List of “Bharat Ratna” award Recipients(From the year 1954 To 2013)

The  "Bharat Ratna” Award was established on 2nd January 1954 by the first  President of India- Babu Rajendra Prasad along with the following 3 “Padma Awards”:

• Padma Vibhusan
• Padma Bhusan
• Padma Shri

The “Bharat Ratna” Award is the highest Civilian Award in India. “Bharat Ratna” means “Gem of India”.

"Bharat Ratna" Award  is  conferred on  Indian Citizens, including resident and non-resident , and also on Foreigners  for the highest degrees of  national services rendered in the fields of:-

• Art
• Literature
• Science
• Public service of high orders

In the year 2011, the Government of India modified the eligibility criteria for "Bharat Ratna" Award  from the earlier criteria- "for the highest degrees of  national service" to - " "for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour"- to enable eminent sports-persons to receive the  nation's highest civilian award.
Initially, the” Bharat  Ratna”  award was conferred on only  alive persons and the award was  not intended to be given posthumous.

After January 1955 provision was made for issue of posthumous Bharat Ratna award.

From the year 1954 To 2013, “Bharat  Ratna”  award has been given to 41 Indian Citizens (both Resident and non-resident) and  including the following 3  foreigners:-

Mother Theresa belongs to the Republic of Macedonia
 

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan belongs  to Pakistan
 

Nelson Mandela belongs to South Africa

The following is the list of the  “Bharat Ratna”-Award Recipients  from the year  1954 to the year 2013:-

 Recipients of 1954 :

1. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)-

The Second President and the  First Vice President of India, A Philosopher belonging to Tamil Nadu whose birthday is commemorated as “Teachers’ Day”.

2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari /Rajaji(1878–1972)- The last Governor General of British India who was also an Indian  Freedom Fighter, belonging to Tamilnadu

3.Sir C. V. Raman ( 1888–1970)- Nobel-prize winning Physicist belonging to  Tamil Nadu

Recipients of 1955 :-

4. Dr.Bhagwan Das (1869–1958)- A Man of Literature and an  Indian  Freedom Fighter  belonging to Uttar Pradesh

5.Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1861–1962)- An Indian  Civil Engineer and Dam Architect,  A Diwan of  Princely state of Mysore Karnataka

 6. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)- The First Prime Minister of India and an Indian  Freedom Fighter and  Writer belonging to Uttar Pradesh

Recipient of 1956:  None

Recipient of 1957 : One

7. Mr. Govind Ballabh Pant (1887–1961)- An Indian Freedom Fighter and Home Minister of Indian Union belonging to Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand

Recipient of 1958 : One

8. Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962) –An Educationist and a Social Reformer belonging to Maharashtra- Awarded Bharata Ratna in his birth centenary year 1958

Recipient of1959 & 1960:  None
 
Recipients of 1961 : Two

9. Dr. B. C. Roy (1882–1962)_ A Physician, Politician and Former Chief Minister of West Bengal belonging to West Bengal

10.Mr.Purushottam Das Tandon (1882–1962)- An Indian- Freedom Fighter and an   Educationist belonging to Uttar Pradesh
 

Recipients of 1962: None
 
Recipients of 1963 :Three
 
11. Dr.(Babu) Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)- The first President of India, a Freedom Fighter and a Jurist belonging to Bihar

12. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897–1969)-Former President of India and a Scholar  belonging to Andhra Pradesh
 

13. Mr.Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972)- Ideologist and Sanskrit scholar   belonging to Maharashtra
 

Recipient of 1964 & 1965:  None
 
Recipient of 1966 : One

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)--The Second Prime Minister of India a Freedom Fighter belonging to Uttar Pradesh- Awarded Posthumously

Recipients From 1967 To 1970:  None  

Recipient of 1971 :One

15.Mrs. Indira Gandhi –(1917–1984)- Former and the first and the only Lady Prime Minister of India/Daughter of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, belonging to Uttar Pradesh

Recipients From 1972 To 1974:  None
 
Recipient of 1975 : One

16.Mr.V. V. Giri (1894–1980)- Former President- Trade Unionist belonging to Orissa

Recipient of 1976 : One

17.Mr.K. Kamaraj (1903–1975)--A Freedom Fighter-Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu belonging to Tamil Nadu-Awarded Posthumously 

 
Recipient From 1977 To 1979:None
 

 The ‘Bharat  Ratna” award  had been  kept suspended by the Government of  India,from  13th July 1977 to 26th January 1980.

Recipient of 1980 : One

18 .Mother Teresa (1910–1997)- A Nobel Laureate (For Peace, 1979) A foreigner belonging to the Republic of Macedonia-  dedicated to the Sick people of India especially for those who were affected by Leprosy

 

Recipient of 1981 &1982: None
 
Recipient of 1983 : One

19.Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895–1982)-- A Social  Reformer and a Freedom Fighter belonging to Maharashtra-Awarded Posthumously

Recipient From 1984 To 1986:- None
 
Recipient of 1987 : One

20.Mr.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known as "Frontier Gandhi", (1890–1988)- The first non-citizen awarded Bharata Ratna- A Freedom Fighter belonging to Pakistan

Recipient of 1988 : one

21.Mr. M. G. Ramachandran (1917–1987)- -Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu- Popular Cinema Actor belonging to Tamil Nadu- Awarded Posthumously 

Recipient of 1989: None
Recipients of 1990 : Two

22.Dr.B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956)- An Architect who  played a key role in the formation of the Indian Constitution, a Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar belonging to Maharashtra-

Awarded Posthumously-

23. Dr.Nelson Mandela-Born in 1918-The Second non-citizen and the  non-Indian awarded Bharat  Ratna- A Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement belonging to South Africa

Recipients of 1991 : Three

24.Mr.Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)- - Former Prime Minister of India/Son of Mrs.Indira Gandhi/Grand-son of  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru- belonging to New Delhi -Awarded Posthumously

25.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950)- An Indian  Freedom  Fighter and the First Home Minister of India belonging to Gujarat-Awarded Posthumously-

26. Mr.Morarji Desai (1896–1995)- A Former Prime Minister of India  and an Indian  Freedom
Fighter belonging to Gujarat. He was the First Ever Non-Congress Prime Minister of India.

Recipients of 1992 :Three

 
27. Mr. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) – AFreedom Fighter and the First Education Minister of India belonging to WestBengal-Awarded Posthumously

28. Mr.J. R. D. Tata (1904–1993)- An Industrialist and a philanthropist  belonging to Maharashtra

29.Mr.Satyajit Ray (1922–1992)- A popular Bengali -Film Director-An Oscar Award-winner belonging to West Bengal

Recipient From 1993 To 1996: None
 
Recipients of 1997 :Three

30. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam- Born in 1931- A Former President of India- Atomic Scientist belonging to Tamil Nadu

31.Mr.Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)-An Indian  Freedom Fighter and a former(Acting) Prime Minister of India belonging to Punjab

32. Ms.Aruna Asaf Ali (1908–1996) An Indian  Freedom Fighter belonging to West Bengal-Awarded Posthumously

Recipients of 1998 :Two

33 Mrs.M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004)- A Carnatic music vocalist  belonging to Tamil Nadu

34.Mr.Chidambaram Subramaniam/C.S. (1910–2000)- An Indian  Freedom Fighter and former Indian Union Minister of Agriculture - belonging  to Tamil Nadu

35. Mr.Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979)- A Freedom -Fighter and a Social Reformer belonging to Bihar- Awarded Posthumously

Recipients of 1999 : Three

36 .Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) -A Classical-Sitarist  belonging to Uttar Pradesh.

37. Dr.Amartya Sen- Born in 1933- An Indian Economist  and a Nobel Laureate ( For Economics, 1998),-belonging to West Bengal

38.  Mr.Gopinath Bordoloi (1890–1950)-- An Indian freedom  fighter belonging to Assam- Awarded Posthumously

Recipient of 2000: None

Recipients of 2001 : Two

39. Ms.Lata Mangeshkar- Born in 1929- A Hindi -Cinema-Play back Singer belonging  to Maharashtra

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006)- A Classical Shehnai- Maestro belonging to Bihar

Recipient From 2002 To 2007: None
 
Recipient of 2008 :One

41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922-2011)  A Hindustani classical vocalist belonging to Karnataka.

Recipients From 2009 To 2012:  None  

For the Year 2013: 

42. Sachin Tendulkar- (Born in the year 1973)- Sports Person / Cricketer -for his unreachable achievements and unbreakable records in the field of cricket, which earned good name and glory to India, in a span of 24 years.

 

43. Dr.C.N.R.Rao- Indian Chemist- the man behind India's maiden 'Mars'-Mission 

For the Year 2014:None

For the Year 2015:

44. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी) - Former Indian Prime Minister 

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Coal India Limited Management Trainee Examination 2011

Non Tech General Knowledge Questions-

1. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the Indian parliament to the
world parliamentary systems ?
(A)Question hour.
(B)Zero hour
(C)Resolutions.
(D)Presidental speech.
ANS: (B)Zero hour


2. The first computer made available for commercial use was ?
(A)MANIAC.
(B)ENIAC.
(C)UNIVAC.
(D)EDSAC.
ANS: UNIVAC


3. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the moon would ?
(A)Remain the same.
(B)Decrease.
(C)Become zero.
(D)Increase
ANS: Increase


4. The world’s only floating national park is situated in ?
(A)Manipur.
(B)Kuala Lumpur.
(C)Bilaspur.
(D)Dispur.
ANS:Manipur.


5.The project snow leopard to conserve the endangered species, by the union
ministry of environment and forests covers the state of ?
(A)Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh only.
(B)Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand only.
(C)Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh only.
(D)Jammu and Kashmir , Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and
Sikkim
ANS: D


6.The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island by a
few feet and has caused the earth’s axis to wobble is expected to lead to the
shortening of the day by ?
(A)1.6 microseconds.
(B)2.3 microseconds.
(C)3.1 microseconds.
(D)3.4 microseconds
ANS: A

7. "Nomadic Elephant" was the joint military exercise recently held in India between
India and
1 Sri Lanka
2 Malaysia
3 Indonesia
4 Mongolia
ANS: MONGOLIA

8. present secretary general of UNO--------------Ban ki Moon

9. largest producer state of Coal in India----------------------Jharkhand

10. largest producer of coal in world---------------------China

11. The government of India has decided to institute a prestigious international award in the name of Rabindranath Tagore to recognize very distinguished contributions towards the promotion of
ANS: international brotherhood and fraternity

12. Author of the Book "Winner Stands Alone" - Paulo Coelho!

synonyms

13. rendezvous

14. denouement

15. feign


antonyms

16. trite

17. overt

18. anonymous.


19. CIL Authority established in 1975

20. To flog a dead horse---- (Idioms)

21. largest exporter of coal - Australia

22. authorized to issue coins - RBI

23. maximum poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies - 40 lakes

24. south south dialogue - between developing nations

25. geostationary satellite rotation direction - west to east

Coal India Limited Placement Paper Process

Coal India visits M.B.M. Engineering College,Jodhpur on 17^th Jan, 2010

When most of the companies are recruiting in single digit Coal India has cheered the student community by recruiting 26 students. Package offered by the company was quite attractive and outnumbered other PSUs by selecting 26 candidates.

Offer by the company:

Eligibility	B.E.(MECH, EE, Mining,Civil )
Salary	CTC- 5.8 LPA (approximate)
Profile Offered	Management Trainee (Technical)
Location	Not Disclosed

Placement Process Detail:

The process followed by Coal India was:

1) Group Discussion

2) Interview(HR+Technical)

Other Description:

Higher CGPA Preferred.

Results:

Total offers made -26
Mining - 10
Mechanical - 04
EE– 05 , Civil-07

Company Profile:

For details please visit: http://www.coalindia.in/

https://www.coalindia.in/Career/default.aspx

NOTE- Colour Blindness problem having person will not be allowed to join the company(That person will be declared medically unfit)