Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.

Correct Option: C

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.

Best Film - Agneepath, Barfi!, directed by Anurag Basu, won the award of Best Film at the 14th IIFA Awards. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D’Cruz in the lead roles, Ranbir Kapoor won the award of Best Actor for this very film.

Correct Option: D

Best Film - Agneepath, Barfi!, directed by Anurag Basu, won the award of Best Film at the 14th IIFA Awards. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D’Cruz in the lead roles, Ranbir Kapoor won the award of Best Actor for this very film.

Sugathakumari is an established writer in Malayalam. She won the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 2012 for Manalezhuthu, being only the third Malayalam writer to do so. Note : The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.
Sugathakumari is an established writer in Malayalam. She won the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 2012 for Manalezhuthu, being only the third Malayalam writer to do so. Note : The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.

Correct Option: D

Sugathakumari is an established writer in Malayalam. She won the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 2012 for Manalezhuthu, being only the third Malayalam writer to do so. Note : The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.

Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer who won the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991. Note : The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.

Correct Option: D

Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer who won the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991. Note : The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”.
Note : The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.

Correct Option: A

The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”.
Note : The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.