Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 37

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Awards and Prizes of India and World Test 37

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Question 1
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Rabindranath Tagore was an eminent poet and writer of India, who won Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was his English poet-friend who introduced him to the West?

A
Oscar Wilde

B
W.B. Yeats

C
Oliver Twist

D
William Wordsworth
Solution
- William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1923. W.B. Yeats and Rabindranath Tagore have a very strong historical and biographical relationship revolving around the fact that Tagore's first champion in the west, the person most responsible for his initial success outside of India, was Yeats.
- After reading some of Tagore's self-translated poems, Yeats was impressed and got Tagore's collections published and spread the word about him in the literary circles in London.
- Most importantly, Yeats wrote the introduction to Tagore's Gitanjali, which first appeared in 1913.
Question 2
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This actor was posthumously awarded a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic clown prince of crime in the movie. 'The Dark Knight'. He died in $$2008$$. Name him.

A
Billy Mays

B
Patrick Swayze

C
Karl Malden

D
Heath Ledger
Solution
- Heath Ledger was a bold, imaginative actor who continuously defied expectations through the relatively small number of movies he got to make in his 28 years.
- The Australian secured his legendary status by playing the Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight, for which he won a posthumous Oscar following his tragic death in 2008.
Question 3
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Who won the $$64^{th}$$ National Film Award for Best Actor?

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Solution
- The National Film Awards are the most prominent film award ceremonies in India. It was established in 1954 and is awarded annually.
- The National Film Award for Best Actor was given to Akshay Kumar for the movie Rustom.
Question 4
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Which of the following represents the correct chronological order of Indian women who brought home the 'Miss World' crown over the years?

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Diana Hayden, Aishwarya Rai, Yukta Mookhey and Priyanka Chopra

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Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, Yukta Mookhey and Priyanka Chopra

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Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden and Yukta Mookhey

D
None of these
Solution
- Miss World is the oldest running international beauty pageant and which was created in United Kingdom.
- Aishwarya Rai won the title in the year 1994 at the age of 21. Diana Hayden won the title in the year 1997 at the age of 24.
- In 1999, Yukta Mookhey won the title at the age of 22 whereas Priyanka Chopra won the title in the year 2000 at the age of 18.
Question 5
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Who has won the 2017 Pulitzer prize in fiction ?

A
Colson Whitehead

B
Hisham Matar

C
Lynn Nottage

D
Matthew Desmond

Solution

Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer prize in fiction for 'The Underground Railroad'. He is an American novelist, who has authored six novels. He also won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2016.
Question 6
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This Indo-Canadian novelist has written only three novels till date and has been shortlisted for Booker Prize for all three of them. Who is this author?

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Solution
- Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English.
- Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition.
- His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), won Canada’s Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
- His third book Family Matters (2002), was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He won the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012.
Question 7
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Prime minister has declared __________ award for ten achievers from ASEAN countries on the occasion of silver jubilee of India-ASEAN ties and $$69^{th}$$ Republic day.

A
Padma Vibhushan

B
Padam Bhushan

C
Padma Shri

D
None of these
Solution
- Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian honour and is given for "distinguished service" in various fields.
- On the occasion of 69th Republic Day, PM Modi announced Padma Shri award for one individual from each ASEAN country.
- The move to pick awardees from all 10 ASEAN members was aimed at promoting India's ties with the ASEAN countries.
Question 8
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Who became the first Indian origin American to win the Miss America pagent in $$2014$$?

A
Nina Davuluri

B
Katie Stam

C
Kimberly Aiken

D
Tara Holland

Solution

Nina Davuluri is an Indian American public speaker. She came into the limelight soon after she became the first Miss America of Indian descent.
Question 9
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Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?

A
Mani Ratnam

B
Yash Chopra

C
Anurag Basu

D
Satyajit Ray
Solution
- Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema.
- He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in the eastern state of India - West Bengal. And yet, his films are of universal interest. They are about things that make up the human race - relationships, emotions, struggle, conflicts, joys and sorrows.
- In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award- Lifetime Achievement.
Question 10
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Who among the following has won the 2017 Pen Printer Prize?

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Solution
- Michael Longley is a central figure in contemporary Irish poetry. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the American Irish Foundation Award, the T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize, the Whitbread Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the International Griffin Poetry Prize, and the Ulster Tatler Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. He served as the Ireland Professor of Poetry and was awarded the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize.