M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998): Carnatic classical singer; Ravi Shankar (1999): Sitar player; Lata Mangeshkar (2001): playback singer; Bismillah Khan (2001): Hindustani classical shehnai player; and Bhimsen Joshi (2008): Hindustani classical singer. Note : so far 6 people got Baharat Ratna award in the field of music 6th one was Pandit bhim sen joshi (2008). Last time Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee got this award in 2015.

Correct Option: D

M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998): Carnatic classical singer; Ravi Shankar (1999): Sitar player; Lata Mangeshkar (2001): playback singer; Bismillah Khan (2001): Hindustani classical shehnai player; and Bhimsen Joshi (2008): Hindustani classical singer. Note : so far 6 people got Baharat Ratna award in the field of music 6th one was Pandit bhim sen joshi (2008). Last time Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee got this award in 2015.

The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given for service to children. Under this Scheme, every year the National Selection Committee selects three individuals who are presented the award on August 20 (the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi).

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The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given for service to children. Under this Scheme, every year the National Selection Committee selects three individuals who are presented the award on August 20 (the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi).

Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe (London, Berlin and Portugal). Half a Life was long listed for the Man Booker prize (2001). Note : Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.

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Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe (London, Berlin and Portugal). Half a Life was long listed for the Man Booker prize (2001). Note : Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.

Norman Ernest Borlaug, “The Man Who Saved A Billion Lives”, was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called “the father of the Green Revolution”. For his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is one of six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Norman Ernest Borlaug, “The Man Who Saved A Billion Lives”, was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called “the father of the Green Revolution”. For his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is one of six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.

M. S. Subbulakshmi was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, in 1998. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize in 1974.

Correct Option: B

M. S. Subbulakshmi was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, in 1998. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize in 1974.