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Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 6 past MPSC questions across 5 exam years between 2013 and 2024. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2023 च्या 'पद्मश्री' पुरस्काराबाबत जोड्या लावा. व्यक्ती क्षेत्र a. रमेश पतंगे i. विज्ञान आणि अभियांत्रिकी b. डॉ. महेंद्र पाल ii. साहित्य आणि शिक्षण c. उमाशंकर पांडे iii. कला d. परशुराम खुणे iv. समाज कार्य Match the pairs about 'Padma Shri' Award, 2023. Person Field a. Ramesh Patange i. Science and Engineering b. Dr. Mahendra Pal ii. Literature and Education c. Uma Shankar Pande iii. Art d. Parshuram Khune iv. Social Work

(a)रमेश पतंगे / Ramesh Patange

(b)डॉ. महेंद्र पाल / Dr. Mahendra Pal

(c)उमाशंकर पांडे / Uma Shankar Pande

(d)परशुराम खुणे / Parshuram Khune

1)a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
2)a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
3)a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii
4)a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii✓ Correct

Matching the Padma Shri 2023 awardees: Ramesh Patange for Literature and Education (a-ii), Dr. Mahendra Pal for Science and Engineering (b-i), Uma Shankar Pande for Social Work (c-iv), and Parshuram Khune for Art (d-iii).

भारतातील सर्वात सर्वोच्च सन्मान ‘भारत रत्न’ पुरस्काराची सुरुवात कोणत्या वर्षापासून झाली व आतापर्यंत तो किती लोकांना देण्यात आला ? In which year ‘Bharat Ratna’, the India’s highest civilian award was instituted and how many persons have beeen honoured with this award so far ?

1)1952, 67
2)1954, 41✓ Correct
3)1969, 45
4)1972, 41

Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was instituted in 1954. The number of recipients keeps updating, but historically aligns with the given milestone count in option 2 depending on the year asked.

कर्पुरी ठाकुर अलिकडे बातम्यांमध्ये होते. त्यांच्याबाबत खालीलपैकी काय खरे नाही ? Karpoori Thakur was recently in news. Which of the following is not true about him ?

a)त्यांना 'जननायक' म्हणून ओळखले जाते. / He is also known as 'Jan Nayak'.
b)ते बिहार चे पहिले गैर-कांग्रेसी मुख्यमंत्री होते. / He was First non-congress Chief Minister of Bihar.
c)त्यांचा जन्म 1924 मध्ये, समस्तीपूर जिल्ह्यातील एका गावात झाला. / He was born in 1924, in a village in Samastipur District.
d)त्यांनी 1952 ची राज्य विधानसभा निवडणूक समस्तीपूर मतदार संघातून जिंकली होती. / He won State Assembly election in 1952 from Samastipur Constituency.✓ Correct

Karpoori Thakur did not win the 1952 state assembly election from Samastipur; he won his first assembly election in 1952 from Tajpur constituency, making statement 4 incorrect which makes it the correct answer to the 'not true' question.

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कारांची सुरुवात 1961 मध्ये झाली. कोणता वृत्तपत्र गट या पुरस्कारा मागे आहे ?

1)दी इंडियन एक्सप्रेस / The Indian Express
2)दी टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया / The Times of India✓ Correct
3)हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स / Hindustan Times
4)दी हिंदू / The Hindu

The Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, was instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust, which was founded by the Sahu Jain family, promoters of the Times of India / Bennett, Coleman & Co. group.

भारतरत्न पुरस्कार प्राप्त करणारी पहिली बिगर-भारतीय (अभारतीय) व्यक्ती कोण? Who is the first non - Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna award ?

1)मार्टीन ल्यूथर किंग / Martin Luther King
2)मदर तेरेसा / Mother Teresa
3)खान अब्दुल गफार खान / Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan✓ Correct
4)दलाई लामा / Dalai Lama

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi) from Pakistan was the first non-Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna award in 1987.

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