Nobel Prize General Knowledge MCQs - 3

Nobel Prize General Knowledge MCQs - 3

1. Which of the following statements is incorrect in respect of Nobel Prize?
(a) The prize is awarded from the interest of Nobel Foundation
(b) It is awarded to the persons who have made the most outstanding contribution in the field of physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine
(c) It is awarded to persons who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency and who have contributed most towards world peace
(d) The award for Economics Sciences is under great controversy though it has been instituted in 1967 ✓

2. In which years there were no Nobel Prize awards made in any of the categories?
(a) 1940-42 ✓
(b) 1939-42
(c) 1940-41
(d) It was never stopped since 1901 onwards

3. What is the function of ‘Swedish Academy of Science’ in awarding Nobel Prizes?
(a) All awards related to science subjects are determined by this Academy
(b) It deals only with Physics awards
(c) It deals only with Chemistry awards
(d) It deals with both Physics and Chemistry awards ✓

4. What is the role of ‘Stockholm Faculty of Medicine’ in awarding Nobel Prizes?
(a) It deals with awards connected with Physiology
(b) It deals with awards connected with Medicine
(c) It deals with awards connected with Medicine or Physiology ✓
(d) It has nothing to do with Nobel Prizes

5. Who won first Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1901
(a) Emil Von Behring
(b) Jackes Wan Half ✓
(c) Cureis
(d) Hartz Heinrich

6. Nobel Prize in Economics is known as
(a) Nobel Prize in Economic Science
(b) Alfred Nobel Memorial Economics Prize
(c) Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences ✓
(d) There is no special name as in the case of other categories of Nobel Prizes

7. Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize? (PMS 2006)
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) R.N. Tagore ✓
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) l.A. Bunin

8. Which of the following statements in respect of Nobel laureate, Mother Teresa, is wrong?
(a) She is the first Indian citizen to win the peace prize since it was instituted in 1901
(b) She is an Albanian-born nun, who dedicated her life to the destitutes in Calcutta
(c) She was not honoured with traditional Nobel dinner party but instead, she was donated 30,000 kroner to fulfil her objectives
(d) All the above statements are not true ✓

9. First woman to win the Nobel Prize was
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi
(c) Madame Marie Curie Sklodowska ✓
(d) None of the above

10. UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has received the Nobel Peace Prize for how many times?
(a) two times ✓
(b) three times
(c) four times
(d) five times

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