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The journalist who refused to accept ‘Padma Bhushan’ was
Answer: B
The keyed answer is Khushwant Singh.
The writer and journalist Khushwant Singh was given the Padma Bhushan in 1974 and gave it back in 1984, in protest against Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple. That is the usual sense in which he is named as the journalist who would not keep the honour. (Wikipedia's list of people who declined or renounced Indian honours includes him.)
Strictly, he returned the award rather than refusing it when it was offered. Shekaran Nair and Ratan Thiyam are not known for turning down a Padma Bhushan, and Ratan Thiyam is a theatre director, not a journalist. Arun Shourie is a journalist, but he is not the person associated with refusing this award.
The wording of the question is loose, and the official key gave B.
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