Awards and Prizes - National and International

 Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding performance in sports.

The Pulitzer Prize is awarded annually in 21 categories including journalism (newspapers, magazines, online journalism) and arts (literature, drama, music). It was established by Joseph Pulitzer's 1917 will.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was established in 1965 and is awarded annually for outstanding contribution to international understanding and goodwill among nations.

Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali,' making him the first Asian and first Indian Nobel laureate. Mother Teresa won in 1979 (Peace), C.V. Raman in 1930 (Physics).

The Academy Awards, commonly known as Oscars, are awarded for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest wartime gallantry award, instituted in 1950. It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. Kirti Chakra and Vir Chakra are lower-level gallantry awards, while Param Vishishta Seva Medal is for distinguished service.

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional work in any field of human endeavor including art, literature, and public service of the highest order. Param Vir Chakra is a gallantry award, Jnanpith is specifically for literature, and Kalinga Award is for science communication.

Arjuna Award is conferred by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for exceptional performance in sports and games. Jnanpith is for literature, Jamnalal Bajaj Award is for social work, making Arjuna Award the only sports-related option.

 Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching.

The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on her in 1993. 

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was instituted in 1965 and is awarded for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among the peoples of the world. It is not for government service, literary work, or general social work.

The in Arjun Awards were instituted the year 1961.

U Thant from Burma (now Myanmar) was the first recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1965. He served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan received the award in later years.

Morarji Desai was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan's highest civil award, in 1990. He is the only Indian to receive this honor, conferred for his contributions to improving India-Pakistan relations. Other options are notable Indian figures but did not receive this specific Pakistani award.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while other Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden. The correct spelling is 'Oslo', but option C has a typo as 'Osio' which clearly refers to Oslo. Brussels, Geneva, and The Hague are important diplomatic cities but not the Nobel Peace Prize venue.

Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry award, awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield (not in the presence of the enemy). Option C incorrectly describes the Param Vir Chakra (wartime gallantry in presence of enemy). The award is not for literature or children's gallantry.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been awarded to B. Nagi Reddy (Producer, 1986), Satyajit Ray (Director, 1985), Devika Rani (Actress, 1969 - first recipient), and Shivaji Ganesan (Actor, 1990). Akkineni Nageswara Rao did receive this award in 1988, but the question asks who has received it 'so far' - in the context of the question's timeframe, option D represents a valid subset of recipients.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of the Philippines who died in a plane crash in 1957. It was created in 1958 and is widely considered Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Indonesia and Thailand are other Southeast Asian countries, and the Indian Journalist's Association is not a country.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award recognizes excellence in multiple categories including public service, journalism, literature, peace and international understanding, community leadership, and emergent leadership. Social Science is not a specific category, though some awardees may have worked in social sciences. Option D is the closest match among given options.

Jagjit Singh did not receive the Kalinga Award (UNESCO's science communication award); he was a renowned ghazal singer. Mother Teresa did receive the Nehru Award (1972), Amrita Pritam received the Jnanpith Award (1982), and R.K. Laxman received the Magsaysay Award (1984 for journalism). Option B is the incorrect match.

All three individuals received Bharat Ratna - Rajiv Gandhi (1991, posthumous), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987), and Nelson Mandela (1990). The award recognizes exceptional service in any field.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema, named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, the father of Indian cinema. It recognizes lifetime contribution to Indian film.

Mother Teresa was conferred the title 'Bharat ki Suputri' (Daughter of India) in 1992.

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist, born in the former Madras Province, whose groundbreaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Nobel Prizes are awarded in 6 fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences (established in 1968).