Which Bharat Ratna awardee and former Deputy Prime Minister entered his 100th year on 8 November 2026?
- A.Lal Krishna Advani
- B.Murli Manohar Joshi
- C.Jaswant Singh
- D.Shanta Kumar
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Explanation
The correct answer is Lal Krishna Advani. He entered his 100th year on 8 November 2026, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted him on the occasion, describing the day as a landmark one. Advani holds the Bharat Ratna and has served as Deputy Prime Minister of India, and the Prime Minister also released an article, in English and Hindi, on what he called Advani’s everlasting contribution to the country. The other options name political figures who are not the subject of this milestone; none of them is described as a Bharat Ratna awardee entering his hundredth year on that date. For examinations the three facts worth carrying away together are the name, the honour of the Bharat Ratna and the office of Deputy Prime Minister.
Read the full article: Bharat Ratna L.K. Advani Enters His 100th Year
Practice Questions
L.K. Advani is credited with leading which yatra?
- A.Bharat Jodo Yatra
- B.Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra
- C.Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra
- D.Dandi Yatra
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While greeting Advani as he entered his 100th year, the Prime Minister listed leading this yatra among the defining chapters of his public life, along with living through Partition and rebuilding his life afterwards, strengthening the Jana Sangh, building the Bharatiya Janata Party, standing up for democracy during the Emergency…
Read the full explanation →Which party did L.K. Advani strengthen before the Bharatiya Janata Party was built, according to the Prime Minister’s tribute?
- A.Swatantra Party
- B.Janata Dal
- C.Jana Sangh
- D.Praja Socialist Party
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The Prime Minister recalled that Advani strengthened the Jana Sangh and then went on to build the Bharatiya Janata Party, treating the two as successive stages of the same political effort.
Read the full explanation →Besides his political life, how did the Prime Minister describe L.K. Advani in his tribute?
- A.A voracious reader and prolific writer with a love for culture and cinema
- B.A classical musician and sportsperson
- C.A painter and an architect
- D.A scientist and an educationist
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In the article and the message marking Advani entering his 100th year, the Prime Minister wrote about these other facets of the veteran leader besides the political milestones, saying he had also covered Advani’s deep appetite for reading, his affection for culture and cinema and his substantial body of writing.
Read the full explanation →Whose cause of reviving the ancient Aryan system of education did Swami Shraddhanand carry forward?
- A.Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- B.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Jyotiba Phule
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The President said that Swami Shraddhanand made tireless efforts to revive the ancient Aryan system of education that Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati had championed, and that by reviving and strengthening the Gurukul system he breathed new life into the stream of Indian education and culture.
Read the full explanation →The Balidan Shatabdi Samaroh attended by President Droupadi Murmu at Kurukshetra marked the martyrdom centenary of which reformer?
- A.Swami Vivekananda
- B.Swami Shraddhanand
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Swami Sahajanand
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The President attended the observance of the hundredth year of his martyrdom at Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and paid tribute to him.
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