Indian Honours and Awards

Correct answer is (1).

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India, instituted in 1954. It is awarded for exceptional service in any field of human endeavor. Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri) rank below Bharat Ratna in the hierarchy of Indian civilian honors.

The G. B. Pant Award is conferred upon outstanding parliamentarians for their exemplary performance in Parliament. It was instituted in memory of Govind Ballabh Pant, a prominent freedom fighter and former Home Minister of India.

Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, including his work on poverty, famine, and human development theory. C. V. Raman won Physics (1930), Har Gobind Khorana won Medicine (1968), and M. S. Swaminathan has not won a Nobel Prize.

Correct answer is (3). 

The Jnanpith Award was instituted by Shanti Prasad Jain, who founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization in 1944. It is the highest literary award in India, given for outstanding contribution to Indian literature. The award was first given in 1965.

The Saraswathi Samman was instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The award was established in 1991 and carries a cash prize of Rs. 15 lakh.

Oscar is the only International Award among the national ones.

The couple Krishnammal Jagannathan and Sankaralingam Jagannathan indeed won the Right Livelihood Award in 2008 for their work in land rights and social justice. The Right Livelihood Award is often called the Alternative Nobel Prize.

Anand Mahindra was awarded the Businessman of the Year (2007) by Business India magazine. He was recognized for leading the Mahindra Group's transformation and expansion, particularly in the automotive sector and global markets during that period.

 None of these is the highest Dutch award for the commander.

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature, specifically for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali.' C.V. Raman was the first Indian Nobel laureate in the sciences (Physics, 1930), but Tagore predates him by 17 years. S. Chandrasekhar won his Nobel much later (1983).

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Correct option is (2).

Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, was the first recipient of the Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony in 1986. This award was instituted by the Indian government in memory of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to recognize individuals working for peace, justice, and international harmony. Arafat was honored for his efforts in the Palestinian cause and was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.