National Awards
- Who was the first foreigner to win the Bharat Ratna?
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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Correct Option: A
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Who among the following has received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan?
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Moraji Desai
Correct Option: B
Moraji Desai
- The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred upon Mr. Arvind Kejriwal in which of the following category?
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In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognizing his involvement in a grassroots movement Parivartan using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption. The same year, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organization(NGO).
Correct Option: A
In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognizing his involvement in a grassroots movement Parivartan using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption. The same year, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organization(NGO).
- Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of
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Rajiv Gandhi
Correct Option: A
Rajiv Gandhi
- The award is given for extraordinary act of bravery in the field of Naval, Air and Army is
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The Param Vir chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be awarded to officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian military and can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously.
Correct Option: B
The Param Vir chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be awarded to officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian military and can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously.
