Awards | 03 Jun 2026

Padma Vibhushan meaning

Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

SSC Banking Railway UPSC State Exams Difficulty: Easy Importance: 80/10

What happened

Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. This update is useful for exam-oriented current affairs revision under Awards.

Key point: Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. Exam relevance: The fact can be asked directly in SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC and state exam current affairs sections.

Why it matters

Useful for one-liner current affairs, static-GK linkage and quick revision.

Static GK

  • Awards fact: Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

MCQ Practice

1. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for what type of service?
  • Exceptional and distinguished service
  • Only sports performance
  • Only gallantry in war
  • Only literature awards

Answer: Exceptional and distinguished service

Why: Correct answer: A. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. Therefore, option A is correct.

Related Current Affairs

Back to Current Affairs
Awards PMRBP 2026 July reminder

In July 2026, the Ministry reiterated that PMRBP nominations must be submitted by 31 July 2026.

 Awards PMRBP 2026 nominations portal

All nominations for PMRBP 2026 were to be made through awards.gov.in.

 Awards PMRBP 2026 last date

The last date for PMRBP 2026 nominations was 31 July 2026.