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The correct answer is 6.

Key Points

• Nobel Prize Awards were started on December 10, 1901, in the honor of Alfred Nobel.
• Alfred Nobel has made provision for only five prizes under five categories through his will.
• The Economics prize was added later in his memory. 

• Total six prizes are awarded as Nobel prizes every year.

The correct answer is John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino.

Key Points

• John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.
• They were recognized for their contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which have revolutionized portable electronics and energy storage.
• M. Stanley Whittingham laid the foundation for lithium-ion batteries during the oil crisis in the 1970s by developing the first functional lithium battery.
• John B. Goodenough improved the battery by doubling its potential, making it much more powerful, while Akira Yoshino eliminated pure lithium, making the battery safer for practical use.

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• Benjamin List and David MacMillan: They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2021 for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a precise tool for molecular construction.
• Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna: They won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for developing the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing technique, which allows for precise alterations to DNA.
• Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez: They received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 for their discoveries about black holes. Roger Penrose proved black hole formation as a robust prediction of general relativity, while Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

The correct answer is ​Marie Curie.

Key Points

• Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel prize in 1903.
• She was also the first person to win Nobel Prize twice in the years 1903 & 1911.
• She was also the only person to win Nobel Prize in two different fields.
• In 1903 she shared the prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with Henri Becquerel in recognition of the extraordinary services, they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.
• In 1911 Marie Curie with née Sklodowska received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium, and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element.

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The correct answer is None of the above.

Key Points

• Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.
• He received the prize for his contributions to welfare economics, particularly his work on poverty, inequality, and famine.
• Amartya Sen's research significantly impacted development economics and the understanding of social justice.
• His work introduced the concept of "capabilities," which focuses on what individuals can do and be, rather than solely on income or resources.

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• Literature: The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to authors for their outstanding contributions to the field of literature. Some notable recipients include Gabriel García Márquez, Rabindranath Tagore, and Ernest Hemingway.
• Peace: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to individuals or organizations who have made significant contributions to promoting peace. Examples include Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, and Malala Yousafzai.
• Physics: The Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes groundbreaking achievements in the field of physics. Famous laureates include Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and Richard Feynman.
• None of the above: This option indicates that the field of contribution does not fall under the listed categories. In this case, Amartya Sen's Nobel Prize was for Economic Sciences, which is a separate category.

The correct answer is 6.

Key Points

• Nobel Prize Awards were started on December 10, 1901, in the honor of Alfred Nobel.
• Alfred Nobel has made provision for only five prizes under five categories through his will.
• The Economics prize was added later in his memory. 

• Total six prizes are awarded as Nobel prizes every year.

The correct answer is Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.

Key Points

• The Nobel Peace Prize in Peace for 2021 was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.
  • For their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
• Ms. Ressa and Mr. Muratov are receiving the Peace Prize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
• At the same time, they are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.
• The award was presented by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 8 October 2021.

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.

The correct answer is David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens.

Key Points

• The Nobel Prize in Economic 2021 has been awarded in 2 halves
  • One half was awarded to David Card for his empirical contributions to labour economics.
  • The other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.

David Card

Joshua D. Angrist

Guido W. Imbens
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•  This award is also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
• Awarded in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
• It has been awarded 53 times to 89 laureates between 1969 and 2021.

The correct answer is the World Food Programme (WFP).

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  • ​The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations (UN) agency,
  • For its efforts to combat hunger, bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and preventing the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.

Key Points

• World Food Programme -
  • It was established in 1961 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and became a full-fledged UN programme in 1965. 
  • WFP Headquarter is located in Rome, Italy.
  • Currently, it is the world’s largest humanitarian agency combating hunger.
  • Eradicating hunger is one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2: Zero Hunger) to be achieved by 2030 and WFP is the UN’s primary agency that works towards this goal.

The Correct Answer is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Key Points

• First Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Wilhelm Rontgen in 1901 for his discovery of X rays.
• November 8 is observed annually as World Radiography Day to commemorate the discovery of X-rays, on November 8, 1895, by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen.
• The objective behind World Radiography Day is to raise public awareness of radiographic imaging and therapy.
• The first World Radiography Day was celebrated in 2012.
• It was celebrated by Radiological Society of North America, European Society of Radiology and American College of Radiology.
• Earlier to this, the European Day of Radiology was celebrated on February 10, 2011.
• This coincided with the death anniversary of Wilhelm Rontgen.
• Rontgen died in February 10, 1923.

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• World Radiography Day in India:
• In India, the World Radiography Day is celebrated by the Radiographers Association of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is being observed since 1996.
• World Radiography Day 2021:
• In 2021, the World Radiography Day was celebrated under the following theme: Interventional Radiology – Active care for the patient.

The correct answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

Key Points

• Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian citizen to be awarded and also the first Asian to be awarded.

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The correct answer is Malala Yousafzai.

Key Points

• Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education.
• In 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
• She was honored with the Nobel Prize at the age of 17.
• Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

Important Points

• Notable work of Malala Yousafzai:
  • We are displaced: True Stories of Refugee Lives.
  • Malala's Magic Pencil.
  • My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights.
• Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize was given to her.
• 'Gul Makai' is a Malala Yousafzai biographical drama.
• Between 1901 and 2021, 947 laureates and 28 organizations received the Nobel Prize.

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• Lawrence Bragg was the second youngest Nobel Laureate.
  • He was honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915 at the age of 25.
• Nadia Murad is the third youngest Nobel Laureate.
  • She was honored with the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2018 at the age of 25.
• Tsung-Dao Lee is the fifth youngest Nobel Laureate.
  • He was honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957 at the age of 31.

The correct answer is Mahatma Gandhi.

Key Points

• Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 but never received any Nobel Prize.
• Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India.
• He was a lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. 
• He is known as the "Father of the Nation".
• He is popularly known as "Bapu".
• He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948.
• The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Gandhiji.

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• Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his welfare economics. 
• Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress in the world.
• CV Raman was awarded Noble Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on Scattering of light called as Raman Effect.

The correct answer is John Bardeen.

Key Points

• John Bardeen is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.
• John Bardeen received the Nobel prize for physics in 1956 for amplifying electric signals proved decisive for telephony and radio.
• He received the Nobel prize for physics in 1972 for formulating a theory based on quantum mechanics.
• Please note that the 1956 nobel prize in physics was awarded jointly to William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect."
• The 1972 nobel prize in physics  was awarded jointly to John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory."