First Indian Awards and Honours

41. Who was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) C. Subramaniam
c) M. G. K. Menon
d) Arun Shourie

42. Who was the first Indian to receive the Padma Vibhushan?
a) Satyajit Ray
b) C. V. Raman
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Zakir Hussain

43. Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Padma Vibhushan?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Lata Mangeshkar
c) Amrita Pritam
d) Rukmini Devi Arundale

44. Who was the first Indian to receive the Padma Bhushan?
a) Satyajit Ray
b) C. V. Raman
c) Zakir Hussain
d) Homi Bhabha

45. Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Padma Bhushan?
a) Lata Mangeshkar
b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
c) Begum Akhtar
d) Rukmini Devi Arundale