Nobel Prize

Question 1

Nobel Foundation was established in which year

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1900

Question 2

Nobel Prize is awarded in which all fields

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Physics,Chemistry,physiology,literature,economics and peace

Question 3

When is the Nobel Day?

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10 December

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When was Nobel Prize instituted?

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1895 in mememory of Sir Alfred Nobel

Question 5

Who won Nobel Prize in Physiology in 2021?

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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

Question 6

What is the work done by David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian?

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They are awarded for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
They have focused their work on the field of somatosensation, that is the ability of specialised organs such as eyes, ears and skin to see, hear and feel.

Question 7

Nobel prize in physiology first awarded in and to whom

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1901

Awarded to Emil Adolf von Behring “for his work on serum therapy

Question 8

Reward for nobel prize in physiology

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10 million (Swedish Kronor)SEK

Question 9

Nobel prize in physiology presented by and at which location

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Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute

Location-Stockholm, Sweden

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2021 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to

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Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi

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Work done by Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi

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Syukoro Manabe and Klauss Hasselmann : physical monitoring of earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming

Girogio Parisi : Theory of complex systems

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Nobel Prize in Physics first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901
Awarded to- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in recognition of the discovery of the remarkable rays ( Xrays ) subsequently named after him

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Nobel Prize in Physics reward money

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10 Million SEK

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Nobel Prize in Physics presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Question 15

When and why had IPCC won Nobel peace prize

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2007, an acknowledgement of its efforts in creating awareness for the fight against climate change.

Question 16

Only other scientist belonging to atmospheric sciences who has won a Nobel prize is

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Chemistry Nobel to Paul Crutzen in 1995, for his work on the ozone layer

Question 17

2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to

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Benjamin List and David MacMillan

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Work of Benjamin List and David MacMillan

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They have developed a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: asymmetric organocatalysis.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry reward money

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10 Million SEK

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901
Awarded to- Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions

Question 22

Nobel Prize for Literature, 2021 was awarded to

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Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah

Question 23

Why was novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded?

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“for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”.
His most popular book- PARADISE

Question 24

Nobel Prize for Literature reward

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10 million SEK

Question 25

Nobel Prize for Literature first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901 | Awarded to- Sully Prudhomme of France

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Nobel Prize for Literature presented by

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Swedish Academy

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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to

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David Card (USA),Joshua Angrist (USA), Guido Imbens (USA)

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Other name for Nobel Prize in Economics

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

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Nobel Prize in Economics first awarded in and to whom

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First awarded : 1969, Awarded to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen in 1969.

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Nobel Prize in Economics reward

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10 million SEK

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Nobel Prize in Economics presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Indian Winners Nobel Prize in Economics -

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Amartya Sen : 1998 | Abhijit Banerjee : 2019

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Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded to

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journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression

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Nobel Peace Prize reward

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10 million SEK

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Nobel Peace Prize presented by

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Norwegian Nobel Committee

Question 36

Nobel Peace Prize first given in which year and to whom

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1901 Award was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant for humanitarian efforts and Frédéric Passy for international peacekeeping efforts.

Question 37

Who was the 100th recipient of Nobel Peace prize

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Ethiopian PM, Abiy Ahmed Ali

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Youngest awardee of Nobel Peace prize

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Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate to receive the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of just 17.

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Indian peace Nobel prize winners

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Mother Teresa : Nobel Peace Prize (1979) (had close ties with India) Kailash Satyarthi : Nobel Peace Prize (2014)

Question 40

When did World Food Programme, a UN agency receive Nobel Peace Prize?

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2020

Question 41

Rank of India in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index

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India was ranked lower, at 150

Question 42

Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are awarded at which location

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Stockholm, Sweden

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Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which location

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Oslo, Norway.

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Oldest recipient of Nobel Prize

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John B. Goodenough awarded in Chemistry 2019 at the age of 97.

Question 45

Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice

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John Bardeen,1956 and 1972

Question 46

Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice

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Frederick Sanger, in 1958 and 1980.

Question 47

The first woman to win nobel prize

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Marie Curie

Question 48

Name the only one person who has been honoured twice in different fields

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Marie Curie 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Question 49

Who is Irene Joliot-Curie?

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Daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who received the chemistry Nobel prize in 1935 together with her husband, Frédéric.

Question 50

Name the only 3-time recipient of the Nobel Prize

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Switzerland-based International Committee of the Red Cross being conferred with Peace Prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963

Question 51

Total of how many women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2021.

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58

Question 52

Total no. of Indians/People of Indian Origin to have received Nobel Prize

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9

Question 53

First recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Nobel Prize In Literature-Rabindra Nath Tagore for “Gitanjali” in 1913.

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The first woman to receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine is

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Gerty Cori in 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of glucose

Question 55

Name the first organisation to win Nobel Peace Prize

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Institute of International Law in 1904

Question 56

How many times did Mahatma Gandhi get nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?

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5 times | 1937,1938,1939,1947 and 1948

Question 57

Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded 118 times. How many of them have been conferred to women?

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16 awards have gone to women, seven of those among 21st century

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The first and the only New Academy Prize in Literature was awarded to

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Maryse Conde

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What is New Academy Prize in literature?

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Established in 2018 in lieu of Nobel Prize in Literature which was not awarded in 2018 and postponed to 2019, though the winner was announced on 12 Oct 2018. The new academy ward was then dissolved in Dec 2018

Question 60

Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

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Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature

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In which year was Rabindranath Tagore conferred with Nobel Prize

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1913

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Which book of Rabindranath Tagore was widely appreciated midst his Nobel Prize win?

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Gitanjali for profoundly sensitive,fresh and beautiful verse.

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Second Indian to win Nobel Prize from India?

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CV Raman won Nobel Prize in Physics

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In which year did CV RAMAN win his Nobel Prize?

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1930

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CV Raman won Nobel Prize for which of his works in Physics

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Work on Scattering of light and discovering Raman Effect

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Third Indian Recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Har Gobind Khorana won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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In which year did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel prize

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1968

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For which of his works did Har Gobind Khorana win his Nobel Prize?

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For interpretation of genetic codes and its fuction in protein synthesis

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The only women associated from India to win a Nobel Prize was

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Mother Teresa won Nobel Peace Prize

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Works of Mother Teresa

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Work in bringing help to suffering humanity

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In which year did Mother Teresa get her Nobel Prize

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1979

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5th recipient of Nobel Prize form India

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Subramanyan Chandrasekhar won Nobel Prize in Physics

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In which year did S.Chandrasekhar win his Nobel Prize

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1983

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Works of S. Chandrashekhar which won him the Nobel Prize are

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Studies of Physical processes of importance to structure and evolution of stars

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6th recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize in Economics

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In which year did Amartya Sen get his Nobel Prize

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1998

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Amartya Sen was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in

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For his theoretical, field, and ethics work in welfare economics and for his research advancing the understanding of social-choice theory, poverty, and the measurement of welfare

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7th recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won Nobel Prize in Chenistry

Question 79

V. Ramakrishnan was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in

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Studying the structure and function of ribosome

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In which year did V Ramakrishnan get his Nobel Prize

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2009

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8th Recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Peace Prize

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In which year did Kailash Satyarthi get his Nobel Prize

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2014

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Works of Kailash Satyarthi which won him a Nobel Prize include

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Struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to have education.

Question 84

9th and the latest recipient of Nobel Prize from India is

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Abhijit Banerjee won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Question 85

In which year did Abhijeet Banerjee receive his Nobel Prize

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2019

Question 86

What was the work of Abhijeet Banerjee which won him a Nobel Prize?

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His experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Question 87

In which year did the statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that the award may not be given to posthumously?

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1974

Question 88

Exception case in which awards are conferred posthumously

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person may be awarded the honour if she or he dies between the time of the announcement in October and the formal prize ceremony in Decemeber

Question 89

Before the change in 1974,which two people were awarded Nobel Prize posthumously?

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One was Dag Hammarskjold, the Swedish secretary-general of the United Nations who died in a plane crash in 1961 but was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize later in the same year. Second, in 1931, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded  posthumously to another Swede, Erik Axel Karlfeldt.

Question 90

Which awardee fell into the exception category of posthumously being warned Nobel Prize?

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2011, the medicine prize committee selected Ralph Steinman of Canada, unaware that he had passed away just three days before the honors announcement. Nevertheless,the foundation decided to give him the award posthumously.