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Answer: 1954
The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was instituted on January 2, 1954, and the first recipients were C. Rajagopalachari, S. Radhakrishnan, and C.V. Raman, announced later that year.
Answer: Citizenship of a specific country
The Fields Medal has no citizenship requirement; it is awarded based on mathematical excellence and potential, regardless of nationality. The key criteria are age (under 40), outstanding achievement, and future promise.
Answer: 45 years
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is awarded to scientists who are 45 years of age or below as of December 31 of the year preceding the award, recognizing outstanding research contributions.
Answer: Two
A.R. Rahman won two Grammy Awards in 2010 for the 'Slumdog Millionaire' soundtrack: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture for 'Jai Ho'.
Answer: True
The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is unique in that it is awarded to a newspaper, magazine, or news organization (not an individual) and is represented by a gold medal, recognizing meritorious public service through journalism.
Answer: All of the above
In 2019, the Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, and conferred on former President Pranab Mukherjee, making all three recipients of the award that year.
Answer: Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) for his research on chemical bonds and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962) for his activism against nuclear weapons testing, making him the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes in different categories.
Answer: Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava, an Indian-Canadian-American mathematician, won the Fields Medal in 2014 for developing powerful new methods in the geometry of numbers, which he applied to count rings of small rank and to bound the average rank of elliptic curves.
Answer: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to recognize outstanding Indian scientists under the age of 45.
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya
Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Oscar, sharing the award for Best Costume Design for the film 'Gandhi' in 1983. Correction: The question mentions Best Original Score, but Bhanu Athaiya won for Costume Design. Ravi Shankar was nominated but didn't win. Correction needed: The first Indian Oscar winner was Bhanu Athaiya for Costume Design.
Answer: 14
As of 2024, 14 out of the 21 Param Vir Chakra awards have been conferred posthumously, reflecting the supreme sacrifice made by recipients in the line of duty during wartime.
Answer: Ashapurna Devi
Ashapurna Devi, a Bengali writer, was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award in 1976 for her novel 'Pratham Pratisruti', though she wrote primarily in Bengali, not Hindi. Correction: Mahadevi Varma was honored later; Ashapurna Devi was indeed the first woman recipient.
Answer: Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan became the youngest Nobel laureate ever when she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17 for her advocacy for girls' education and human rights.
Answer: False
Government servants, including those working with PSUs (except doctors and scientists), are generally NOT eligible for Padma Awards. This restriction aims to recognize contributions from non-government individuals.
Answer: 40
The Fields Medal is awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union to mathematicians under 40 years of age for outstanding achievements and future promise in mathematics.
Answer: 3
Although there is no statutory limit, a convention established in 1999 suggests that a maximum of three Bharat Ratna awards may be conferred in a year. However, this is not a rigid rule.
Answer: Science and Technology
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, instituted in 1958 by CSIR, recognizes exceptional research in biological, chemical, earth, engineering, mathematical, medical, and physical sciences.
Answer: True
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) for radioactivity research and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) for discovering radium and polonium. She remains the only person with Nobels in two distinct scientific fields.
Answer: 1969
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was first awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen. It is not one of the original Nobel Prizes established in 1895.