awards 2021 Flashcards
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
Roger Penrose: for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.
Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
“for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy”
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
“for the development of a method for genome editing”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
Harvey J. Alter ; Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
“for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
Louise Glück
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
World Food Programme (WFP)
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson
“for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”
Who received the first-ever Bharat Ratna Award?
Scientist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Was The First-Ever Indian To Receive Bharat Ratna.
How many Bharat Ratna can be given in a year?
A Maximum Of 3 Persons That Can Be Awarded The Bharat Ratna.
Bharat Ratna 2019
Nanaji Deshmukh, Pranab Mukherjee, and Bhupen Hazarika
first Indian Prime Minister to be awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander by the Government of the United States of America.
Narendra Modi (2020)
times person of the year
2019- greta Thunberg
2020- Joe bidden and kamala harris
largest continent
Asia
smallest continent
australia
In men’s cricket, the first player to score a double century
Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 200 not out against South Africa
