Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | First speaker of Lok Sabha | (I) | Dr. Amartya Sen |
| (B) | First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award | (II) | G.V. Mavalankar |
| (C) | First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics | (III) | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
| (D) | First Indian Nobel Laureate | (IV) | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(A) First speaker of Lok Sabha — this matches (II) G.V. Mavalankar. Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar became the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in 1952.
(B) First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award — this matches (III) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The Bharat Ratna was first given in 1954, to three people together: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari and C.V. Raman.
(C) First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics — this matches (I) Dr. Amartya Sen. He received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work on welfare economics.
(D) First Indian Nobel Laureate — this matches (IV) Rabindra Nath Tagore. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali.