Who was the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
The Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was instituted in 1954 and was first given that year to three people together: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (then Vice-President, later the second President), C. Rajagopalachari (the last Governor-General) and the physicist C. V. Raman. Of the four names in the options, only Dr. Radhakrishnan was among these first recipients.