Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the __________ Award in the year 1994.

The correct answer is B, Sachin Tendulkar. The cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was named for the Bharat Ratna in 2013 and honoured in 2014, the first sportsperson to receive the highest civilian award of the country and also the youngest recipient at that time. Option A is wrong because Major Dhyan Chand, for all his three Olympic golds in hockey, has not received the Bharat Ratna; the highest sporting award and National Sports Day carry his name instead. Option C is wrong because Milkha Singh received the Padma Shri and not the Bharat Ratna. Option D is wrong because Vishwanathan Anand received the Padma Vibhushan and was the first winner of the Khel Ratna, but not the Bharat Ratna. Note that the rules for the Bharat Ratna were widened to allow any field of human endeavour, which is what made a sportsperson eligible.

The correct answer is C, 1995. The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in 1995, the year marking the one hundred and twenty fifth birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and it is given for social, economic and political change through non-violence, to an individual or an institution, Indian or foreign. Option A is wrong because 1969 is the year the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted, on the centenary of Gandhi's birth. Option B is wrong because 1985 is the year the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was instituted, a different prize given by a trust and presented on 19 November. Option D is wrong because 2001 has no award of this kind attached to it. The jury of the Gandhi Peace Prize is chaired by the Prime Minister, which is another fact papers ask for.

The correct answer is A, Major Dhyan Chand. National Sports Day is observed on 29 August, the birth anniversary of the hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, who was part of the Indian teams that won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and the national sports awards are conferred around this day. Option B is wrong because Sachin Tendulkar, born in April, was the first sportsperson to receive the Bharat Ratna but has no national day in his name. Option C is wrong because P. T. Usha is the athlete remembered for her near miss in the hurdles at the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984. Option D is wrong because Vishwanathan Anand is the chess grandmaster who was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna. Link 29 August, Dhyan Chand, National Sports Day and the sports awards as one chain.

The correct answer is B, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The prize is named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first Director General of the Council, and is given by the Council to scientists working in India, usually announced around its foundation day on 26 September. Option A is wrong because the Indian National Science Academy elects fellows and gives medals of its own, but not this prize. Option C is wrong because the Department of Science and Technology funds research and runs fellowship schemes; the Council is a separate body, although both come under the same broad umbrella of science administration. Option D is wrong because the Indian Space Research Organisation is concerned with space missions and gives no general science prize. Note that the prize goes to scientists below a prescribed age, which is why it is called an award for young scientists.

The correct answer is A, Devika Rani. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, in memory of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who made Raja Harishchandra in 1913, the first Indian feature film, and the first award went to the actress Devika Rani. Option B is wrong because Prithviraj Kapoor received the award later and posthumously. Option C is wrong because Satyajit Ray, the director of Pather Panchali, received the award in the nineteen eighties and was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna. Option D is wrong because Lata Mangeshkar received the award decades after it was instituted. The award is announced with the National Film Awards, so the year of institution, 1969, and the name Devika Rani are the two facts to carry.