Indian Honours and Awards

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are India's premier awards for science and technology, given to scientists under 45 for outstanding research. Named after the founder-director of CSIR, they recognize work in physical/biological/medical/mathematical/engineering/chemical sciences - not sports, politics, or literature.

Prabhash Joshi, veteran Hindi journalist and founder of 'Jansatta', received the Slaka Samman in 2008. This award honors Hindi journalism. Nazma Heptullah is a politician. Ashok Chakradhar is a Hindi writer/poet. Rahman Rahi won Jnanpith for Kashmiri literature, not Slaka Samman.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor, in 2008 for his contributions to cricket.

The Dronacharya Award is for sports coaching. While Sanjeeva Kumar Singh, GE Sridharan, and Jagdish Singh were recipients in 2007, Prabhjot Singh is a hockey player and not a coach, making him the correct choice for 'not a recipient'.

The 2008 UN Human Rights Prize was awarded to several individuals, including Benazir Bhutto (posthumously) and Sister Dorothy Stang.

Article 18 of the Indian Constitution deals with the abolition of titles, which provides the legal framework for the state to confer civilian awards like the Bharat Ratna. The other articles deal with different constitutional matters.

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and the Bharat Ratna in 1999, making him the only Indian to hold both.

Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance to help impoverished people rise out of poverty.

While the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna is technically the highest sports honor in India, the Arjuna Award is the most prestigious long standing award for consistent outstanding performance. Among the options provided, the Arjuna Award is the correct choice for an athlete.

Vinoba Bhave, Mother Teresa, and Verghese Kurien are all recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam did not receive this specific award.

The Sir C.V .Raman award for 2008 has been awarded to M.Natarajan

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Dr. V.V. Giri, and Dr. Rajendra Prasad are all recipients of the Bharat Ratna. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma was not awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his efforts to create economic and social development from below.