GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
S.R. Tendulkar & P.V. Narshima Rao
|
|
|
S.R. Tendulkar & N.T. Rama Rao
|
|
|
S.R. Tendulkar & Prof. C.N.R. Rao
|
|
|
S.R. Tendulkar & Nageshwar Rao
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Bharat Ratna for Prof CNR Rao and Sachin Tendulkar. The Government has decided to confer, the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award on eminent scientist Prof C.N.R. Rao and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.
Detailed explanation-2: -And in 2013, the Government changed rules to award him the highest civilian award of the country, the Bharat Ratna. Thus, Sachin became the first ever sportsperson to receive this award; he is also the youngest to get the Bharat Ratna award.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievements, the Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honour, in 1997, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, two of India’s highest civilian awards.