48th to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre), 2008
Which of the following foreign citizens has been awarded the Bharat Ratna?
aNelson Mandela✓ Correct
bBill Clinton
cAdolf Hitler
dBoris Yeltsin
Explanation
Nelson Mandela was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1990 for leading a movement against South Africa’s apartheid (white-minority) government on Gandhian values and for ending, in a peaceful manner, the racial hatred spread by that regime.
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