Description : The WISE Prize-2012, also known as the “Nobel Prize for Education” was conferred by the WISE Summit in Doha on : (1) Dr. Madhav Chavan (2) Dr. Yash Pal (3) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (4) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Last Answer : Dr. Madhav Chavan
Description : Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012 ? (1) European Union (2) U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (3) International Atomic Energy Agency (4) Liu Xiaobo
Last Answer : European Union
Description : Nobel Prize in which field is not paid out of the endowment set up by Dr. Alfred Nobel ? (1) Peace (2) Medicine (3) Economics (4) Chemistry
Last Answer : Economics
Description : Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was (1) Raja Ramanna (2) C.V. Raman (3) Hargovind Khorana (4) Jagadish Chandra Bose
Last Answer : Hargovind Khorana
Description : Which ex-U.S. President has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2002 ? (1) John F. Kennedy (2) William Jefferson Clinton (3) Jimmy Carter (4) Franklin D. Rossevelt
Last Answer : Jimmy Carter
Description : Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Dr. Norman Borlaug in (a) 1969 (b) 1970 (c) 1971 (d) 1972
Last Answer : (a) 1969
Description : In which city is the presentation ceremony of Nobel Peace Prize held ? (1) Stockholm (2) Oslo (3) Geneva (4) The Hague
Last Answer : Oslo
Description : Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics? (1) Prof. Chandrashekhar (2) Sir C.V. Raman (3) Satyendra Nath Bosh (4) Vikram Sarabhai
Last Answer : Prof. Chandrashekhar
Description : The Indian representing an international organization who shared the Nobal Peace Prize with Al Gore of U.S. was (1) Rajendra Pachauri (2) Viswanathan Subramanian (3) R.N. Tagore (4) Mother Teresa
Last Answer : Rajendra Pachauri
Description : Who amongst the following facilitated the development of MRI as an important diagnostic tool and for that won a Nobel Prize? (1) Sydney Brenner (2) Paul C. Lauterbur (3) John E. Sulton (4) H. Robert Horvitz
Last Answer : Paul C. Lauterbur
Description : Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines ? (1) Russell Hulse (2) David Lee (3) Madame Curie (4) Paul Boyer
Last Answer : Madame Curie
Description : Who amongst the following won the Nobel Prize at least twice? (1) Winston Churchill (2) Madame Curie (3) Octavio Paz (4) George Choupak
Description : Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines? (1) Russell Hulse (2) David Lee (3) Madam Curie (4) Paul Boyer
Last Answer : Madam Curie
Description : Kalinga Prize for popularisation for science was established in 1951 by the UNESCO at the initiative of (1) C.V. Raman (2) Jagadish Chandra Bose (3) Biju Patnaik (4) S. Radhakrishnan
Last Answer : Biju Patnaik
Description : The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Dan Schechtman
Description : The Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess
Description : Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of (1) food and famines (2) welfare economics (3) Indian economy (4) poverty
Last Answer : welfare economics
Description : Who was the First Indian Nobel Prize winner ? (1) Sir C.V. Raman (2) Mother Teresa (3) S. Chandrashekar (4) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Last Answer : Rabindra Nath Tagore
Description : The term Evergreen revolution has been given by a. Dr. M S Swaminathan b. Dr V L Chopra c. Dr B P Pal d. Dr M N Shinde
Last Answer : a. Dr. M S Swaminathan
Description : Who amongst the following got a Nobel Prize in recognition of his discoveries of how salts and water transported in and out of cells in the human body ? (1) Roderick MacKinnon (2) Kurt Wuethrich (3) John E. Sultan (4) H. Robert Horvitz
Last Answer : Roderick MacKinnon
Description : Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development - 2012 was awarded to : (1) Sunita Williams (2) Chanda Kochhar (3) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (4) Tereza Fajksova
Last Answer : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Description : In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics ? (1) 1998 (2) I995 (3) 2000 (4) 1990
Last Answer : 1998
Description : The Nobel Prize was instituted by the country (1) USA (2) UK (3) Russia (4) Sweden
Last Answer : Sweden
Description : The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted by (1) Alfred Nobel (2) Sweden’s central bank (3) The Nobel Committee (4) World Bank
Last Answer : Sweden’s central bank
Description : The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was (1) C.V. Raman (2) Rabindra Nath Tagore (3) Hargobind Khurana (4) Amartya Sen
Description : Who of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize? (1) John C Mather, George F. Smoot (2) Albert Fert, Peter Grunberg (3) David Gross, Frank Wilczek (4) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Last Answer : Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Description : Who of the following was not the recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics 2010? (1) Peter A. Diamond (2) Christopher Pissarides (3) Lui Xiaobo (4) Dale Mortensen
Last Answer : Lui Xiaobo
Description : Nobel Prize winning India, Amartya Sen, is known for his work in which area ? (1) Physics (2) Environmental Protection (3) Chemistry (4) Economics
Description : The Nobel Prize, 2005 for Literature has been awarded to (1) Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling (2) Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock (3) Harold Pinter (4) Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren
Last Answer : Harold Pinter
Description : Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to (1) Monetary Economics (2) Welfare Economics (3) Econometrics (4) Development Economics
Last Answer : Welfare Economics
Description : In which of the following fields Nobel Prize is not given ? (1) Physics (2) Mathematics (3) Chemistry (4) Medicine
Last Answer : Mathematics
Description : Who from the following is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and the Bharat Ratna? (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Rabindranath Tagore (3) Mother Teresa (4) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Last Answer : Mother Teresa
Description : Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing the microchip? (1) Jack St. Clair Kilby (2) Eric Cornell (3) Carl Wieman (4) Wolfgang Ketterle
Last Answer : Jack St. Clair Kilby
Description : Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs? (1) Robert F. Furchgott (2) Horst L. Stormer (3) Jack Kilby (4) John a. Pople
Last Answer : Jack Kilby
Description : Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individually for: A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962 B. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962 C. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962 D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
Last Answer : A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962
Description : Who among the following won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year Award’ for the year 2009 ? (1) M.S. Dhoni (2) Gautam Gambhir (3) Mitchell Johnson (4) Tillakaratne Dilshan
Last Answer : Mitchell Johnson
Description : Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the President of India ? (1) Dr. Zakir Hussain (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (3) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (4) V.V. Giri
Last Answer : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Description : Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian ? (1) Mother Teresa (2) S. Chandrashekhar (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) H.G. Khurana
Last Answer : V.S. Naipaul
Description : Who received Booker prize for the Book “Half a Life” ? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Anita Desai (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) Kiran Bedi
Description : Who is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution' in India? (1) G. Paul (2) Norman Borlaug (3) Van Neil (4) Dr. Mithchell
Last Answer : (2) Norman Borlaug Explanation: Norman Borlaug, an American biologist and humanitarian, is globally known as the Father of Green Revolution for introducing techniques that contributed to the ... for his leadership in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India.
Description : Who is known as the ‘Father of Green Revolution’ in India? (1) G. Paul (2) Norman Borlaug (3) Van Neil (4) Dr. Mithchell
Last Answer : Norman Borlaug
Description : Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers could not vote for himself during the 'Vote of Confidence' that he was seeking from the Lok Sabha? (1) VP Singh (2) PV Narasimha Rao (3) Chandra Sekhar (4) Manmohan Singh
Last Answer : (4) Manmohan Singh
Description : The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields? (1) Literature (2) Medicine (3) Environmental Protection (4) Promotion of International Peace
Last Answer : Environmental Protection
Description : Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of (1) Indira Gandhi (2) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (3) Rajiv Gandhi (4) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Last Answer : Rajiv Gandhi
Description : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former Indian President, received the prestigious Bharat Ratna award in the year (1) 1992 (2) 1995 (3) 1997 (4) 1998
Last Answer : 1997
Description : Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India? (1) C.D. Deshmukh (2) Jayaprakash Narayan (3) Dr. Verghese Kurien (4) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Last Answer : Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Description : Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at (1) Stockholm (2) Washington (3) Geneva (4) Oslo
Description : International Simon Bolivar Prize was recently awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi by the government of (1) Mauritius (2) China (3) Venezuela (4) Cuba
Last Answer : Venezuela
Description : What is the field in which coutstanding work may be recognised with the award of Pulitzer Prize ? (1) Science and Technology (2) Literature and Journalism (3) International Understanding (4) Environmental Studies
Last Answer : Literature and Journalism
Description : Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism ? (1) Booker Prize (2) Pulitzer Prize (3) Sakharov Prize (4) Sullivan Award
Last Answer : Pulitzer Prize