Award

Total Questions: 38

31. Who is the first Indian actress to receive the 'Padma Shree' Award? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007, I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (b) Nargis Dutt
Solution:Nargis Dutt was the first Indian actress to receive the 'Padma Shree Award'. She was awarded 'Padma Shree' in 1958.

32. Who among the following is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

Correct Answer: (d) Raj Kapoor
Solution:'Bharat Ratna' the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.

Except for Raj Kapoor, all of the other names mentioned in the option were awarded Bharat Ratna. Satyajit Ray was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' in 1992 and Ustad Bismillah Khan and Lata Mangeshkar were awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' in 2001.

33. Who among the following is not awarded with 'Bharat Ratna'? [U.P. Lower (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (b) Pandit Jasraj
Solution:Among the following Pandit Jasraj is not awarded with 'Bharat Ratna'. Ustad Bismillah Khan and Lata Mangeshkar were awarded the "Bharat Ratna" in 2001 and Pandit Ravishankar was awarded the award in 1999.

34. The first lady to receive 'Jnanpith' Award is : [M.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1997, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

Correct Answer: (a) Ashapurna Devi
Solution:The first lady to receive 'Jnanpith' Award is Ashapurna Devi. She was awarded the award in 1976 for her masterpiece work 'Pratham Pratishruti'.

35. To which foreigner was 'Bharat Ratna' awarded in 1990? [M.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1991, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]

Correct Answer: (a) Nelson Mandela
Solution:Nelson Mandela was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' in 1990 for his incredible work in the abolishment of apartheid in South Africa. His movement was based on Gandhian values.

36. Which of the following foreigner citizen has been awarded 'Bharat Ratna'? [48 to 52- B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (a) Nelson Mandela
Solution:Nelson Mandela was awarded 'Bharat Ratna' in 1990 for his incredible work in the abolishment of apartheid in South Africa. His movement was based on Gandhian values.

37. Who has been awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’? [M.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (c) Ravi Shankar
Solution:Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1999. None of the other above mentioned persons has been awarded Bharat Ratna.

38. In which year, the first ‘Bharat Ratna’ was awarded? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (c) 1954
Solution:The ‘Bharat Ratna’ is the highest civilian award of India. First President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad ordered for establishing the biggest-ever civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ on January 2, 1954.

The first ‘Bharat Ratna’ Award was given to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari and C. V. Raman in 1954.