2017
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Shri Naresh kumar
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Shri Ramesh Kumar
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Shri Venkaiah Naidu
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Shri Suresh Menon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Swaminathan was awarded the ‘Yeraringan Award’ by the Vice President of India. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan was the first recipient of the Prize which was started by Norman Borlaug .
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is M. S. Swaminathan. M. S. Swaminathan has been awarded the ‘Yeraringan Award’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Paroda will be the first Indian scientist to receive this award.
Detailed explanation-4: -His leadership as Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines was instrumental in his being awarded the first World Food Prize in 1987, recognized as the Nobel or the highest honours in the field of agriculture.
Detailed explanation-5: -He has been acclaimed by the Time Magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th Century, one of the three from India – the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. The first award was presented to Nobel Laureate for Peace, Dr. Norman E.