Nobel Prize Flashcards
Nobel Foundation was established in which year
1900
Nobel Prize is awarded in which all fields
Physics,Chemistry,physiology,literature,economics and peace
When is the Nobel Day?
10 December
When was Nobel Prize instituted?
1895 in mememory of Sir Alfred Nobel
Who won Nobel Prize in Physiology in 2021?
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
What is the work done by David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian?
They are awarded for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
They have focused their work on the field of somatosensation, that is the ability of specialised organs such as eyes, ears and skin to see, hear and feel.
Nobel prize in physiology first awarded in and to whom
1901
Awarded to Emil Adolf von Behring “for his work on serum therapy
Reward for nobel prize in physiology
10 million (Swedish Kronor)SEK
Nobel prize in physiology presented by and at which location
Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute
Location-Stockholm, Sweden
2021 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi
Work done by Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi
Syukoro Manabe and Klauss Hasselmann : physical monitoring of earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming
Girogio Parisi : Theory of complex systems
Nobel Prize in Physics first awarded in which year and to whom
1901
Awarded to- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in recognition of the discovery of the remarkable rays ( Xrays ) subsequently named after him
Nobel Prize in Physics reward money
10 Million SEK
Nobel Prize in Physics presented by
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
When and why had IPCC won Nobel peace prize
2007, an acknowledgement of its efforts in creating awareness for the fight against climate change.
Only other scientist belonging to atmospheric sciences who has won a Nobel prize is
Chemistry Nobel to Paul Crutzen in 1995, for his work on the ozone layer
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to
Benjamin List and David MacMillan
Work of Benjamin List and David MacMillan
They have developed a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: asymmetric organocatalysis.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry reward money
10 Million SEK
Nobel Prize in Chemistry presented by
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Nobel Prize in Chemistry first awarded in which year and to whom
1901
Awarded to- Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions
Nobel Prize for Literature, 2021 was awarded to
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah
Why was novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded?
“for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”.
His most popular book- PARADISE
Nobel Prize for Literature reward
10 million SEK
Nobel Prize for Literature first awarded in which year and to whom
1901
Awarded to- Sully Prudhomme of France
Nobel Prize for Literature presented by
Swedish Academy
Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to
David Card (USA),Joshua Angrist (USA), Guido Imbens (USA)
Other name for Nobel Prize in Economics
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
Nobel Prize in Economics first awarded in and to whom
First awarded : 1969, Awarded to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen in 1969.
Nobel Prize in Economics reward
10 million SEK
Nobel Prize in Economics presented by
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Indian Winners Nobel Prize in Economics -
Amartya Sen : 1998
Abhijit Banerjee : 2019
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded to
journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression
Nobel Peace Prize reward
10 million SEK
Nobel Peace Prize presented by
Norwegian Nobel Committee
Nobel Peace Prize first given in which year and to whom
1901
Award was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant for humanitarian efforts and Frédéric Passy for international peacekeeping efforts.
Who was the 100th recipient of Nobel Peace prize
Ethiopian PM, Abiy Ahmed Ali
Youngest awardee of Nobel Peace prize
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate to receive the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of just 17.
Indian peace Nobel prize winners
Mother Teresa : Nobel Peace Prize (1979) (had close ties with India)
Kailash Satyarthi : Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
When did World Food Programme, a UN agency receive Nobel Peace Prize?
2020
Rank of India in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index
India was ranked lower, at 150
Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are awarded at which location
Stockholm, Sweden
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which location
Oslo, Norway.
Oldest recipient of Nobel Prize
John B. Goodenough awarded in Chemistry 2019 at the age of 97.
Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice
John Bardeen,1956 and 1972
Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice
Frederick Sanger, in 1958 and 1980.
The first woman to win nobel prize
Marie Curie
Name the only one person who has been honoured twice in different fields
Marie Curie 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Who is Irene Joliot-Curie?
Daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who received the chemistry Nobel prize in 1935 together with her husband, Frédéric.
Name the only 3-time recipient of the Nobel Prize
Switzerland-based International Committee of the Red Cross being conferred with Peace Prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963
Total of how many women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2021.
58
Total no. of Indians/People of Indian Origin to have received Nobel Prize
9
First recipient of Nobel Prize from India
Nobel Prize In Literature-Rabindra Nath Tagore for “Gitanjali” in 1913.
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine is
Gerty Cori in 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of glucose
Name the first organisation to win Nobel Peace Prize
Institute of International Law in 1904
How many times did Mahatma Gandhi get nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?
5 times
1937,1938,1939,1947 and 1948
Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded 118 times. How many of them have been conferred to women?
16 awards have gone to women, seven of those among 21st century
The first and the only New Academy Prize in Literature was awarded to
Maryse Conde
What is New Academy Prize in literature?
Established in 2018 in lieu of Nobel Prize in Literature which was not awarded in 2018 and postponed to 2019, though the winner was announced on 12 Oct 2018.
The new academy ward was then dissolved in Dec 2018
Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature
In which year was Rabindranath Tagore conferred with Nobel Prize
1913
Which book of Rabindranath Tagore was widely appreciated midst his Nobel Prize win?
Gitanjali for profoundly sensitive,fresh and beautiful verse.
Second Indian to win Nobel Prize from India?
CV Raman won Nobel Prize in Physics
In which year did CV RAMAN win his Nobel Prize?
1930
CV Raman won Nobel Prize for which of his works in Physics
Work on Scattering of light and discovering Raman Effect
Third Indian Recipient of Nobel Prize from India
Har Gobind Khorana won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In which year did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel prize
1968
For which of his works did Har Gobind Khorana win his Nobel Prize?
For interpretation of genetic codes and its fuction in protein synthesis
The only women associated from India to win a Nobel Prize was
Mother Teresa won Nobel Peace Prize
Works of Mother Teresa
Work in bringing help to suffering humanity
In which year did Mother Teresa get her Nobel Prize
1979
5th recipient of Nobel Prize form India
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar won Nobel Prize in Physics
In which year did S.Chandrasekhar win his Nobel Prize
1983
Works of S. Chandrashekhar which won him the Nobel Prize are
Studies of Physical processes of importance to structure and evolution of stars
6th recipient of Nobel Prize from India
Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize in Economics
In which year did Amartya Sen get his Nobel Prize
1998
Amartya Sen was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in
For histheoretical, field, and ethics work in welfare economicsand for his research advancing the understanding of social-choice theory, poverty, and the measurement of welfare
7th recipient of Nobel Prize from India
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won Nobel Prize in Chenistry
V. Ramakrishnan was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in
Studying the structure and function of ribosome
In which year did V Ramakrishnan get his Nobel Prize
2009
8th Recipient of Nobel Prize from India
Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Peace Prize
In which year did Kailash Satyarthi get his Nobel Prize
2014
Works of Kailash Satyarthi which won him a Nobel Prize include
Struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to have education.
9th and the latest recipient of Nobel Prize from India is
Abhijit Banerjee won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
In which year did Abhijeet Banerjee receive his Nobel Prize
2019
What was the work of Abhijeet Banerjee which won him a Nobel Prize?
His experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
In which year did the statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that the award may not be given to posthumously?
1974
Exception case in which awards are conferred posthumously
person may be awarded the honour if she or he dies between the time of the announcement in October and the formal prizeceremony in Decemeber
Before the change in 1974,which two people were awarded Nobel Prize posthumously?
One was Dag Hammarskjold, the Swedish secretary-general of the United Nations who died in a plane crash in 1961 but was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize later in the same year.
Second, in 1931, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded posthumously to another Swede, Erik Axel Karlfeldt.
Which awardee fell into the exception category of posthumously being warned Nobel Prize?
2011, the medicine prize committee selected Ralph Steinman of Canada, unaware that he had passed away just three days before the honors announcement.
Nevertheless,the foundation decided to give him the award posthumously.
