At the 85 th Academy Awards function held in February 2013, the Oscar for the best film was won by

The correct answer is A) Argo. The question spells it "Agro", but the film is Ben Affleck's Argo, which won Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013. It is based on the CIA's 1980 exfiltration of six American diplomats who had sheltered in the Canadian ambassador's residence in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, using a fake Canadian film crew as cover.

• Les Miserables is wrong. It won three Oscars, including Anne Hathaway for Best Supporting Actress, but not Best Picture.
• Life of Pi is wrong. It won four Oscars, including Best Director for Ang Lee, but not Best Picture.
• Lincoln is wrong. It had twelve nominations and won two Oscars, one of them Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor, but lost Best Picture.

The concept here is the Academy Awards as a marker of cinematic and cultural soft power, which links to Mains questions on soft power and cultural diplomacy. Many candidates remember only the big-name nominees and guess Lincoln or Les Miserables, so check the category in the question carefully.

Trap: Confusing the number of nominations or acting wins with the Best Picture award.