Padma Awards Flashcards

1
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Who rejected Padma Vibhushan 2022?

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Sandhya Mukherjee and Anindya Chatterjee

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How many Padma Awards were approved this year?

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128

Padma Vibhushan-4
Padma Bhushan-17
Padma Shri-107

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Posthumous winners of Padma Vibhushan

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Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (literature and education) UP
Gen Bipin Rawat (Civil service) Uttarakhand
Shri Kalyan Singh (public affairs) UP

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The only non posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan candidate is

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Prabha Atre (Art)

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Covid vaccine makers who have been awarded Padma Bhushan are

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Cyrus Poonawalla (Serum Institute of India-covishield)

Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella(Bharat Biotech- India’s first vaccine-COVAXIN)

Category - ‘Trade and Industry’

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6
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First woman Air marshal of IAF Padma Bandopadhyay for which field was awarded Padma Shri?

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Medicine

She is the first woman of Air force to be promoted to a 3 star rank of an Air Marshall

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai was named for which award

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Padma Bhushan

Category - ‘Trade and Industry’

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received which award

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Padma Bhushan

Category - ‘Trade and Industry’

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9
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Padma awards are announced annually on

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26th January

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10
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When were Padma awards instituted

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1954

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11
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Order of the Padma Series of awards

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Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri

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12
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Who constitutes the Padma committee

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Prime Minister

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13
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Who confers the Padma awards?

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President of India

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14
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Highest civillian award

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Bharat Ratna Award

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15
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What does Padma mean in Sanskrit

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Lotus

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16
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First recipients of Padma award

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6 recipients, one of them was Jigme Dorji Wangchuk ( 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan )

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17
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When was Bharat Ratna instituted

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1954

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18
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First woman recipient of Bharat Ratna

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Indira Gandhi in 1971

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19
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First foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna

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Abdul Ghafar Khan in 1987

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20
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First awardees of Bharat Ratna

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C. Rajgopalachari ,
S. Radhakrishnan,
C.V Raman

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21
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Last awarded ( Bharat Ratna )

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2019 to Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika, Pranab Mukherjee

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22
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When were Padma wards interupted

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1978, 1979, 1993, 1997

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23
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Max number of Padma awards that can be given

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120

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24
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Eligibility criteria for Padma awards

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All persons except govt servants working with PSUs (except doctors and scientists) are eligible for their awards

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25
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When was the constitutional validity of Padma Awards was challenged

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The constitutional validity of Padma Awards was challenged in 1992 in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh with respect to the Public interest Litigation filed. Until the issue has resolved in the respective court, the award was suspended.

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26
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Years in which Padma Awards were not granted?

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1978, 1979, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 due to the change of government.

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27
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For 2022 how many awardees were Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI

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10

28
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Total no. of posthumous awardees for padma awards 2022

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13

29
Q

When was the death of the first CDS of India

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8 Dec 2021

30
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Why and when did Kalyan Singh(BJP politican) resign?

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He resigned on 6 Dec 1992 because demolition of Babri masjid in Dec 1992.

He was re-elected as UP CM in 1997

31
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Kalyan Singh acted as the governers of which states

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Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh

32
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Who is Prabha Atre?

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Indian vocalist from Kirana Gharana.

Released 11 books on Music in Hindi and English in Bew Delhi on 18 April 2016.

33
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What other padma awards was Prabha Atre conferred and in which year?

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In 1990, she received Padma Shri

In 2002,she received Padma Bhushan

34
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Name another prestigious award given to Prabha Atre

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards in 1991

35
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Who was Radheshyam Khemka?

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Gita Press’s Khemka,the man who brought Ramcharitmanas to every home.

Gita Press is the largest publisher and distributor of religious literature established in Gorakhpur,UP in 1923

36
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Who from Tata was awarded Padma Bhushan

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Tata sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran

37
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the former Chief Minister of which state

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West Bengal

38
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Name the Congress leader who was conferred with Padma Bhushan

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Ghulam Nabi Azad

39
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Name the Paralympic javelin thrower who was conferred with Padma Bhushan

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Devendra Jhajharia from Rajasthan
Category-Sports
He won Silver medal in Tokyo 2021 paralympics

40
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Name the Bollywood Singer who was conferred with Padma Shri

A

Sonu Nigam

41
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Name the olympic gold medallist who was conferred with Padma Shri

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Neeraj Chopra

Category-Sports

42
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Name the paralympic gold medallists who was conferred with Padma Shri

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1.Pramod Bhagat
2.Sumit Antil
Category-Sports

43
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name the personalities from martial arts who were conferred with Padma Shri

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1.Sankaranarayan Menon Chundayil -Kerela
2.Faisal Ali Dar- J&K
Category-Sports

44
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Women Indian Hockey team player conferred with Padma shri

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Vandana Kataria

45
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Personality from Japan conferred with Padma shri

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Ryuko Hira - Japan

Category-Trade and industry

46
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Yogic teacher who won Padma Shri

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Sivandana-UP

Category-Others (Yoga)

47
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Paralympic 1st women gold medallist conferred with Padma Shri

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Avani Lekhara - Rajasthan
Category-Sports

She won a bronze medal as well

48
Q

Civilian award conferred to women

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Nari Shakti Puraskar

49
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Civilian award meant for children

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National Bravery Award
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
National Bal shakti award

50
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Civilian award for Police

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President’s Police Medal for Gallantry

51
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First foreigner to be awarded Bharat Ratna

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Mother Teresa 1980
Abdul Ghaffar khan 1987
Nelson Mandela 1990

52
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Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra was conferred with which gallantry award

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Param Vishisht Seva Medal PVSM

He enrolled as Naib Subedar of the 14th Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles on May 15,2016

53
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Bharat Ratna was started by which President

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Rajendra Prasad

54
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Bharat Ratna was allowed to be given posthumously in which year

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1966

55
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Youngest Bharat Ratna recipient and first sportperson

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Sachin Tendulkar in 2014

56
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Only year where Bharat Ratna was given to 4 people

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1999

57
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The only case in which Bharat Ratna was announced and withdrawn

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In 1992,Subhash Chandra Bose was posthumously going to be awarded with Bharat Ratna but following the controversy over his death,the SC cancelled the award in 1997.

58
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How many Bharat Ratnas can be conferred in year

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3

59
Q

Which Captain was awarded with Vir Chakra for his Pakistan based aerial combat?

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Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed an enemy jet during an aerial combat with Pakistan on February 27, 2019, was conferred withthe Vir Chakra award.

60
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Which article states that no Indian Citizen can use Bharat Ratna as a prefix or suffix to their names?

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Article 18(1)

61
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Who in 1993, he successfully developed a method to develop black pearls in freshwater and recently received Padma shri

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Dr.Ajay Kumar Sonkar from Prayagraj

He received an invitation to attend the first International Conference on Pearl Culture.

62
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Amartya Sen was conferred with Bharat Ratna in which year?

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1999

He was the Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 1998

63
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Shinzo Abe won which padma award?

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Padma Vibhushan in 2021

64
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Name the recent chairman of ICHR who received Padma Shri?

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Historian Raghavendra Tanwar

65
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Name the first woman vice chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia to get Padma Shri

A

Najma Akhtar

66
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In which year did Nilmani Phookan Jr receive Padma Shri?

A

1990

67
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First Indian female footballer to win Padma Shri

A

Oinam Bembem Devi