Nobel Prize Categories and Laureates

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.The Nobel Prizes were established by the will of:

   • A.Alfred Nobel✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Albert Einstein
   • C.Marie Curie
   • D.Isaac Newton

   Explanation: Nobel was the Swedish inventor of dynamite.

2. Q2.The Nobel Prizes were first awarded in:

   • A.1901✓ Correct Answer
   • B.1895
   • C.1910
   • D.1920

   Explanation: Nobel died in 1896 and the first awards followed in 1901.

3. Q3.Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

   • A.C. V. Raman
   • B.Rabindranath Tagore✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Amartya Sen
   • D.Mother Teresa

   Explanation: He won the 1913 Literature prize for Gitanjali.

4. Q4.C. V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in:

   • A.1913
   • B.1947
   • C.1968
   • D.1930✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: It was for the discovery of the Raman effect.

5. Q5.Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in:

   • A.1950
   • B.1979✓ Correct Answer
   • C.1989
   • D.1998

   Explanation: She founded the Missionaries of Charity.

6. Q6.In which city is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?

   • A.Stockholm
   • B.Oslo✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Geneva
   • D.Copenhagen

   Explanation: The Peace Prize is presented in Oslo, while the other prizes are presented in Stockholm.

7. Q7.Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in:

   • A.1979
   • B.1998✓ Correct Answer
   • C.1988
   • D.2009

   Explanation: It was for his work on welfare economics.

8. Q8.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on the:

   • A.structure of DNA
   • B.photosynthesis
   • C.structure of the atom
   • D.structure and function of the ribosome✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: He shared the prize with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath.

9. Q9.Kailash Satyarthi shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 with:

   • A.Malala Yousafzai✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Muhammad Yunus
   • C.Aung San Suu Kyi
   • D.Barack Obama

   Explanation: Both were honoured for children's rights and education.

10. Q10.Who is the youngest Nobel laureate in history?

    • A.Malala Yousafzai✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Greta Thunberg
    • C.Anne Frank
    • D.Mother Teresa

    Explanation: She was 17 when she received the 2014 Peace Prize.

11. Q11.Marie Curie is the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in:

    • A.Literature and Peace
    • B.Physics and Medicine
    • C.two different sciences (Physics and Chemistry)✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Economics and Chemistry

    Explanation: She won in 1903 (Physics) and 1911 (Chemistry).

12. Q12.Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in Physics in:

    • A.1930
    • B.1968
    • C.1983✓ Correct Answer
    • D.2009

    Explanation: It was for theories on the evolution of stars.

13. Q13.Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in:

    • A.1930
    • B.1983
    • C.1968✓ Correct Answer
    • D.1998

    Explanation: It was for deciphering the genetic code.

14. Q14.Abhijit Banerjee won the Economics Nobel in 2019 for work on:

    • A.monetary policy
    • B.game theory
    • C.an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty✓ Correct Answer
    • D.international trade

    Explanation: He shared it with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.

15. Q15.The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was first awarded in:

    • A.1901
    • B.1925
    • C.1950
    • D.1969✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It was not in Nobel's original will; it was established by Sweden's central bank.

16. Q16.Nobel Prizes are presented every year on:

    • A.1 January
    • B.14 November
    • C.25 December
    • D.10 December✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

17. Q17.The Nobel Peace Prize 1989 was awarded to:

    • A.The 14th Dalai Lama✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Nelson Mandela
    • C.Mikhail Gorbachev
    • D.Mother Teresa

    Explanation: It honoured his non-violent struggle for Tibet.

18. Q18.Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the:

    • A.theory of relativity
    • B.photoelectric effect✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Brownian motion
    • D.mass-energy equivalence

    Explanation: The prize did not cite relativity.

19. Q19.Linus Pauling won two unshared Nobel Prizes, in Chemistry and in:

    • A.Physics
    • B.Medicine
    • C.Literature
    • D.Peace✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: They were awarded in 1954 and 1962.

20. Q20.Which writer declined the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature?

    • A.Albert Camus
    • B.Bertrand Russell
    • C.Jean-Paul Sartre✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Ernest Hemingway

    Explanation: He said he always refused official honours.