The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is conferred on:
- A.Individual athletes
- B.Coaches and physical trainers
- C.Corporate entities and institutions that promote sport
- D.Sports journalists
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The correct answer is C, corporate entities and institutions that promote sport. Instituted in 2009, it recognises companies, public sector undertakings, sports control boards and other bodies that identify and nurture young talent, employ sportspersons, build and run facilities or support sport through corporate social responsibility. Option A is wrong because individual athletes are honoured by the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award and the Dhyan Chand Award, each of which is a personal honour. Option B is wrong because coaches and trainers receive the Dronacharya Award of 1985, which is also personal. Option D is wrong because sports journalism has no national sports award of its own in this list; writers and commentators may instead be considered for the civilian Padma honours. The clue lies in the name, since protsahan means encouragement, that is, the promotion of sport.
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View allWhich is the highest sporting honour conferred by the Government of India?
- A.Arjuna Award
- B.Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- C.Dronacharya Award
- D.Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
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Instituted in 1991 and 1992 and renamed in August 2021, it is given for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over the four preceding years and stands at the top of the national sports awards.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna Award?
- A.Viswanathan Anand
- B.Leander Paes
- C.Kapil Dev
- D.Karnam Malleswari
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The correct answer is A, Viswanathan Anand, the chess grandmaster, who received the award in its very first year, 1991 and 1992, when it was still called the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Read the full explanation →The Dronacharya Award is given to:
- A.Sportspersons for lifetime achievement
- B.Coaches of sportspersons
- C.Corporate houses promoting sport
- D.Universities with the best sporting record
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Instituted in 1985 and named after the teacher of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, it honours coaches whose trainees have won medals and honours at international events, and it is given in a regular category and a lifetime category.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Arjuna Award instituted?
- A.1951
- B.1961
- C.1985
- D.1991
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The Arjuna Award is the oldest of the individual national sports awards and is given for consistently outstanding performance over four years, together with qualities of leadership, discipline and sportsmanship; the awardee receives a bronze statuette of Arjuna, a scroll and a cash prize.
Read the full explanation →National Sports Day, on which the sports awards are traditionally conferred, is observed on:
- A.29 August
- B.14 November
- C.23 January
- D.5 September
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The national sports awards are conferred by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan on this day.
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