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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 1, 2 and 3
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Standard Reference Verified- Pair 1 is correctly matched: Champadevi Shukla (along with Rashida Bee) was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004 for grassroots activism on behalf of Bhopal Gas disaster survivors.
- Pair 2 is correctly matched: Dr. P. Sri Ramachandrudu was awarded the Vachaspati Puraskar by the K.K. Birla Foundation for outstanding Sanskrit scholarship.
- Pair 3 is correctly matched: Ela Ramesh Bhatt received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics, and Management in 2004.
- Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: Upamanyu Chatterjee is a renowned writer (author of English, August and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Mammaries of the Welfare State), whereas the Lalit Kala Ratna is awarded to visual/fine artists by the Lalit Kala Akademi.
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