Question 28
MediumOriginal questionWhich of these is a category of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar?
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The four categories are Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and Vigyan Team.
The team category is the distinctive one: it recognises three or more scientists working together, which no other national science honour does.
The names that echo the Padma series are not categories of this award.
Worth noting
The award borrows Ratna and Shri from the civilian honours, which is exactly why a distractor built on Bhushan or Vibhushan reads so plausibly. The team category is the one that could not be anything else.
- Concept
- The categories of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
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