GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Question
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In ____, the Government of India modified the eligibility criteria to allow sports persons to receive the award.
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Per the original statutes, sportspersons were not eligible for the Bharat Ratna; however, a revision of the rules in December 2011 made eligible “any field of human endeavour".
Detailed explanation-2: -Sachin Tendulkar was the first sportsperson won the Bharat Ratna Award in 2014.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson who has won the Bharat Ratna award.
Detailed explanation-4: -He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and India’s Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his work in welfare economics.
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