Honours and Awards Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Aditi Arya won it.

The Femina Miss India 2015 title went to her in March that year, and she represented India at Miss World 2015 at Sanya.

Answer: C

The Pulitzer Prize is for literature and journalism.

It covers reporting, commentary, criticism and photography on the journalism side, and fiction, drama, history, biography, poetry and music on the letters side. Only American work is eligible.

Answer: C

Soumitra Chatterjee received it.

The Bengali actor was made a Chevalier and then an Officier of the Legion of Honour, France's highest civilian distinction, for his contribution to cinema. He appeared in fourteen of Satyajit Ray's films.

Answer: B

James D. Watson auctioned his medal.

The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA sold his 1962 Nobel medal in 2014 for $4.1 million, the first living laureate to do so. The Russian businessman who bought it returned it to him.

Answer: C

Malala Yousafzai received it.

The Liberty Medal, given by the National Constitution Center at Philadelphia, was awarded to her in 2014, the same year she shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi.

Answer: A

Ashok Kumar received it.

The veteran actor, who had begun with Achhut Kanya in 1936 and worked for over sixty years, was honoured for a lifetime's contribution to Indian cinema. He also received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1988.

Answer: C

Walt Disney has won the most Oscars.

He received 22 competitive Academy Awards and four honorary ones, from 59 nominations - more than anyone else in the history of the awards. Most were for animated short films.

Answer: C

Satyajit Ray was the first.

He received the honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1992, accepting it from his hospital bed in Calcutta weeks before his death. The citation praised his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures.

Answer: D

It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air, away from the field of battle.

The Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award, the equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, which is given for valour in the presence of the enemy. It was instituted in 1952.

Answer: C

It was shared with the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh.

The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2000 went jointly to Nelson Mandela and to the Grameen Bank, which pioneered microcredit to the rural poor, chiefly to women, without requiring collateral.