Awards and Honours MCQs

Question 1

Mahabaleshwar Sail won Saraswati Samman for work in which language?

Accepted Answer

Konkani

Answer

English

Answer

Hindi

Answer

Malayalam

Question 2

The first woman to get the Bharat Ratna Award is -

Accepted Answer

Indira Gandhi

Answer

Mother Teresa

Answer

Lata Mangeshkar

Answer

Sarojini Naidu

Question 3

Which one among the following films was conferred the 'Golden Peacock' award in the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014)?

Accepted Answer

Leviathan

Answer

Ek Hazarachi Note

Answer

A Short Story

Answer

Ajeyo

Question 4

Who is the winner of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2013?

Accepted Answer

Angela Merkel

Answer

Ela Bhatt

Answer

Lydia Davis

Answer

Christina Legarde

Question 5

Name the Indian origin boy in United Kingdom who became the youngest applicant in a decade to achieve the highest score in the Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Accepted Answer

Mehul Garg

Answer

Tanishq Abraham

Answer

M. Tenith Adithyaa

Answer

Akrit Jaiswal

Question 6

The award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win -

Accepted Answer

Padam Vibhusan

Answer

Sahitya Akademi Award

Answer

Jnanpith Award

Answer

Ramon Magsaysay

Question 7

Who has been conferred with first World Sanskrit Award?

Accepted Answer

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

Answer

Ariana Grande

Answer

Gulzar

Answer

Hari Prasad Chaurasia

Question 8

Which state has bagged the top spot at the country's most popular tourist destination among foreign and domestic tourists in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Tamil Nadu

Answer

Goa

Answer

Uttar Pradesh

Answer

Maharashtra

Question 9

Who is the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2013?

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Catton

Answer

Haruki Murakami

Answer

Malala Yousafzai

Answer

Vikram Seth