Constitutional Provisions and Limits of State Civilian Awards

All three statements are incorrect. Statement 1 is incorrect because the Supreme Court ruled in the Balaji Raghavan case (1996) that National Awards are decorations honoring merit, not restrictive aristocratic 'titles' under Article 18(1). Statement 2 is incorrect because the awards have been suspended twice: first between 1977-1980 under the Janata Party administration, and again from 1992-1995 due to ongoing litigation. Statement 3 is incorrect because standard institutional practice limits the annual number of Bharat Ratna conferments to a maximum of three, not five (though occasional exceptional deviations have occurred). Since the question asks which statements are not correct, option (d) is the right choice. > Bharat Ratna and Padma decorations are civilian honors rather than constitutional titles, and they have faced multiple historical suspensions. Answer: (d).