What principally distinguishes the Arjuna Award from the Khel Ratna?

The Arjuna is for coachesCorrect answerYour answerThe Arjuna requires good performance over four years together with leadership, sportsmanship and disciplineCorrect answerYour answerThe Arjuna looks at one season while the Khel Ratna looks at four yearsCorrect answerYour answerThe Arjuna is open only to team sportsCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Both awards look at performance over the previous four years, so the window is not the difference.
The Khel Ratna is for spectacular and most outstanding performance; the Arjuna is for good performance.
The Arjuna adds an explicit requirement of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline, which the Khel Ratna criterion does not state.

Worth noting

Two awards, the same four-year window, different bars — and one of them asks about conduct as well as results. That conduct clause is the cleanest way to tell them apart.

Concept: Khel Ratna against Arjuna
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The rule this testsThe national sports awards and their criteria

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What principally distinguishes the Arjuna Award from the Khel Ratna?

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