Nobel Prize Award Winners along with Explanation

Nobel Prize Award Winners

Here are 28 multiple-choice questions along with their answers related to the Nobel Prize Award :

Nobel Prize

1.  Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022?

A.  Max Planck

B.  Swante Pabo**

C.  William Henry Bragg

D.  Linus Pauling

Ans: B Explanation: Swedish geneticist Svante Pabo has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 for Medicine or Physiology on 3 October 2022, Swante Pabo was awarded ‘for his discoveries related to the Genome of Extinct Hominins and Human Evolution’ The Nobel Prize is considered to be the most prestigious prize in the scientific world It is awarded by the Nobel Assembly of sweden’s Karolinska Institutet and is valued at 10 million Swedish Crowns ($900,357)

2.  In whose memory is the Nobel Prize Awarded every year?

A.  Mahatma Gandhi

B.  Alfred Nobel*

C.  Abraham Lincoln

D.  Nelson Mandela

Ans: B Explanation:Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden on October 21, 1833 He invented an explosive called dynamite, alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896 in Saun Remo, Italy

3.  Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022?

A.  Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov

B.  James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz

C.  Albert Einstein

D.  Henri Becquerel and Pierre and Marie Curie

Ans: A Explanation:Russian-British physicist Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have been awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 for Physics.

4.  When is the Nobel Prize awarded every year?

A.  December 10**

B.  January 18

C.  August 15

D.  January 26

Ans: A Explanation:The winners of the Nobel Prize are announced in October every year

5.  When was the Nobel Prize awarded for the first time?

A. August 14, 1935

B. June 1st, 1999

C. December 10, 1901**

D. September 29th, 2000

Ans: C Explanation:The Nobel Prize was first awarded to Henry Dunant and Frederick Passy in 1901...

6.  Who gives nobel prize in the field of ‘economics’ ?

A. Oxford University (United Kingdom)

B. Stanford University (California)

C. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sweden)**

D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)

Ans: A Explanation:The Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

7.  Who received the first Nobel Prize in Economics?

A. Ragnar Frisch (Norway)

B. Jan Tinbergen (Netherlands)

C. Both A and B**

D. None of these

Ans: C Explanation:Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen were jointly awarded the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969..

8.  Which two Indians have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics so far ?

A. Amartya Sen (1998)

B. Abhijit Banerjee (2019)

C. Both A and B**

D. None of these

Ans: C Explanation:Amartya Sen was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. Abhijit Banerjee received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019

9.  Who awards the Nobel Prize in ‘Peace Zone’?

A.  Karolinska Institutet

B.  A five-member committee elected by the Parliament of Norway (Storting)**

C.  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

D.  None of these

Ans: B Explanation:A five-member committee elected by the Parliament of Norway (Storting)**

10.  Who gives Nobel Prize in Medicine ?

A.  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

B.  Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)**

C.  Swedish Academy

D.  None of these

Ans: B Explanation:Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)**.

11.  Who awards the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

A. University of Cambridge

B. Karolinska Institutet

C.None of these

D.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sweden)**

Ans: D Explanation:The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sweden)**

12.  Which institution awards the Nobel Prize in Physics?

A. Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)

B. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sweden)**

C. A five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting)

D. None of these

Ans: B Explanation:The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden..

13.  Who is the first and only woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in two different fields?

A. Marie Curie**

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Malala Yousafzai

D. None of these

Ans: A Explanation:Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911.

14.  Who was the first man to be awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in two different fields’ ?

A. Barack Obama

B. APJ Abdul Kalam

C. Linus Pauling**

D. None of these

Ans: C Explanation:Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and for Peace in 1962.

15.  Who was the ‘first African person’ to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004?

A. Nelson Mandela

B. Wangari Maathai**

C. Elon Musk

D. None of these

Ans: B Explanation:Wangari Maathai was the first African person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004..

16.  Who was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?

A. Isaac Newton

B. James Chadwick

C. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen**

D. APJ Abdul Kalam

Ans: C Explanation:Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays..

17.  Who was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in English language?

A. Rabindranath Tagore

B. Rudyard Kipling**

C. None of these

D. Both A and B

Ans: B Explanation:Rudyard Kipling was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "The Jungle Book" in 1907..

18.  Who was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

A. Indira Gandhi

B. Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner**

C. Malala Yousafzai

D. None of these

Ans: B Explanation:Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.

19.  Who is the ‘Youngest Person’ to be awarded the Nobel Prize?

A. Abiy Ahmed Ali

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Marie Curie

D. Malala Yousafzai**

Ans: C Explanation:Malala Yousafzai received the Nobel Prize in Peace in 2014, making her the youngest Nobel laureate..

20.  Which is the ‘Only Organisation Awarded the Nobel Prize three times’ ?

A. UNICEF

B. ILO

C. International Committee of the Red Cross**

D. United Nations

Ans: C Explanation:The International Committee of the Red Cross is the only organization to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times, in 1917, 1944, and 1963..

21.  What is the Nobel Prize in Mathematics?

A. Bharat Ratna

B. Oscar Award

C. Abel Prize**

D. Pritzker Prize

Ans: C Explanation:he Abel Prize is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics" and is awarded annually for outstanding contributions in the field of mathematics.

22.  ‘Maximum number of people can be Awarded Nobel Prize’ in a Single Field?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 3**

D. 2

Ans: C Explanation:Up to three individuals can be awarded the Nobel Prize in a single field.

23.  Who was the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize?

A. K Sivan

B. APJ Abdul Kalam

C. Rabindranath Tagore**

D. Indira Gandhi

Ans: C Explanation:Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

24.  Who was the first Indian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in 1979?

A. Indira Gandhi

B. Mother Teresa**

C. Sarojini Naidu

D. None of these

Ans: B Explanation:Mother Teresa was the first Indian woman to receive the Nobel Prize. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979..

25.  When was the Nobel Prize awarded Abolition Posthumously ?

A. 1971

B. 1974**

C. 1998

D. 2005

Ans: B Explanation:The Nobel Prize was awarded posthumously for the first time in 1974

26.  When were the Nobel Prizes for Economics started?

A.  1901

B.  997

C.  2018

D.  1969**

Ans: D Explanation:1969**.

27.  Which woman received the first Nobel Prize in 1903?

A.  Marie Curie**

B.  malafjai

C.  Mother Teresa

D.  None of these

Ans: A Explanation:On December 10, 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics ✪ Mary is renowned for exploring radio activity ✪ Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics ✪ Marie Curie was from Poland

28.  Which four persons have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice?

A.  Madam Curie

B.  Linus Ponling

C.  Friedrich Sanger

D. John Bardeen

E. Suitable All **

Ans: E Explanation: Madam Curie – for the discovery of radioactivity in the year 1903 and for the extraction of pure Radium in the year 1911  Linus ponliing – for the theory of Hybridized in 1954 and for nuclear use Prohibition Treaty Activism in 1962  John Bardeen – for the invention of Transistors in the year 1956 and for the theory of Superconductivity in the year 1972