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What is the highest civilian award that Swaminathan has received?

Options

  1. APadma Bhushan
  2. BPadma Vibhushan
  3. CPadma Shri
  4. DBharat Ratna

Correct answer

A. Padma Bhushan

Step-by-step solution

Born in August 1925 in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, Monkambu Sambasivan Swaminathan did his graduation and post-graduation in Botany from Madras University. He worked in different capacities in large number of institutions in India and abroad and developed his expertise in genetics and plant breeding. The School of Cytogenetics and Radiation Research established at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) enabled Swaminathan and his team to develop short-duration high-yielding varieties of rice including scen

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