Q1. Who was the first Indian to be awarded with Bharat Ratna and Nobel Prize?
Correct Answer: C
C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 and was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
Q2. First lady to be awarded Bharat Ratna:
Correct Answer: D
Indira Gandhi was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1971.
Q3. Who received highest civilian awards of two countries, Bharat Ratna from India and Nishan-e-Pakistan from Pakistan?
Correct Answer: D
Morarji Desai is the only Indian national to have been conferred with Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, alongside the Bharat Ratna.
Q4. Who was the first person to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously?
Correct Answer: C
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first recipient to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966.
Q5. Who was the first and only industrialist to get Bharat Ratna?
Correct Answer: B
J.R.D. Tata was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992 for his contributions to Indian industry.
Q6. The highest civilian award in India ‘Bharat Ratna’ has been awarded to only two foreigners so far. One of them is Nelson Mandela, the other is:
Correct Answer: A
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990) are the two non-Indians awarded the Bharat Ratna.
Q7. The first Bharat Ratna award of independent India was given to:
Correct Answer: C
Among the first three recipients in 1954 was C.V. Raman (along with C. Rajagopalachari and S. Radhakrishnan).
Q8. The medal of Bharat Ratna is designed like a leaf of __
Correct Answer: B
The Bharat Ratna award is in the shape of a Peepal leaf with a sunburst design.
Q9. Arrange these civilian awards in an ascending order according to their degree of honour placing the least at first place.
Correct Answer: B
The hierarchy starts with Padma Shri (4th), followed by Padma Bhushan (3rd), Padma Vibhushan (2nd), and Bharat Ratna (1st).
Q10. The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were C. Rajagopalachari, C.V. Raman and __
Correct Answer: D
The first three recipients in 1954 were C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C.V. Raman.
