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Nobel Foundation was established in which year

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1900

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Nobel Prize is awarded in which all fields

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Physics,Chemistry,physiology,literature,economics and peace

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When is the Nobel Day?

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10 December

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When was Nobel Prize instituted?

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1895 in mememory of Sir Alfred Nobel

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Who won Nobel Prize in Physiology in 2021?

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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

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What is the work done by David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian?

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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.

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Nobel prize in physiology first awarded in and to whom

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1901

Awarded to Emil Adolf von Behring “for his work on serum therapy

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Reward for nobel prize in physiology

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10 million (Swedish Kronor)SEK

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Nobel prize in physiology presented by and at which location

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Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute

Location-Stockholm, Sweden

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2021 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to

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Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi

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Work done by Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi

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Syukoro Manabe and Klauss Hasselmann : physical monitoring of earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming

Girogio Parisi : Theory of complex systems

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Nobel Prize in Physics first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901
Awarded to- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in recognition of the discovery of the remarkable rays ( Xrays ) subsequently named after him

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Nobel Prize in Physics reward money

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10 Million SEK

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Nobel Prize in Physics presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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When and why had IPCC won Nobel peace prize

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2007, an acknowledgement of its efforts in creating awareness for the fight against climate change.

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Only other scientist belonging to atmospheric sciences who has won a Nobel prize is

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Chemistry Nobel to Paul Crutzen in 1995, for his work on the ozone layer

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2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to

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Benjamin List and David MacMillan

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Work of Benjamin List and David MacMillan

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They have developed a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: asymmetric organocatalysis.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry reward money

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10 Million SEK

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20
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901
Awarded to- Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions

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Nobel Prize for Literature, 2021 was awarded to

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Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Why was novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded?

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“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

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Nobel Prize for Literature reward

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10 million SEK

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Nobel Prize for Literature first awarded in which year and to whom

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1901

Awarded to- Sully Prudhomme of France

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Nobel Prize for Literature presented by

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Swedish Academy

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27
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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to

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David Card (USA),Joshua Angrist (USA), Guido Imbens (USA)

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28
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Other name for Nobel Prize in Economics

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

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Nobel Prize in Economics first awarded in and to whom

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First awarded : 1969, Awarded to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen in 1969.

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Nobel Prize in Economics reward

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10 million SEK

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Nobel Prize in Economics presented by

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Indian Winners Nobel Prize in Economics -

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Amartya Sen : 1998

Abhijit Banerjee : 2019

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33
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Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded to

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journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression

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Nobel Peace Prize reward

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10 million SEK

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35
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Nobel Peace Prize presented by

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Norwegian Nobel Committee

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36
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Nobel Peace Prize first given in which year and to whom

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1901
Award was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant for humanitarian efforts and Frédéric Passy for international peacekeeping efforts.

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37
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Who was the 100th recipient of Nobel Peace prize

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Ethiopian PM, Abiy Ahmed Ali

38
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Youngest awardee of Nobel Peace prize

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Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate to receive the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of just 17.

39
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Indian peace Nobel prize winners

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Mother Teresa : Nobel Peace Prize (1979) (had close ties with India)
Kailash Satyarthi : Nobel Peace Prize (2014)

40
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When did World Food Programme, a UN agency receive Nobel Peace Prize?

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2020

41
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Rank of India in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index

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India was ranked lower, at 150

42
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Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are awarded at which location

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Stockholm, Sweden

43
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Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which location

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Oslo, Norway.

44
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Oldest recipient of Nobel Prize

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John B. Goodenough awarded in Chemistry 2019 at the age of 97.

45
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Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice

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John Bardeen,1956 and 1972

46
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Name the only Nobel laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice

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Frederick Sanger, in 1958 and 1980.

47
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The first woman to win nobel prize

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Marie Curie

48
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Name the only one person who has been honoured twice in different fields

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Marie Curie 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

49
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Who is Irene Joliot-Curie?

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Daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who received the chemistry Nobel prize in 1935 together with her husband, Frédéric.

50
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Name the only 3-time recipient of the Nobel Prize

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Switzerland-based International Committee of the Red Cross being conferred with Peace Prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963

51
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Total of how many women have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2021.

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58

52
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Total no. of Indians/People of Indian Origin to have received Nobel Prize

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9

53
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First recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Nobel Prize In Literature-Rabindra Nath Tagore for “Gitanjali” in 1913.

54
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The first woman to receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine is

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Gerty Cori in 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of glucose

55
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Name the first organisation to win Nobel Peace Prize

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Institute of International Law in 1904

56
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How many times did Mahatma Gandhi get nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?

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5 times

1937,1938,1939,1947 and 1948

57
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Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded 118 times. How many of them have been conferred to women?

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16 awards have gone to women, seven of those among 21st century

58
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The first and the only New Academy Prize in Literature was awarded to

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Maryse Conde

59
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What is New Academy Prize in literature?

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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

60
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Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

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Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature

61
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In which year was Rabindranath Tagore conferred with Nobel Prize

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1913

62
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Which book of Rabindranath Tagore was widely appreciated midst his Nobel Prize win?

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Gitanjali for profoundly sensitive,fresh and beautiful verse.

63
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Second Indian to win Nobel Prize from India?

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CV Raman won Nobel Prize in Physics

64
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In which year did CV RAMAN win his Nobel Prize?

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1930

65
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CV Raman won Nobel Prize for which of his works in Physics

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Work on Scattering of light and discovering Raman Effect

66
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Third Indian Recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Har Gobind Khorana won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

67
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In which year did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel prize

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1968

68
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For which of his works did Har Gobind Khorana win his Nobel Prize?

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For interpretation of genetic codes and its fuction in protein synthesis

69
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The only women associated from India to win a Nobel Prize was

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Mother Teresa won Nobel Peace Prize

70
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Works of Mother Teresa

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Work in bringing help to suffering humanity

71
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In which year did Mother Teresa get her Nobel Prize

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1979

72
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5th recipient of Nobel Prize form India

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Subramanyan Chandrasekhar won Nobel Prize in Physics

73
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In which year did S.Chandrasekhar win his Nobel Prize

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1983

74
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Works of S. Chandrashekhar which won him the Nobel Prize are

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Studies of Physical processes of importance to structure and evolution of stars

75
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6th recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize in Economics

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In which year did Amartya Sen get his Nobel Prize

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1998

77
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Amartya Sen was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in

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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

78
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7th recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won Nobel Prize in Chenistry

79
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V. Ramakrishnan was conferred with Nobel Prize for his works in

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Studying the structure and function of ribosome

80
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In which year did V Ramakrishnan get his Nobel Prize

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2009

81
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8th Recipient of Nobel Prize from India

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Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Peace Prize

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In which year did Kailash Satyarthi get his Nobel Prize

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2014

83
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Works of Kailash Satyarthi which won him a Nobel Prize include

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Struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to have education.

84
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9th and the latest recipient of Nobel Prize from India is

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Abhijit Banerjee won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

85
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In which year did Abhijeet Banerjee receive his Nobel Prize

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2019

86
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What was the work of Abhijeet Banerjee which won him a Nobel Prize?

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His experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

87
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In which year did the statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that the award may not be given to posthumously?

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1974

88
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Exception case in which awards are conferred posthumously

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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

89
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Before the change in 1974,which two people were awarded Nobel Prize posthumously?

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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.

90
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Which awardee fell into the exception category of posthumously being warned Nobel Prize?

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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.

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