Correct Option: B

Pankaj Arjan Advani is India’s leading billiards and snooker player. A winner of 8 World Titles in billiards and snooker, he is considered the best all-round billiards and snooker player India has produced. In 2005, he set a world record by becoming the first player to complete a grand double by winning both the point and time formats in the IBSF World Billiards Championship, Malta. In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani—Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2005 and Padma Shri in 2009. Note : Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 awarded to Olympic medalists P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik; ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who lost a medal by a whisker, and shooter Jitu Rai. This is for the first time the nation’s highest sporting award has been conferred on four athletes.