Along with Pranab Mukherjee, how many more persons were conferred the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2019?
- (a)One
- (b)Two
- (c)Three
- (d)Four
Correct — B, Two. In 2019 the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was conferred on three people — former President Pranab Mukherjee, the social worker and educationist Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumously), and the singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika (posthumously). So, along with Pranab Mukherjee, two more persons received it that year.
- (a)One — Three people in all received the award in 2019, so besides Pranab Mukherjee there were two more, not one.
- (c)Three — Only three were honoured in total; counting the others beside Pranab Mukherjee gives two, not three.
- (d)Four — The 2019 list had three recipients in all; 'along with Pranab Mukherjee' the answer is two.
The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, instituted in 1954 for exceptional service in any field. The 2019 recipients were Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, the latter two posthumously.
Read the wording carefully — it asks how many others besides Pranab Mukherjee. Three were honoured in all, so the count of the 'more persons' is two.
- The 2019 Bharat Ratna went to Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika.
- Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika were honoured posthumously.
- The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, instituted in 1954.
- A maximum of three Bharat Ratna awards may be conferred in a single year.
- Miscounting because the question asks for persons 'along with' Pranab Mukherjee, not the total.
- Confusing the Bharat Ratna with the Padma awards or gallantry awards.
Who/how many received the Bharat Ratna in a given year, or which listed person is (not) a recipient.
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
Same concept — recognising Bharat Ratna recipients. UPSC asks who did NOT receive it; this NDA item asks how many received it alongside Pranab Mukherjee in 2019.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following personalities was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019?
- (a)Lata Mangeshkar
- (b)Bhupen Hazarika
- (c)Sachin Tendulkar
- (d)C. N. R. Rao
Answer(b) Bhupen Hazarika — conferred posthumously in 2019, along with Pranab Mukherjee and Nanaji Deshmukh.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The maximum number of Bharat Ratna awards that can be conferred in a single year is
- (a)Two
- (b)Three
- (c)Five
- (d)No fixed limit
Answer(b) Three — as laid down in the award's statutes.