Question: Among the following, who is the winner of Khel Ratna Award, 2019?
(a) Deepa Malik
(b) Ravindra Jadeja
(c) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
(d) Harmeet Rajul Desai
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
(a) Deepa Malik
(b) Ravindra Jadeja
(c) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
(d) Harmeet Rajul Desai
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 28th August, 2019, Rio Paralympics silver medallist, Deepa Malik was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting honour, jointly with Asian and Commonwealth Games Champion wrestler, Bajrang Punia.
Awardees:
- Khel Ratna: Deepa Malik (para-athletics), Bajrang Punia (wrestling)
- Arjuna Award: Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Poonam Yadav (cricket), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football), Sonia Lather (boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey), S Bhaskaran (bodybuilding), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Anjum Moudgil (shooting), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (badminton), Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics), Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Simran Singh Shergill (polo), Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics) and Gaurav Singh Gill (motorsports).
- Dronacharya Award (regular category): Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis) and Vimal Kumar (badminton).
- Dronacharya Award (lifetime category): Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi) and Mezban Patel (hockey).
- Dhyan Chand Award: Manoj Kumar (wrestling), C Lalremsanga (archery), Arup Basak (table tennis), Nitten Kirrtane (tennis) and Manuel Fredricks (hockey).
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- This award is named after former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- It was instituted in 1991-92. This award carries a medal, a citation and 7.5 lakh rupees.
Arjuna Award:
- National Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961, it is India’s second-highest sporting award after Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
- Like Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award is also bestowed upon sportsperson for consistently outstanding performance for four years. The award is given by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- It carries bronze statuette of Arjuna, a scroll and a monetary award of 5 lakh rupees.
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