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Consider the following statements about Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2016 for India: A. Kailash Satyarthi is the third Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner after Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen. B. Kailash Satyarthi is the founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (save the childhood movement). Which of the above statements is/are correct? Select the code for the correct answer from the options given below:

Consider the following statements about Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2016 for India: A. Kailash Satyarthi is the third Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner after Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen. B. Kailash Satyarthi is the founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (save the childhood movement). Which of the above statements is/are correct? Select the code for the correct answer from the options given below: Correct Answer B only

The correct answer is B only

Key Points

Kailash Satyarthi 

  • Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social activist who works and campaigned against child labour in India and elsewhere and advocated the right to education. 
  • In 2014 he was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Pakistans Malala Yousafzai, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. Hence statement A is not correct. 
  • Kailash Satyarthi founded the movement called Bachapan Bachao Andolan in India. Hence statement B is correct. 
  • Kailash Satyarthi is the fifth Indian Nobel prize winner. 

Important Points

Noble Prize winners from India before Kailash Satyarthi 

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Chandrashekhar Venkataraman 
  3. Mother Teresa 
  4. Amartya Sen

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