Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is a civilian science award.

Question

Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options:

Assertion (A): Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is a civilian science award.

Reason (R): It is conferred by Ministry of Culture.

1. A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
2. B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
3. C. A is true, but R is false (Correct answer)
4. D. A is false, but R is true

Correct Answer

Option C — A is true, but R is false

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is A is true, but R is false.

Key Points

• Assertion is true. The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) is a national civilian award recognising outstanding contributions in science, technology and innovation.
• Reason is false. It is not conferred by the Ministry of Culture; it falls under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), within the Ministry of Science and Technology.
• A false reason settles the question regardless of whether it would otherwise explain the assertion.

Additional Information

• The RVP was instituted in 2023, consolidating a large number of earlier science prizes into a single framework with four categories: Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and Vigyan Team.
• The awards are announced on National Science Day, 28 February, which commemorates the discovery of the Raman Effect by Sir C. V. Raman in 1928.
• C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, the first Asian to win a Nobel in a science discipline.
• Ministry-to-award pairings are a recurring SSC theme: matching an award to the wrong ministry is among the most frequently planted errors.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

नीचे दिए गए कथनों को अभिकथन (A) और कारण (R) से चिह्नित करके पढ़िए। सही विकल्पों पर निशान लगाइए:

अभिकथन (A): राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान पुरस्कार एक नागरिक विज्ञान पुरस्कार है।

कारण (R): यह संस्कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा प्रदान किया जाता है।

1. A. A और R दोनों सत्य हैं, और R, A का सही स्पष्टीकरण है
2. B. A और R दोनों सत्य हैं, लेकिन R, A का सही स्पष्टीकरण नहीं है
3. C. A सत्य है, लेकिन R असत्य है
4. D. A असत्य है, लेकिन R सत्य है