Who amongst the following was honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020?
- (a)Qaboos bin Said Al Said
- (b)Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- (c)Ekal Abhiyan Trust
- (d)Sulabh International
Correct — B, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2020 was conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, and it was given posthumously — he was assassinated in 1975. The citation followed the terms of the award itself, which honours contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods. The timing mattered as much as the name: 2020 and 2021 were the years of the centenary of his birth and the fiftieth anniversary of Bangladesh's independence, and the award was one of a series of Indian gestures marking them. The prize was instituted by the Government of India in 1995, on the hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of Gandhi's birth, and it carries one crore rupees along with a citation and a plaque.
- (a)Qaboos bin Said Al Said — The classic off-by-one answer. The late Sultan of Oman received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019, the year immediately before, also posthumously. Award questions almost always plant the adjacent year's winner as the first option.
- (c)Ekal Abhiyan Trust — The Ekal Vidyalaya movement, which runs single-teacher schools in tribal and rural areas, received the prize for 2017. A genuine laureate, three years out of place.
- (d)Sulabh International — Sulabh International shared the prize for 2016 with the Akshaya Patra Foundation. Again a real winner used as a distractor by shifting the year.
The Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award of the Government of India, open to individuals and institutions anywhere in the world, for contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. The jury is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes the Chief Justice of India, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, along with eminent persons; the President of India is not a member of it.
Every one of the four options in this question is a real Gandhi Peace Prize laureate, which tells you what the item is actually testing — not whether you recognise the names, but whether you have them in the right years. The reliable way to build that is to learn the recent run as a short sequence rather than as isolated facts: Ekal Vidyalaya in 2017, Yohei Sasakawa in 2018, Sultan Qaboos in 2019, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 2020 and Gita Press in 2021. Two further points are worth carrying. The award has been given posthumously more than once, so a laureate need not be living. And it was not awarded at all between 2006 and 2012, which is why the list has a seven-year gap in the middle.
- The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2020 was awarded to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh, posthumously.
- The prize was instituted by the Government of India in 1995, on the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth, and carries one crore rupees.
- Recent recipients run Ekal Vidyalaya (2017), Yohei Sasakawa (2018), Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman (2019), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (2020) and Gita Press (2021).
- The jury is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes the Chief Justice of India, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, along with eminent persons.
- No prize was awarded for the years 2006 to 2012.
- Picking the previous year's laureate, which is planted in these questions almost every time.
- Assuming a foreign head of state cannot receive an Indian award, or that a posthumous award is impossible.
- Confusing the Gandhi Peace Prize with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, which is a different award with a different jury.
As a who-won item for a stated year, or as a match between laureates and the years of their award.
Who amongst the following are members of the Jury to select the recipient of 'Gandhi Peace Prize'? I. The President of India II. The Prime Minister of India III. The Chief Justice of India IV. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- (a) II and IV only
- (b) I, II and III
- (c) II, III and IV
- (d) I and III only
Answer(c) II, III and IV
The same award, tested on its machinery rather than its laureates. The jury is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes the Chief Justice and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha — and, as that item turns on, the President of India is not a member of it.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 was conferred on
- (a)Gita Press, Gorakhpur
- (b)Ekal Vidyalaya
- (c)Sulabh International
- (d)Yohei Sasakawa
Answer(a) Gita Press, Gorakhpur — the other three received the prize for 2017, 2016 (jointly) and 2018 respectively.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in which year?
- (a)1969
- (b)1985
- (c)1995
- (d)2001
Answer(c) 1995 — the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth; the prize carries one crore rupees along with a citation and a plaque.