Indian Honours and Awards

Ela Ramesh Bhatt, founder of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), received the 27th Niwano Peace Prize in May 2010 for her work empowering women through microfinance and cooperative movements. The other names are incorrect.

Sheila Dixit, then Chief Minister of Delhi, received the Dara Shikoh Award in 2003 from the Indo-Iran Society for promoting communal harmony during challenging times. Dara Shikoh was a Mughal prince known for his syncretic approach to religions. The award recognizes contributions to peace and interfaith understanding. Option A is correct.

The Government of India annually awards the International Gandhi Peace Prize, established in 1995 to honor individuals and organizations for their contributions to peace and social harmony. There is no 'International Indira Gandhi Peace Prize' or 'International Teresa Peace Prize'.

Mother Teresa was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work with the poor and dying in Kolkata. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, was globally recognized by the 1970s, and passed away in 1997.

Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Andhra Pradesh secured the first rank in IIT-JEE 2010. This is a factual question about a specific year's topper that requires knowledge of competitive exam results.

The question asks about India's highest sporting honor. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (now renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award) is India's highest sporting honor, given for outstanding sporting performance. The Dronacharya Award is for coaching excellence, and Padma Vibhushan is a civilian award (not specifically for sports).

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.

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.