Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List I (Padma Vibhushan/Padma Bhushan Awardee, 2023) A. Dilip Mahalanabis (posthumous) B. Sudha Murthy C. S.M. Krishna D. S.L. Bhyrappa List II (Category) 1. Literature & Education 2. Public Affairs 3. Social Work 4. Medicine Code:
- (a)4, 3, 2, 1
- (b)4, 2, 3, 1
- (c)1, 2, 3, 4
- (d)1, 3, 2, 4
Correct — A, 4, 3, 2, 1. Each of the four names sits in a category the reader can reason towards. Dilip Mahalanabis, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, was the paediatrician who established oral rehydration therapy in the field during the 1971 refugee crisis, so A goes with 4, Medicine. Sudha Murthy, a Padma Bhushan of 2023, is recorded under Social Work for her philanthropy through the Infosys Foundation, giving B with 3. S. M. Krishna, a Padma Vibhushan, was Chief Minister of Karnataka, Governor of Maharashtra and Union Minister of External Affairs — a career that files under Public Affairs, so C with 2. S. L. Bhyrappa, a Padma Bhushan, is one of the most widely read Kannada novelists and is recorded under Literature and Education, giving D with 1. The chain 4, 3, 2, 1 matches option (a) alone.
- (b)4, 2, 3, 1 — Swaps Sudha Murthy and S. M. Krishna. Her citation is Social Work; his political career is what puts him under Public Affairs.
- (c)1, 2, 3, 4 — Simply reads the two lists in parallel order, which fits none of the four. It files a physician under Literature and Education and a novelist under Medicine.
- (d)1, 3, 2, 4 — Gets the middle two right but reverses the ends, giving the doctor to Literature and Education and the novelist to Medicine.
The Padma awards are announced every Republic Day in three grades — Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri — and each citation carries a field: Art, Social Work, Public Affairs, Science and Engineering, Trade and Industry, Medicine, Literature and Education, Civil Service, Sports, and Others. The field is part of the official record, which is why matching items like this one are set from it. In 2023, Dilip Mahalanabis and S. M. Krishna were among the Padma Vibhushan awardees, while Sudha Murthy and S. L. Bhyrappa took the Padma Bhushan.
A matching item on awardees looks like pure memory, but the categories are mostly deducible from what each person is famous for, and this set is unusually kind. A physician goes to Medicine, a novelist to Literature and Education, a philanthropist to Social Work, a career politician and minister to Public Affairs. Only option (a) delivers that reading. The one name worth knowing properly is Mahalanabis: working in the refugee camps at Bangaon during the 1971 crisis, he showed that a simple oral salt-and-sugar solution could replace intravenous fluids in cholera and severe diarrhoea, a method now credited with saving tens of millions of lives. A present-day footnote for a student reading this after the exam: Sudha Murthy was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in March 2024, which does not change her 2023 citation.
- Dilip Mahalanabis received the Padma Vibhushan in 2023, posthumously, in the field of Medicine.
- S. M. Krishna received the Padma Vibhushan in 2023 in the field of Public Affairs.
- Sudha Murthy received the Padma Bhushan in 2023 in the field of Social Work.
- S. L. Bhyrappa received the Padma Bhushan in 2023 in the field of Literature and Education.
- Padma citations always carry a field, and both Sudha Murthy and S. L. Bhyrappa are recorded from Karnataka.
- Assuming everyone listed took the same grade — two of these four are Padma Vibhushan and two Padma Bhushan.
- Filing a philanthropist under Public Affairs; Public Affairs in these citations means politics and administration.
- Reading the two lists straight down in order, which is what option (c) offers and never works.
As an awardee-to-field or awardee-to-grade match drawn from the most recent Republic Day list.
Which of the following statements with regard to Bharat Ratna Award is/are correct? 1. It was instituted in the year 1972. 2. The award does not carry any monetary grant. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer(b) 2 only
The neighbouring award, tested a few months later. The Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards were both instituted in 1954 and neither carries any money — learning the two together closes off a whole family of statements items.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Dilip Mahalanabis, awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2023, is best known for his work on
- (a)Cardiac surgery
- (b)Oral rehydration therapy
- (c)Vaccine manufacture
- (d)Cataract surgery camps
Answer(b) Oral rehydration therapy — he proved its use in the field during the 1971 refugee crisis.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Padma awards are announced every year on the occasion of
- (a)Independence Day
- (b)Republic Day
- (c)Gandhi Jayanti
- (d)Constitution Day
Answer(b) Republic Day — the list is published on 25 or 26 January and the awards are conferred later in the year.