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Nobel Prizes — Static GK Questions & Practice

Practise 17 Nobel Prizes questions from Static GK for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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1. Which Nobel Prize category was added later, not part of Alfred Nobel's original will, established by Sweden's central bank?

  1. AEconomic Sciences
  2. BPhysics
  3. CPeace
  4. DLiterature
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Answer: A

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was established later by Sweden's central bank (Sveriges Riksbank) in 1968, in memory of Alfred Nobel.

2. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

  1. AMarie Curie
  2. BMother Teresa
  3. CRigoberta Menchú
  4. DToni Morrison
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Answer: A

Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics in 1903.

3. Who is the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields?

  1. AMarie Curie
  2. BLinus Pauling
  3. CFrederick Sanger
  4. DJohn Bardeen
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Answer: A

Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in both Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911), the only person to do so in two different scientific fields.

4. Which Swedish institution awards the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. ASwedish Academy
  2. BNorwegian Nobel Committee
  3. CRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  4. DKarolinska Institute
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Answer: A

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by the Swedish Academy.

5. Which institution awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry?

  1. ARoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  2. BSwedish Academy
  3. CNorwegian Nobel Committee
  4. DKarolinska Institute
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Answer: A

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.

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