Correct Answer – Option 3 : Padma Bhushan Award

The Correct Answer is Padma Bhushan Award.

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• Saina Nehwal is a female Indian singles badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won over 24 international titles, including eleven titles in the Superseries.
• While she reached the 2nd world ranking in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to cross the No. 1 world ranking, becoming the only female player from India and after Prakash Padukone, the second Indian player in general to achieve this feat.
• She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in each BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships.
• Nehwal is the first Indian to win two Commonwealth Games singles gold medals (2010 and 2018).
• In 2016, Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, was awarded to her by the Government of India (GoI). Previously, the Government of India has awarded her the nation’s highest two sporting honours, namely the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Medal.
• Nehwal is a philanthropist on the list of most generous athletes and was ranked 18th.