Nobel Prize General Knowledge MCQs - 2

Nobel Prize General Knowledge MCQs - 2

1. In which year was the Nobel Prize instituted?
(a) 1896
(b) 1901 ✓
(c) 1876
(d) 1900

2. Which country awards the Nobel Prize?
(a) America
(b) England
(c) Sweden ✓
(d) Ireland

3. Who won first nobel prize in physics in 1901 ?
(a) Markoni
(b) Hertz Heinrich
(c) Wilhelm Von Roentgen ✓
(d) None of these

4. Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding work in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and
(a) Literature
(b) Peace
(c) Economics
(d) All of them ✓

5. From what invention did Alfred Nobel make his fortune?
(a) Antibiotics
(b) X-rays
(c) Dynamite ✓
(d) Radio

6. With what amount was the Nobel Foundation set up?
(a) £ 2,000,000
(b) £ 3,200,000 ✓
(c) £ 3,000,000
(d) £3,100,000

7. First nobel prize in physics was won by Willeum Von Rontegen of Germany in 1901 on discovery of
(a) Zerography
(b) X-rays ✓
(c) Telephone
(d) Gun

8. In which discipline United States holds record for maximum number of Nobel Prize awards?
(a) Science
(b) Physics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Medicine-Physiology ✓

9. Marie Curie received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the 1911 Nobel Prize in
(a) Chemistry ✓
(b) Peace
(c) Literature
(d) Economics

10. Which of the following statements in respect of Nobel Prize is incorrect?
(a) The Peace Prize has been awarded three times to the International Committee of Red Cross of Geneva
(b) Madam Marie Curie first shared Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband and then won in Chemistry outrightly
(c) The Nobel Prize for Economic sciences was established in 1967 by Riksbank (Swedish Bank)
(d) The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded in 1967 ✓

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