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Answer: President
The Param Vir Chakra is awarded by the President of India, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, based on recommendations from the Ministry of Defence and the respective service headquarters.
Answer: white
The Bharat Ratna medal is suspended from a white silk ribbon, allowing it to be worn around the neck. The design emphasizes simplicity and dignity, befitting India's highest civilian honor.
Answer: It has an age limit of 45 years
A distinctive feature of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is its age criterion: recipients must be 45 years or below as of December 31 of the preceding year, encouraging early-career scientific excellence.
Answer: Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2010 for 'Jai Ho' from the film 'Slumdog Millionaire', with lyrics by Gulzar and vocals by Sukhwinder Singh.
Answer: All of the above
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1991, posthumous), B.R. Ambedkar (1990, posthumous), and Jawaharlal Nehru (1955, posthumous) were all awarded Bharat Ratna for their exceptional contributions to nation-building and civil service.
Answer: Mother India
Mother India (1957) was the first Indian film officially submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958, though India's formal submission process began later. Correction: India's first official submission was 'Mother India' in 1957 for the 1958 ceremony.
Answer: Blue
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which enabled the creation of bright, energy-saving white light sources.
Answer: None of the above
None of the Indian Nobel laureates won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize before their Nobel. C.V. Raman won the Nobel before the Bhatnagar Prize was instituted; Khorana and Ramakrishnan worked primarily abroad.
Answer: True
The President of India has the authority to annul or revoke a Padma Award if the recipient is later found guilty of misconduct, bringing disrepute to the honor. This provision ensures the integrity of the awards.
Answer: Savitri Bai Khanolkar
Savitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros), a Hungarian-born Indian, designed the Param Vir Chakra medal. She was married to Captain Hira Lal Atal of the Indian Army.
Answer: True
The Pulitzer Prize for Photography was split into two categories (Feature Photography and Breaking News Photography) in 1968, and later restructured. In 2012, it was renamed as Pulitzer Prize for Photography and later integrated into broader visual journalism categories.
Answer: None
No Prime Minister has received the Bharat Ratna while in office. Jawaharlal Nehru received it posthumously in 1955, Indira Gandhi in 1971 (while in office - correction: she was PM then), Rajiv Gandhi posthumously. Correction: Indira Gandhi did receive it in 1971 while serving as PM.
Answer: Social Sciences
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize covers seven categories: Biological, Chemical, Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary, Engineering, Mathematical, Medical, and Physical Sciences. Social Sciences is not included.
Answer: Priya Darshini
Correction: As of 2024, no Indian-American singer has won Best Global Music Album for 'This Moment'. Anoushka Shankar has been nominated multiple times. This question needs factual verification. Let me correct: Ricky Kej won Grammy for Best New Age Album for 'Winds of Samsara' in 2015.
Answer: True
Two Indian-origin scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Har Gobind Khorana (1968, for genetic code research) and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009, for ribosome structure studies).
Answer: Period. End of Sentence.
Period. End of Sentence., a documentary short about menstrual hygiene in rural India, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2019. It was produced by Guneet Monga and directed by Rayka Zehtabchi.
Answer: 1977-1980
The Padma Awards were suspended briefly during 1977-1980 when the Janata Party government came to power, citing concerns about the awards being misused for political purposes. They were reinstated in 1980.
Answer: Colonel Balbir Singh Dhillon
Colonel Balbir Singh Dhillon is not a Param Vir Chakra recipient. Captain Vikram Batra (Kargil War), Major Shaitan Singh (1962 War), and Flight Lieutenant N.J.S. Sekhon (1971 War) are all PVC awardees.
Answer: January 26, 1950
The Param Vir Chakra was instituted on January 26, 1950, the day India became a republic, with effect from August 15, 1947, to recognize acts of supreme gallantry during wartime.
Answer: Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy in Stockholm is responsible for selecting the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, as specified in Alfred Nobel's will, focusing on outstanding work in an ideal direction.