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Who won the Nobel Prize 2020 in Literature?- a)Bob Dylan
- b)Kazuo Ishiguro
- c)Peter Handke
- d)Louise Glück
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?
Who won the Nobel Prize 2020 in Literature?
a)
Bob Dylan
b)
Kazuo Ishiguro
c)
Peter Handke
d)
Louise Glück
 | Dia Mehta answered |
Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.
What is the maximum number of people who can share a Nobel Prize?- a)4
- b)2
- c)3
- d)6
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
What is the maximum number of people who can share a Nobel Prize?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
3
d)
6
| | Dia Mehta answered |
Three people at maximum can share a Nobel Prize.
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice won Nobel Prize 2020 in which field?- a)Physiology or Medicine
- b)Literature
- c)Peace prize
- d)Economic Science
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice won Nobel Prize 2020 in which field?
a)
Physiology or Medicine
b)
Literature
c)
Peace prize
d)
Economic Science
| | Dia Mehta answered |
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice won Nobel Prize 2020 in Medicine for their discovery of Hepatitis C virus.
Which of the following fields was not included in the Nobel Prize category at the time the Nobel Prizes were first established?- a)Medicine
- b)Economics
- c)Physics
- d)Literature
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
Which of the following fields was not included in the Nobel Prize category at the time the Nobel Prizes were first established?
a)
Medicine
b)
Economics
c)
Physics
d)
Literature
 | Eshaan Kapoor answered |
Economics was not included in the first edition of the Nobel Prizes. The first Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen for their development and application of dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes in 1969.
Who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the method for genome editing?- a)George Smith, Frances Arnold and Greg Winter
- b)Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
- c)Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
- d)John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
Who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the method for genome editing?
a)
George Smith, Frances Arnold and Greg Winter
b)
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
c)
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
d)
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino
 | Aryan Khanna answered |
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna together worked on developing the methods for genome editing and jointly won the Noble Prize in Chemistry 2020.
When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?- a)1901
- b)1893
- c)1895
- d)1898
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
When was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
a)
1901
b)
1893
c)
1895
d)
1898
| | Eshaan Kapoor answered |
The first Nobel Prize was awarded in the year 1901.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?- a)Mother Teresa
- b)Shirin Ebadi
- c)Marie Curie
- d)Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
a)
Mother Teresa
b)
Shirin Ebadi
c)
Marie Curie
d)
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
| | Dia Mehta answered |
Marie Curie was the first women to win a Nobel Prize. She is the only woman so far who has bagged two Nobel Prizes-- Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911).
Which of the following famous physicists has not received a Nobel Prize yet?- a)Albert Einstein
- b)Enrico Fermi
- c)Stephen Hawking
- d)Shuji Nakamura
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
Which of the following famous physicists has not received a Nobel Prize yet?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Enrico Fermi
c)
Stephen Hawking
d)
Shuji Nakamura
| | Eshaan Kapoor answered |
Although Stephen Hawking was a living legend in the field of cosmology, he did not receive a Nobel Prize.
Name the youngest Laureate who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. - a)Malala Yousafzai
- b)Arthur Ashkin
- c)James P. Allison
- d)Yoshinori Ohsumi
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
Name the youngest Laureate who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
a)
Malala Yousafzai
b)
Arthur Ashkin
c)
James P. Allison
d)
Yoshinori Ohsumi
| | Eshaan Kapoor answered |
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Laureate who received the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of just 17 years for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020?- a)Arthur Ashkin, Arthur Ashkin and Donna Strickland
- b)Rainer Weiss, Barry
- c)Barish and Kip S. ThorneC. Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
- d)James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020?
a)
Arthur Ashkin, Arthur Ashkin and Donna Strickland
b)
Rainer Weiss, Barry
c)
Barish and Kip S. ThorneC. Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
d)
James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
| | Eshaan Kapoor answered |
The first half of Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 has been presented to Roger Penrose for discovering that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity while the other half is jointly shared by Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.
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