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Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1997-98, becoming the first cricketer to be honored with India's highest sporting accolade.
Answer: December 7
The Sahitya Akademi Award is traditionally presented on December 7, the birth anniversary of India's first Deputy Prime Minister and renowned poet, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Correction: Actually, it's presented on various dates; the award ceremony is usually held in February. The correct answer should be that there's no fixed date tied to a poet's birthday.
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: Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga won the Booker Prize in 2008 for his debut novel 'The White Tiger', a darkly humorous exploration of class struggle and corruption in modern India.
Answer: Purple
The Param Vir Chakra ribbon is purple in color with two small orange stripes in the center. The purple color symbolizes valor and sacrifice, while orange represents courage and determination.
Answer: False
The Jnanpith Award is not restricted to Eighth Schedule languages. It can be awarded to authors writing in any of the 22 languages recognized by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, which includes some languages not in the Eighth Schedule.
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: No renaming
The Arjuna Award was not renamed for para-sports; however, the selection criteria were revised to ensure equal recognition for para-athletes. The award name remains the same for both able-bodied and para-sports categories.
Answer: True
Foreign nationals are eligible for the Bharat Ratna. Notable foreign recipients include Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990), recognizing their exceptional service to humanity.
Answer: Nobel Prize
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, is often regarded as Asia's Nobel Prize. It honors individuals and organizations in Asia who have demonstrated exceptional courage and creativity in addressing societal challenges.
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: False
According to Nobel Foundation statutes, a prize cannot be awarded posthumously unless the recipient dies after the announcement but before the ceremony. This rule applies to all Nobel categories including Literature.
Answer: Lifetime contribution to sports development
The Dhyan Chand Award, instituted in 2002, honors sportspersons for their lifetime contribution to sports development in India, recognizing those who have continued to contribute to sports even after retirement.
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: gramophone
The Grammy Award statuette is a gilded gramophone, representing the art and science of recording music. The design has remained largely unchanged since the award's inception in 1959.
Answer: False
The Arjuna Award recognizes outstanding achievement in sports over the previous four years, not lifetime achievement. The Dhyan Chand Award is specifically for lifetime contribution to sports.
Answer: S. Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American astrophysicist, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars, particularly the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs.
Answer: Third
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India, after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, and before Padma Shri. It recognizes distinguished service of a high order.
Answer: True
The Pulitzer Prize for Biography is awarded to an American author for a distinguished biography written during the preceding calendar year, recognizing excellence in biographical writing.
Answer: Dhyan Chand
In 2021, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to honor Major Dhyan Chand, the legendary Indian hockey player known as the 'Wizard of Hockey'.