Awards and Honours MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and Physics.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She has been chosen ‘Person of the year 2015’ by Times magazine.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi, India, was founded on 18 February 1944 by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Amitabh Bachchan, acclaimed actor and son of well – known poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was presented the Dayawati Modi Award in 2002 for his contribution to the field of Art, Culture and Education.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In 1999, Amartya Sen was awarded the Bharat Ratna, a year after his 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given for service to children. Under this Scheme, every year the National Selection Committee selects three individuals who are presented the award on August 20 (the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi).

✅ The correct answer is option C.
On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’. This was the first time that a Jamaican born author won the prize.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Both of the statements are correct.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Ramanand Sagar is not a recipient of ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’ Award.