SSC GD Constable GK Questions 2026

It is the highest peacetime gallantry award and is expressly open to civilians as well as to service personnel, which is why civilians who have fought armed attackers have received it.

The Kabir Puraskar, administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs and named after the poet who stood outside sectarian division, is given for conspicuous courage and humanity in saving the lives and property of members of another community during communal riots, and it too has three classes.

The peacetime gallantry awards run as the Ashoka Chakra, the Kirti Chakra and the Shaurya Chakra in descending order, and the Ashoka Chakra may be conferred on civilians as well as on members of the armed forces, which is what makes it relevant to a question on civilian bravery.

The correct answer is B, Ministry of Home Affairs, which administers the Jeevan Raksha Padak series along with the police, fire service, home guard and correctional service medals and the Kabir Puraskar.

The series was instituted that year to recognise acts of a humane nature in saving life from drowning, fire, electrocution, mine accidents and similar danger, and it is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The correct answer is C, Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, given for conspicuous courage where the danger to the rescuer's own life was very great.

The series runs as the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and the Jeevan Raksha Padak, in descending order, the class depending on how great the danger to the rescuer's own life was.

Jhajharia won the javelin throw gold at Athens in 2004 and again at Rio in 2016, becoming the first Indian Paralympian with two gold medals.

Usha comes from Payyoli in Kozhikode district of Kerala, and the speed with which she ran the sprints and the 400 metres hurdles earned her the name Payyoli Express; she is also called the Golden Girl of Indian athletics for her long run of Asian Games and Asian Championships titles.

Instituted in 1985 and named after the teacher of archery in the Mahabharata, it is conferred on coaches who have produced medal winners in international competition.

India beat the West Indies in the final at Lord's in 1983 with Kapil Dev as captain, and the tournament is also remembered for his unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells earlier in the competition.

Anand earned the Grandmaster title in 1988, the first Indian to do so, went on to become the world champion in 2000 and held the undisputed title from 2007 to 2013.

Padukone won the All England Open in 1980, the oldest and at that time the most prestigious badminton tournament in the world, and he was also the first Indian to be ranked world number one in the men's game.

Dhyan Chand played in the Indian hockey teams that won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936, captaining the side in Berlin, and his control of the ball earned him the title of the wizard or the magician of hockey.

Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 69 kilogram weight class at Sydney in 2000 and so became the first Indian woman to win any Olympic medal, which is why she is remembered as the Iron Lady of Indian sport.

Bindra won the men's 10 metre air rifle shooting event at Beijing in 2008, and it remains India's first individual Olympic gold medal; he had already become a world champion in the same event in 2006.

India sent a hockey team to the Olympic Games for the first time in 1928 and won the gold medal without conceding a single goal in the tournament, beginning a run of six successive hockey golds that ran through 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1956.

Pritchard was the only competitor representing India at the Paris Games of 1900 and he finished second in both the 200 metres sprint and the 200 metres hurdles, so India's first two Olympic medals were silver and came in athletics.

The Nigerian dramatist, poet and novelist won the prize in 1986, the first African laureate in literature, and he is remembered for plays such as Death and the King's Horseman and A Dance of the Forests.

The Swedish Academy awarded the prize to Dylan in 2016 for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition, the first time a songwriter had been honoured in the literature category, and the choice was widely debated because his words were written to be sung.