetan
  4.    Mannu Bhandari
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Chitra Mudgal
Answer: (a)
Question 3. Consider the following statements
  1. The first recipient of the Bharat Ratna was politician C. Rajagopalachariwho was honoured in 1960.
  2. In 1966, former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 only
  4.    Neither of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)The first recipient of the Bharat Ratna was politician C. Rajagopalachari who was honoured in 1954.
Question 4. Tansen Samman is conferred in the field of :
  1.    Journalism
  2.    Literature
  3.    Science
  4.    Music
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Music
Answer: (d)Tansen Samman is conferred in the field of music which carries a cash prize of ` 2 lakh and a citation.
Question 5. Golden Globe Awards are associated with
  1.    Peace initiative
  2.    Journalism
  3.    Social work
  4.    Films
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Films
Answer: (d)The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. It was first awarded in 1944.
Question 6. Who received the Booker prize for the Book “Half a Life”?
  1.    V.S. Naipaul
  2.    Anita Desai
  3.    Arundhati Roy
  4.    Kiran Bedi
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> V.S. Naipaul
Answer: (a)
Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe (London, Berlin and Portugal). Half a Life was long-listed for the Man Booker prize (2001).
Note: Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.
Question 7. Consider the following statements.

  1. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was awarded the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China.

  2. The prize was established in 2009 by China’s Communist Government after it was angered by Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

  3. Some of the previous recipients of the award are Vladimir Putin (2011), Kofi Annan and Yuan Longping (2012) and Fidel Castro (2014).


Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
  1.    1 and 3 only
  2.    1 and 2 only
  3.    2 and 3 only
  4.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 3 only
Answer: (a)
The prize was established in 2010 by China’s Communist Government after it was angered by Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Question 8. Match the following.
List I
List II
(Planets)
(Satellites)
A. Bhatnagar Award
1. Film
B. B.C. Roy Award
2. Medicine
C. Dada Saheb Phalke Award
3. Science
D. Gandharva Award
4. Classical Art
 
5. Literature
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 2 1 4
  2.    3 2 4 1
  3.    3 4 2 1
  4.    4 3 1 2
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> 3 2 1 4
Answer: (a)
Question 9. Vyas Samman is awarded annually by
  1.    Ministry of Culture
  2.    Times Group
  3.    KK Birla Foundation
  4.    Azim Premji Foundation
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> KK Birla Foundation
Answer: (c)
The Vyas Samman is a literary award that was first awarded in 1991. It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes cash of Rs. 250,000 (as of 2005).
To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and has been published in the past 10 years.
Question 10. Who is the first Indian actress to receive the ‘Padma Shree’ Award?
  1.    Smita Patil
  2.    Meena Kumari
  3.    Nargis Dutt
  4.    Madhubala
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Nargis Dutt
Answer: (c)
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