Which of the following individuals was not a recipient of the Padam Vibhushan award in 2024 ?
- (a)Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali
- (b)Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi
- (c)Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
- (d)Shri A.R. Rahman
Correct — D, Shri A.R. Rahman. The question asks who was NOT given the Padma Vibhushan in 2024. Only five Padma Vibhushan awards were announced that year: Vyjayantimala Bali (Art), Konidela Chiranjeevi (Art), M. Venkaiah Naidu (Public Affairs), Bindeshwar Pathak (Social Work, posthumous) and Padma Subrahmanyam (Art). A.R. Rahman is not on that list — his Padma honours came earlier, the Padma Shri in 2000 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010.
- (a)Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali — She was one of the five 2024 Padma Vibhushan awardees, honoured in the field of Art — so she is not the exception the question asks for.
- (b)Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi — The Telugu actor received the Padma Vibhushan in 2024 in the field of Art; he is on the list, not off it.
- (c)Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu — The former Vice-President of India received the 2024 Padma Vibhushan in Public Affairs, so he too was a recipient.
The Padma awards, instituted in 1954, come in three grades — Padma Vibhushan (exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of a high order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service). They are announced on the eve of Republic Day and conferred by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually in March–April. The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian honour, after the Bharat Ratna.
This is an 'odd-one-out' award question. The safe way to attack it is to remember that the Padma Vibhushan list is always tiny — five names in 2024 — while the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri lists run into dozens. A very famous name that you cannot place in that short list, like Rahman, is usually the exception.
- 2024 Padma Vibhushan (five in all): Vyjayantimala Bali, Konidela Chiranjeevi, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous), Padma Subrahmanyam
- A.R. Rahman received the Padma Shri in 2000 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010
- The 2024 Padma list had 132 awards in all — 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri
- Padma awards were instituted in 1954; they are announced on Republic Day eve and conferred by the President
- Order of precedence: Bharat Ratna > Padma Vibhushan > Padma Bhushan > Padma Shri
- Reading the question as 'who WAS a recipient' — it is a negative question
- Confusing the grade of the award: Rahman is a Padma Bhushan awardee, not a Padma Vibhushan one
- Assuming Padma awards are constitutional 'titles' banned by Article 18 — the Supreme Court has held they are not
MPPSC asks award questions year-round and usually current: who received award X in year Y, or who did NOT. UPSC prefers the rule behind the award — Article 18, the number of awards allowed, whether they can be used as suffixes — as in its 2021 statement question.
Consider the following statements in respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards : 1. Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are titles under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India. 2. Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended only once. 3. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of five in a particular year. Which of the above statements are not correct?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1,2 and3
Answer(d) 1, 2 and 3 — all three statements are incorrect
Same subject — the Padma awards system: when it was instituted, whether it constitutes a 'title' under Article 18 and how many are given.
Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
- (a) Ustad Bismillah Khan
- (b) Satyajit Ray
- (c) Lata Mangeshkar
- (d) Raj Kapoor
Answer(d) Raj Kapoor
Identical question design — a list of celebrated names with one who did not receive that particular civilian honour.
Who among the following was awarded Padma Vibhushan – 2023 in the field of Science and Engineering?
- (a) Shri S. M. Krishna
- (b) Shri Dilip Mahalanabis
- (c) Shri Srinivasa Varadhan
- (d) Shri Narinder Singh Kapany
Answer(c) Shri Srinivasa Varadhan
MPPSC asked the Padma Vibhushan list of the previous year in 2023 exactly as it does here in 2025 — the annual Padma Vibhushan roll is a standing MPPSC current-affairs item.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is the correct descending order of India's civilian awards?
- (a)Padma Vibhushan → Bharat Ratna → Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri
- (b)Bharat Ratna → Padma Vibhushan → Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri
- (c)Bharat Ratna → Padma Bhushan → Padma Vibhushan → Padma Shri
- (d)Padma Shri → Padma Bhushan → Padma Vibhushan → Bharat Ratna
Answer(b) Bharat Ratna → Padma Vibhushan → Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Padma awards were instituted in which year?
- (a)1950
- (b)1954
- (c)1962
- (d)1972
Answer(b) 1954 — the same year the Bharat Ratna was instituted.