Indian Honours and Awards

The Hoover Medal is awarded for engineering achievements. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was indeed the first Asian to receive this prestigious American engineering award in 2009, recognizing his contributions to aerospace engineering and defense technology.

Dr. Hargobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1968 for his work on deciphering the genetic code and explaining how it functions in protein synthesis. He shared the prize with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. Meghnad Saha was a renowned physicist, Dr. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was a chemist, and C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. He was also the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Urvasi is a celebrated novel by Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. While Basheer did receive the Jnanpith Award (in 1984), it was for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature, not specifically for the novel Urvasi. The Jnanpith Award is given for a writer's complete body of work, not for a single book. Therefore, the statement 'Urvasi named book got Jnanpith Award' is technically false.

Abdus Salam was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize, which he won in Physics in 1979 for his work in electroweak unification. Dr. Adib Rizvi is a renowned transplant surgeon but not a Nobel laureate. Abdul Jaffar and Benazir Bhutto were also Nobel Prize recipients.

Rabindranath Tagore won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature for Gitanjali becoming the first non-European and first Asian laureate. Mirza Ghalib was a 19th-century Urdu poet who died in 1869, Debendranath was Rabindranath's father (not the laureate), and Mohammad Iqbal was a poet-philosopher who wrote in the early 20th century.

The ICC Awards 2010 ceremony was hosted by Ravi Shastri, former Indian cricketer and renowned commentator. Shastri has been a prominent voice in cricket broadcasting and has hosted several ICC events over the years.

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. This established India's presence on the global literary stage.

V.S. Naipaul won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. While he was born in Trinidad and held British citizenship, he was of Indian descent (his grandparents were from India), which is why the question refers to him as an Indian writer.

In 2010, New Statesman Magazine named Ratan Tata to their '50 People Who Matter 2010' list, recognizing his global influence in business and industry. This annual list highlights individuals shaping world events. Options B, C, and D incorrectly state the number or include extra apostrophes.

JRD Tata received the Bharat Ratna in 1992, India's highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian industry and aviation. The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award, while 'vibhushan' alone is not a complete award name and the Vir Chakra is a military gallantry award.

Sachin Tendulkar has received all three awards listed - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (1997-98), Arjuna Award (1994), and Padma Vibhushan (2008). The Bharat Ratna claim is incorrect - he did receive Bharat Ratna in 2014, but it's NOT in the correct labels (A,C,D) despite being listed as an option.

Hargobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his work on interpreting the genetic code and protein synthesis. He shared the prize with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. Khorana was born in India and later became a US citizen.

The Dronacharya Award is India's highest honor for sports coaches, recognizing their outstanding contribution and dedication to training athletes. Named after Dronacharya from the Mahabharata, the legendary guru of archery, it was instituted in 1985 to honor coaches who have produced medal-winning athletes at international competitions.

Diamond, Mortensen, and Pissarides shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their analysis of markets with search frictions. Their work on labor market dynamics, particularly how buyers and sellers find each other with incomplete information, was groundbreaking. Option A, B, and C are all correct winners. Imre Kertész won the Literature prize in 2002, not Economics.