Indian Honours and Awards

11

2007

Correct answer is (5). 

The Saraswati Samman for 2006 was awarded to Jagannath Prasad Das for his poetry collection 'Jalan' (The Journey) in Odia language. This prestigious literary award recognizes outstanding prose or poetry works in any Indian language. Swaminathan, Arundhati Roy (Booker Prize winner), and Medha Patkar are noted figures in different fields.

The Nehru Literacy Award is given by the Indian Adult Education Association for outstanding contributions to promoting adult education and literacy in India. The Kalinga Award is for science popularization, Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards are for Hindi literature/journalism, and Maulana Azad's name is associated with educational institutions and national education day.

Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President of South Africa, was awarded India's highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna in 1990 for his fight against racial discrimination and apartheid. He was one of the few non-Indians to receive this prestigious award.

The Grammy Awards are the most prestigious awards in the music industry, presented by the Recording Academy to recognize artistic and technical achievement. They cover all genres of music. Nobel Prizes are for Literature/Science, Oscars for Films, and various sports awards exist (like ESPYs).

Option (5) is the correct answer. 

The Borlaug Award is named after Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize winner known as the 'father of the Green Revolution' for his work in developing high-yield wheat varieties. The award recognizes contributions in agriculture, specifically wheat research. It is not given in literature, education, or medicine.

Rabindranath Tagore became the first Indian Nobel laureate in 1913 when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali.'

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitar maestro, was honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 for his contributions to world music. While A.R. Rahman has won multiple Grammy Awards, he did not receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in this context. Satyajit Ray was a filmmaker and Anoushka Shankar is Ravi Shankar's daughter, both recipients of different honors.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2003 was jointly conferred upon K. M. Beenamol (athletics) and Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat (shooting) for their outstanding sporting achievements. This marked the first time the award was shared between two athletes in the same year.

R.S. Pandey, an IAS officer of the 1972 batch (Madhya Pradesh cadre), received the 2008 UN Public Service Award for his work in implementing e-governance initiatives. He was recognized for transforming the public services delivery system through innovative use of technology, particularly in the context of the JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission). The UN Public Service Awards recognize excellence in public service delivery and innovation in government. Pandey's work demonstrated how technology can make government services more accessible and efficient for citizens.