Explanation:

Both statements are incorrect.

Recently, the USA has awarded the ‘Legion of Merit’ to the Prime Ministers of India, Japan and Australia.

• All these four countries were key to reviving the Quadrilateral grouping since 2017, which is part of the Indo-Pacific strategy and is aimed at countering the growing dominance of China in the region.
• It is one of the USA’s highest military decorations, the award was instituted in 1942 by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
• It is awarded to members of the US armed forces and also members of foreign (i.e. non-USA) armed forces and sometimes heads of state or government.
• The award is presented to foreign recipients in four categories: Chief Commander, Commander, Officer and Legionnaire.
• There have been two Indian recipients of the honour in the past: Field Marshal K M Cariappa in 1950, and Gen S M Srinagesh in 1955. 

Hence option 3rd is correct.