Awards and Honours Questions and Answers Part-8

1. Which was the first talkie feature film of India?
a) Raja Harishchandra
b) Alam Ara
c) Duniya na mane
d) Aadami

Answer: b
Explanation: Alam Ara was the first talkie feature film of India.

2. In which of the following fields is the B. C. Roy Award given?
a) Music
b) Journalism
c) Environment
d) Medical

Answer: d
Explanation: B. C. Roy Award is given in the field of Medical Science.

3. Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to -
a) Monetary Economics
b) Welfare Economics
c) Environmental Economics
d) Development Economics

Answer: b
Explanation: Amartya Sen, Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members.

4. . . . . . . . . won the award in the Non - Feature Film Category at the 64th National Film Awards 2016.
a) Fireflies in the Sky
b) Fireflies in the Abyss
c) Firefly
d) School

Answer: b
Explanation: Fireflies in the Abyss won the award in the Non - Feature Film Category at the 64th National Film Awards 2016.

5. Which European Country conferred on Amartya Sen its highest civilian honour in 2013?
a) Germany
b) United Kingdom
c) France
d) Belgium

Answer: c
Explanation: No explanation is given for this question

6. Pawel Pawlikowski films 'Ida' won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. This film is from which country?
a) Poland
b) South Africa
c) Canada
d) Argentina

Answer: a
Explanation: Black and white Polish drama Ida won the Oscar for best foreign language film at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

7. Kartik Chandran has been awarded
a) Soil and Water Conservation
b) Earth and Environmental Sciences
c) Dams and River Flow
d) Building and Road Science

Answer: b
Explanation: No explanation is given for this question

8. In which field 'Moorti Devi Award' is given every year for excellence?
a) Literature
b) Drama
c) Dance
d) Music

Answer: a
Explanation: The Moorti Devi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author.

9. Who has won the Best Actor award in the 90th Oscar awards 2018?
a) Garry Oldman
b) Denzel Washington
c) Daniel Day Lewis
d) Daniel Kaluuya

Answer: a
Explanation: Garry Oldman won the Best Actor award in the 90th Oscar awards 2018.

10. Who among the following have been the Dada Saheb Phalke Awardees?
a) Vinod Khanna, Kavi Pradeep and Raj Kumar
b) Pran, Shashi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna
c) Dev Anand, Manoj Kumar and Meena Kumari
d) Gulzar, Vinod Khanna and K. Balachander

Answer: d
Explanation: Gulzar, Vinod Khanna and K. Balachander have been the Dada Saheb Phalke Awardees.