Question

Which of the following honours is given by UNESCO?
A. The Kalinga Prize
B. Magsaysay Award
C. Pulitzer Prize
D. Order of the Golden Ark Award

Answer 1

Hint: From the year 1951, UNESCO’s twenty-three prizes have been awarded to the projects offering sustainable solutions to the global challenges to gender equality, access to quality and inclusive education, the fight against poverty, climate change monitoring, and cultural heterogeneity for the culture of peace.

Complete answer:
The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award which is given by UNESCO for extraordinary skill. It was created in 1952 following a donation from Biju Patnaik, who is the founder President of the trust named Kalinga Foundational trust in India.
Thus option A is the correct answer.

Eligibility :
The beneficiary of this particular annual award must during a brilliant career as a writer, film producer, lecturer, radio/television programme director or presenter talent in interpreting science and technology for the public. Many of the past prize winners have been scientists while others have been trained in Journalism or have been writers or educators. Each member state is qualified to nominate a single candidate which is recommended by the national associations for the advancement of science or other science associations. The Kalinga Prize is awarded during the commemoration of World Science day.
The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of science is controlled by the science Analysis and Policies Division of UNESCO.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: By the year 2015 Kalinga Prize had been awarded to 67 people out of which eight times it has been given to Indians. The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science was awarded to Karl Kruszelnicki who belongs to Australia, by Shamila Nair Bedouelle for the year 2020.