Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was the first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna?

  1. Dr. B.C.Roy

  2. Dr.C. V, Raman

  3. Dr. Bhagwan Das

  4. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. C.V. Raman was the first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna in 1954, along with C. Rajagopalachari and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Raman was a Nobel laureate physicist (1930). Pandit Nehru did receive it later, but not first - he was awarded in 1955.

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