Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Ustad Bismillah Khan Prof. Amartya Sen Ans:Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj J oshi 2 Bharat Ratna was instituted in the year? 1956 1965 1954 1959 Ans:1954 3 The total number of people who are awarded Bharat Ratna till now? 44 42 45 41 Ans:41 4 Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi belong to which gharana? kirana gharana Khyal gharanas Dhrupad gharana Thumri gharana Ans:kirana gharana 5 Who are the first recipients of Bharat Ratna? Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan C. V. Raman C. Rajagopalachari All the above Ans:All the above 6 The holders of the Bharat Ratna rank in the Indian order of precedence? 6th 8th 7th 5th Ans:7th 7 Who was the Physicist who received Bharat Ratna in 1954? C. V. Raman Bhagwan Das Govind Ballabh Pant C. Rajagopalachari Ans:C. V. Raman 8 Who was the Hindustani classical shehnai player who received Bharat Ratna in the year 2001? Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Ustad Bismillah Khan Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Gopinath Bordoloi Ans:Ustad Bismillah Khan 9 Who was the Civil engineer and Diwan of Mysore who received Bharat Ratna? Gopinath Bordoloi Bhagwan Das Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya Bidhan Chandra Roy Ans:Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 10 How many women have won Bharat Ratna? 7 6 8 5 Ans:5 11 Who was the Last Governor-General who received Bharat Ratna? Ustad Bismillah Khan Govind Ballabh Pant C. V. Raman C. Rajagopalachari Ans:C. Rajagopalachari 12 The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are to be made by? Prime Minister of India to the President of India President of India to the Prime Minister of India Council of ministers to the President of India Council of ministers to the Prime Minister of India Ans:Prime Minister of I ndia to the President of I ndia 13 Who is the youngest person to receive the Bharat Ratna (posthumously at the age of 47)? Jawaharlal Nehru Rajiv Gandhi B.R.Ambedkar Bidhan Chandra Roy Ans:Rajiv Gandhi 14 Who is the youngest person alive at the time of receiving the Bharat Ratna award (at the age of 54)? B.R.Ambedkar M.S.Subbalakshmi Indira Gandhi Mother Teresa Ans:I ndira Gandhi 15 Who is the eldest person alive at the time of receiving the Bharat Ratna award (age 99)? Gulzarilal Nanda Dhondo Keshav Karve Govind Ballabh Pant Zakir Hussain Ans:Gulzarilal Nanda 16 Who is the eldest person overall (posthumously at the age of 116) to receive Bharat Ratna? Jawaharlal Nehru Vallabhbhai Patel Govind Ballabh Pant C. Rajagopalachari Ans:Vallabhbhai Patel 17 Who was the Trade unionist who received Bharat Ratna? Bidhan Chandra Roy V. V. Giri Dhondo Keshav Karve Govind Ballabh Pant Ans:V. V. Giri 18 Who was the First non-citizen to receive the Bharat Ratna award? Dhondo Keshav Karve Nelson Mandela Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Amartya Sen Ans:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 19 Who was the Sitar player who received the Bharat Ratna award? Zakir Hussain Ustad Bismillah Khan Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Ravi Shankar Ans:Ravi Shankar 20 Who was the Minister of Agriculture who received the award in1998? Chidambaram Subramaniam V. V. Giri Bidhan Chandra Roy Vallabhbhai Patel Ans:Chidambaram Subramaniam 21 Who was the First Indian Economist who received the award in 1999? Vallabhbhai Patel Amartya Sen Jayaprakash Narayan Chidambaram Subramaniam Ans:Amartya Sen 22 Who was the Bengali filmmaker who received the award? Ravi Shankar V. V. Giri Bidhan Chandra Roy Satyajit Ray Ans:Satyajit Ray 23 Who was the First woman to receive the award in 1971? M.S.Subbalakshmi Mother Teresa Indira Gandhi Aruna Asaf ali Ans:I ndira Gandhi 24 First naturalized citizen ever to receive this award? Nelson Mandela Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Amartya Sen Mother Teresa Ans:Mother Teresa 25 Who was the first Prime Minister to receive the award? Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru V. V. Giri Jayaprakash Narayan Ans:J awaharlal Nehru 26 Who was an Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Home Minister who received this award? Govind Ballabh Pant Bidhan Chandra Roy Chidambaram Subramaniam Jayaprakash Narayan Ans:Govind Ballabh Pant 27 Who was the first President to receive the award? Dhondo Keshav Karve Rajendra Prasad Jawaharlal Nehru Indira Gandhi Ans:Rajendra Prasad 28 Who was the Independence activist, author who received the award in 1955? Aruna Asaf ali Jayaprakash Narayan Bhagwan Das V. V. Giri Ans:Bhagwan Das 29 Who was the third President to receive the award? Chidambaram Subramaniam Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Satyajit Ray Zakir Hussain Ans:Zakir Hussain 30 Who was the Indologist and Sanskrit scholar who received the award? Pandurang Vaman Kane Bidhan Chandra Roy Ravi Shankar Satyajit Ray Ans:Pandurang Vaman Kane 31 Who was the Independence activist, educator to receive the award? Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Amartya Sen Purushottam Das Tandon V. V. Giri Ans:Purushottam Das Tandon 32 Who was the Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal who received the award? Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru Bhagwan Das Bidhan Chandra Roy Ans:Bidhan Chandra Roy 33 Who was the Educator, social reformer to receive the award in 1958? Dhondo Keshav Karve Aruna Asaf ali Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Rajendra Prasad Ans:Dhondo Keshav Karve 34 Who was the second Prime Minister and independence activist, to receive the award Posthumous? Dhondo Keshav Karve Bidhan Chandra Roy Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhagwan Das Ans:Lal Bahadur Shastri 35 Who was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State to receive the award Posthumous? Ravi Shankar K. Kamaraj Govind Ballabh Pant Aruna Asaf ali Ans:K. Kamaraj 36 Who was the film actor and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to receive the award Posthumous? M. G. Ramachandran Lal Bahadur Shastri Amartya Sen Rajendra Prasad Ans:M. G. Ramachandran 37 Who was the social reformer, independence activist to receive the award Posthumous in 1983? Satyajit Ray Zakir Hussain Vinoba Bhave Vallabhbhai Patel Ans:Vinoba Bhave 38 Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar to receive the award the Posthumous? Gulzarilal Nanda B.R.Ambedkar Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayaprakash Narayan Ans:B.R.Ambedkar 39 Who was the second President who was given the award? Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Govind Ballabh Pant Bhagwan Das Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Ans:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 40 Who was the Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement who was given the award? Amartya Sen Nelson Mandela Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mother Teresa Ans:Nelson Mandela 41 Who was the Sixth Prime Minister to receive the award Posthumous in 1991? Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda Rajiv Gandhi Vinoba Bhave Ans:Rajiv Gandhi 42 Who was the first Home Minister to receive the award? Vallabhbhai Patel B.R.Ambedkar Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayaprakash Narayan Ans:Vallabhbhai Patel 43 Who was the Playback singer to receive the award in 2001? Sonu nigam Balasubramanyam Lata Mangeshkar Chitra Ans:Lata Mangeshkar 44 Who was the Chief Minister of Assam to receive the award Posthumous? Gopinath Bordoloi Bhagwan Das Vallabhbhai Patel B.R.Ambedkar Ans:Gopinath Bordoloi 45 Who was the independence activist and politician to receive the award Posthumous? Jayaprakash Narayan Govind Ballabh Pant Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Lal Bahadur Shastri Ans:J ayaprakash Narayan 46 Who was the Carnatic classical singer to receive the award in 1998? Lata Mangeshkar M. S. Subbulakshmi Sonu Nigam Balasubramanyam Ans:M. S. Subbulakshmi 47 Who was the Fourth Prime Minister to receive the award? Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda Rajiv Gandhi Morarji Desai Ans:Morarji Desai 48 Who was the first Minister of Education to receive the award Posthumous? Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Govind Ballabh Pant Bhagwan Das Abul Kalam Azad Ans:Abul Kalam Azad 49 Who was the Industrialist and philanthropist to receive this award? Vinoba Bhave Amartya Sen J. R. D. Tata Vallabhbhai Patel Ans:J . R. D. Tata 50 Who was the female independence activist to receive the award Posthumous in 1997? Lata Mangeshkar M. S. Subbulakshmi Aruna Asaf Ali Indira Gandhi Ans:Aruna Asaf Ali 51 Who was the interim Prime Minister to receive this award? Gulzarilal Nanda Lal Bahadur Shastri Gopinath Bordoloi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Ans:Gulzarilal Nanda 52 Who was the Aeronautical Engineer and 11th President of India to receive this award? Gulzarilal Nanda Abul Kalam Azad Govind Ballabh Pant A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Ans:A. P. J . Abdul Kalam 53 The provision to award posthumously was added in which year? January 1966 statute March 1967 statute November 1986 statute August 1989 statute Ans:J anuary 1966 statute 54 How many posthumous awards? 15 18 12 16 Ans:12 55 The award to whom in 1992, was later withdrawn due to a legal technicality, the only case of an award being withdrawn? Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Indira Gandhi Lal Bahadur Shastri J. R. D. Tata Ans:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 56 The award was briefly suspended from? 13 July 1977 to 26 January 1980. 15 Feb. 1987 to 6 May 1989 24 March 1991 to 18 august 1994 03 September 1994 to 15 December 1995 Ans:13 J uly 1977 to 26 J anuary 1980. 57 The actual award is designed in the shape of a ------- leaf? Bamboo Peepul Banyan Coconut Ans:Peepul 58 The medal carries with the words "Bharat Ratna", inscribed in -------script? Sanskrit Tulu Devanagari Malayalam Ans:Devanagari 59 In 2011, the Government of India modified the eligibility criteria to allow --------to receive the award and opened the award for performance of highest order in any field of human Endeavour from the earlier criteria for the highest degrees of national service Industrialist Social service activists Freedom fighters Sportspersons Ans:Sportspersons 60 The emblem, the sun and the rim are of -------. The inscriptions are in burnished ----------? Platinum,bronze Silver, copper Gold, silver Platinum, gold Ans:Platinum,bronze 61 When the award was offered to freedom fighter and India's first Minister of Education, he promptly declined it saying that it should not be given to those who have been on the selection committee. Later he was awarded posthumously in 1992. Abul Kalam Azad Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gopinath Bordoloi Vinoba Bhave Ans:Abul Kalam Azad