Worksheet: Nobel Laureates from India

Q1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

(i) Who was the first Nobel Laureate from India?
(a) Dr. C. V. Raman
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Amartya Sen

(ii) Which Nobel Laureate received the award for studies on the structure and function of the ribosome?
(a) Subramanyan Chandrashekhar
(b) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
(c) Dr. Ronald Ross
(d) Dr. Hargobind Khurana

(iii) What did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize for?
(a) Physics
(b) Medicine
(c) Literature
(d) Peace

(iv) For what work did Dr. Amartya Sen receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?
(a) Physics
(b) Welfare Economics
(c) Medicine
(d) Literature

(v) Who founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Kailash Satyarthi
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Dr. C. V. Raman

Q2: Fill in the Blanks.

(i) Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for ____________ in 1913.

(ii) Dr. C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ____________.

(iii) Mother Teresa established an orphanage called ____________.

(iv) Dr. Amartya Sen won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in ____________.

(v) Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Peace Prize for working towards rescuing children from ____________, ____________, and being sold to other people.

Q3: Match the Column.

Q4: True or False.

(i) Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize.

(ii) Dr. C. V. Raman's discovery, the Raman Effect, is used to detect diseases such as cancer.

(iii) Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medicine.

(iv) Dr. Hargobind Khurana received the Nobel Prize in medicine.

(v) The Nobel Prize is distributed on December 10th every year to mark the birth anniversary of Alfred Nobel.

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