NOBEL PRIZE 2022 Flashcards
In how many category is Nobel awarded?
Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace
is ECONOMIC SCIENCES considered as Nobel?
Though it was added in 1968 , Prize is officially not a Nobel Prize
* called as “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”
* was established by Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank)
After whose name , is NOBEL PRIZE named?
Alfred Nobel
a Swedish scientist
When was the first Nobel given?
The first Nobel Prize was given on 10 December, 1901
Henry Dunant (Switzerland) and Frédéric Passy (France).
What is the current money given?
$1.1 million per prize
Where they first time distributed?
Stockholm, Sweden
Who choose whom?
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decides the prizes in physics, chemistry, and economic science
- Swedish Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute determines the physiology or medicine award
- Swedish Academy chooses literature
- a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament awards the peace prize
Which indian was awarded the prestigious award due to his profoundly sensitive, fresh, and beautiful verse?
Rabindranath Tagore
The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913
First Indian to recieve Nobel
for Geetanjili
Which Indian was awarded the prestigious award ‘for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him’. He discovered the ‘Raman Effect’?
CV Raman
The Nobel Prize in Physics, 1930
Which Indian won the prize ‘For work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace’.?
Mother Teresa
The Nobel Prize in Peace, 1979
Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Studies ‘for his contributions to welfare economics’.?
Amartya Sen
The Nobel Prize in Economic Studies, 1998
Who were jointly awarded the prestigious award ‘for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of children to education’. ?
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai
The Nobel Prize in Peace, 2014
Who is the youngest Nobel Laureates ?
Malala Yousafzai
Who is the oldest recipient of this prize in Chemistry 2019 at the age of 97 years.?
John B. Goodenough
WHo is the only Nobel Laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972.?
John Bardeen
WHo is the only one woman who has been honoured thrice?
Marie Curie
Who is the only Nobel Laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice?
Frederick Sanger
Which is the only prize that is not presented in Stockholm?
The Peace Prize , presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the King of Norway, on December 10, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel.
