GK - Awards and Honours
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'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for
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The Ashoka Chakra Award is India's highest peacetime military decoration or award for courageous action or self-sacrificing away from the battlefield. This is awarded for the most notable bravery. Ashoka Chakra was awarded either to military-men as well as civilians.
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Option DExplanation :
The Ashoka Chakra Award is India's highest peacetime military decoration or award for courageous action or self-sacrificing away from the battlefield. This is awarded for the most notable bravery. Ashoka Chakra was awarded either to military-men as well as civilians.
12.
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
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Started in 1961, The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in sports.
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Started in 1961, The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in sports.
13.
The journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan was
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Novelist Khushwant Singh, who accepted the Padma Bhushan in 1974 in the category of literature and education, returned it in 1984 to protest the Indian military's Operation Blue Star. Singh was later awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
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Novelist Khushwant Singh, who accepted the Padma Bhushan in 1974 in the category of literature and education, returned it in 1984 to protest the Indian military's Operation Blue Star. Singh was later awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
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Which state gives Mewar Award?
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This award has been instituted to honour work of permanent value to those who consider it their duty, to benefit society through services in the field of education, literature, social services, philanthropy and character building activities.
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This award has been instituted to honour work of permanent value to those who consider it their duty, to benefit society through services in the field of education, literature, social services, philanthropy and character building activities.
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Who was first lady to be awarded with Bharat Ratna ?
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Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award in 1971.
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Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award in 1971.
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