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A) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B) Mother Teresa
C) Kailash Satyarthi
D) Baba Amte

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A) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Explanation : Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award in 1984 for his work in the field of social justice and land reform.

A) Medha Patkar
B) Aruna Roy
C) Ela Bhatt
D) Baba Amte

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C) Ela Bhatt

Explanation : Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), received the Magsaysay Award in 1984.

A) A.R. Rahman
B) Lata Mangeshkar
C) Neeti Mohan
D) Tanvi Shah

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D) Tanvi Shah

Explanation : Tanvi Shah, (born 1 December 1985) is an Indian singer and songwriter from Tamil Nadu, India. She sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy.

A) Satyajit Ray
B) Bhanu Athaiya
C) A.R. Rahman
D) Resul Pookutty

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B) Bhanu Athaiya

Explanation : Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for the film "Gandhi" in 1983.

A) C.V. Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Amartya Sen
D) Kailash Satyarthi

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B) Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation : Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, making him the first Indian laureate.

A) Nobel Prize in Medicine
B) Bharat Ratna
C) Padma Bhushan
D) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

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D) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Explanation : Yellapragada Subbarow was posthumously awarded the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his significant contributions to medical science.

A) Fields Medal
B) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
C) Presidential Medal of Freedom
D) Nobel Prize in Physics

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D) Nobel Prize in Physics

Explanation : Stephen Hawking was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988, sharing it with Roger Penrose.