66th B.P.S.C. (Pre), 2020
Who was the first recipient of the ‘Bharat Ratna’? Join logo
aRajendra Prasad
bJawaharlal Nehru
cLal Bahadur Shastri
dS. Radhakrishnan✓ Correct
eNone of the above/More than one of the above
Explanation
(572) ## Page 21 The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954 by the Government of India as the country’s highest civilian award. For the first time, this award was given in 1954 to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
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