{"id":2157,"date":"2024-04-25T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2024-04-25T03:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:30:59","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-bharat-ratna-and-padma-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-bharat-ratna-and-padma-awards","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Consider the following statements in respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(a) Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are<strong>&nbsp;titles<\/strong>&nbsp;under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India.<br>(b) Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended&nbsp;<strong>only once<\/strong>.<br>(C) The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is&nbsp;<strong>restricted to a maximum of five<\/strong>&nbsp;in a particular year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the above statements are&nbsp;<strong>not correct<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-662953451b1fa\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Padma Awards are announced\u00a0<strong>annually on Republic Day<\/strong>. It was instituted in\u00a0<strong>1954<\/strong>\u00a0and is one of the highest civilian honours of India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The awards are given in three categories:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Padma Shri (distinguished service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Padma Vibhushan is highest in the hierarchy<\/strong>\u00a0of Padma Awards followed by Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Article 18(1) prohibits the State to confer titles on anybody whether a citizen or a non-citizen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Military and academic distinctions are, however, exempted from the prohibition.\u00a0<strong>Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are not titles under the Article 18(1).<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are, in fact,\u00a0<strong>civilian awards<\/strong>\u00a0given by the President of India to individuals for their exceptional service to the nation and do not fall under the purview of this article.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Padma Awards were suspended during the years 1978, 1979 and 1993 to 1997.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bharat-ratna-award-limitations\">Bharat Ratna Award Limitations<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is\u00a0<strong>no official limit to the number of\u00a0Bharat Ratna<\/strong>\u00a0recipients in a given year. While the practice has been to award a very small number annually,<strong>\u00a0typically not exceeding three<\/strong>, this is not a mandated restriction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Padma-Awards.png\" alt=\"Padma Awards\" class=\"wp-image-50728\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: indian polity 2021 1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gallantry-awards-in-india\">Gallantry Awards in India<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Post-Independence,<strong>\u00a0the first three gallantry awards namely Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, and Vir Chakra<\/strong>\u00a0were instituted by the government of India on 26th January 1950 and were deemed to have effect from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 1947.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thereafter,\u00a0<strong>three other\u00a0gallantry awards<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the Ashoka Chakra Class-I, the Ashoka Chakra Class-II, and the Ashoka Chakra Class-III \u2014 were instituted in 1952 and were deemed to have effect from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 1947.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These awards were renamed<strong>\u00a0Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra<\/strong>\u00a0respectively in January 1967.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order of precedence of these awards<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>Param Vir Chakra, the Ashoka Chakra, the Mahavir Chakra, the Kirti Chakra<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Vir Chakra<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>Shaurya Chakra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gallantry-Awards-in-India.png\" alt=\"Gallantry Awards in India\" class=\"wp-image-50727\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: indian polity 2021 2\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(a) Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are&nbsp;titles&nbsp;under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India.(b) Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended&nbsp;only once.(C) The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is&nbsp;restricted to a maximum of five&nbsp;in a particular year. Which of the above statements are&nbsp;not correct? 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