Four Freedoms Award - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Which of the following statements is/are correct about Four Freedoms Award?

1. It is given for freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.
2. It is biannual award.


a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- The Four Freedoms Award is an annual award presented to those men and women whose achievements have demonstrated a commitment to those principles which President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed in his historic speech to Congress on January 6, 1941, as essential to democracy: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.
- The annual award is handed out in alternate years in New York, New York, by the Roosevelt Institute and in Middelburg, Netherlands, by the Roosevelt Stichting.
- The Four Freedoms Award is given to Angela Merkel