Question

In 2015 the President of India approved conferment of Padma Awards to all of the following but for ________

• A. Kharag Singh Valdiya
• B. Mohammad Yusuf Khan
• C. Lakshmi Gopala Naidu
• D. Saichiro Misumi

Hint:

One of these four names does not belong to a real 2015 awardee.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This is an "except" style question, three of the four names were real Padma award recipients in 2015 and one was not.

1. Kharag Singh Valdiya: this name is linked to a real 2015 Padma awardee, a noted earth scientist honoured for work in geology, so this is not the exception.
2. Mohammad Yusuf Khan: this is the birth name of veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who received the Padma Vibhushan in the 2015 list, so this is also not the exception.
3. Lakshmi Gopala Naidu: correct, this name does not match any of the actual 2015 Padma awardees, making it the odd one out that the question is asking for.
4. Saichiro Misumi: this is a real name from the 2015 list, a foreign national honoured for his contribution, so this is not the exception either.

So option C, Lakshmi Gopala Naidu, is the name that was not actually conferred a Padma Award in 2015.