Consider the following statements:1.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas commemorates the return of extremists back into the congress after the Surat split.2.The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on a Non-Resident Indian. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 is incorrect. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa on 9 January 1915.

Statement 2 is correct. The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on a Non-Resident Indian.