Description : Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium? w) John Dalton x) Dmitri Mendeleev y) Emil Fischer z) Marie Curie
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- MARIE CURIE
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 : Harold Clayton Urey, an American, received the 193 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of: w) Francium x) Americium y) deuterium z) protium
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- DEUTERIUM
Description : During an INELASTIC collision, the colliding bodies w) lose kinetic energy x) keep the same amount of kinetic energy y) gains kinetic energy z) first lose, then gain kinetic energy
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- LOSE KINETIC ENERGY
Description : An alpha particle colliding with an electron loses: w) none of its energy x) little of its energy y) half of its energy z) all of its energy
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- LITTLE OF ITS ENERGY
Description : My theory of electrolytic dissociation earned me t 1903 Nobel Prize in chemistry. My name is: w) Niels Bohr x) Svante Arrhenius y) Michael Faraday z) John Cavendish
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- SVANTE ARRHENIUS
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 : Which of the following statements is false about cyclohexane? (a) It is a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon (b) All C–C–C bond angles are 109°28' (c) It is very unstable, strained compound. (d) It can exist in two conformations which are designated as the boat-form and the chair-form
Last Answer : It is very unstable, strained compound
Description : Using X-ray crystallography, this woman scientist determined the structures of large biochemical molecules, including penicillin in 1949 and vitamin B12 in 1956. In 1969 she determined the three ... X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances." Name this woman scientist.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (DOROTHY) CROWFOOT HODGKIN
Description : The theory of interionic attraction attributed to Debye and Hückel: w) was disproved by Arrhenius x) accounts quantitatively for the attraction between ions in dilute aqueous solutions y) does not account for kindered "ion-activity" z) accounts for intra-molecular polar bonds
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ACCOUNTS QUANTITATIVELY FOR THE ATTRACTION BETWEEN IONS IN DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Description : For which of the following disciplines in Nobel Prize awarded? A. Physics and chemistry B. Physiology or Medicine C. Literature, Peace and Economics D. All the above
Last Answer : D. All the above
Description : The 1992 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded to Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin J. Krebs for their work concerning (a) reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulation mechanism (b) ... (c) human genome project (d) drug designing involving inhibition of DNA synthesis of the pathogen.
Last Answer : (a) reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulation mechanism
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 : 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 : Who was the first American chemist to receive a Nobel Prize? He was selected in 1914 for his precise determination of atomic weights. w) Edward Frankland x) Theodore Richards y) John Bardeen z) Paul Dirac
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THEODORE RICHARDS
Description : An electron collides with a fixed hydrogen atom in its ground state. Hydrogen atom gets excited and the colliding electron loses all its kinetic energ
Last Answer : An electron collides with a fixed hydrogen atom in its ground state. Hydrogen atom gets excited and the colliding ... eV C. 12.1 eV D. 13.6 eV
Description : The elements that have an outer electron configuration ns2 (read: n - s - 2) are called: w) halogens x) transition metals y) alkaline earths z) noble gases
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- ALKALINE EARTHS
Description : Debye is the unit used to measure a) Permittivity b) Electric dipole moment c) Magnetic dipole moment d) Susceptibility
Last Answer : b) Electric dipole moment
Description : The temperature of a gas measures the: w) number of calories of heat present x) average kinetic energy of the particles in the gas y) exact number of particles in the gas z) potential energy of the gas
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- AVERAGE KINETIC ENERGY OF THE PARTICLES IN THE GAS
Description : Which of the following statements is TRUE about an ELASTIC collision between two particles? Is it true that: w) neither particle loses any of its kinetic energy x) neither particle loses any of ... that lost by the other z) the total kinetic energy before and after the collision remains constant
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY BEFORE AND AFTER THE COLLISION RE
Description : Albert Einstein received the Nobel prize in physics for his work on: w) gravitation x) relativity y) photoelectric effect z) Brownian motion
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
Description : Name the German theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel prize for his principle of radiation which states that radiant energy is composed of tiny bits of energy called quanta, the magnitude of which can be calculated by multiplying the frequency of the radiation times a universal constant?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (MAX) PLANCK
Description : The tectonic plates on which India and the adjacen portion of Asia ride are colliding at a rate of: w) 1-10 millimeters per year x) 1-10 centimeters per year y) 1-10 meters per year z) 1-10 decimeters per year
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 1-10 CENTIMETERS PER YEAR
Description : Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 ?
Last Answer : Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936: Pearl S. Talk
Last Answer : Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 - Roger Martin the
Last Answer : Eugene O'Neill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936
Description : Which of the following statements is not one of the three basic assumptions of the kinetic theory? w) Matter is composed of very tiny particles. x) The particles of matter are in constant motion. y) The particles of matter lose energy in collisions.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- THE PARTICLES OF MATTER LOSE ENERGY IN COLLOSIONS
Description : As of August 1991, how many DIFFERENT women have won Nobel Prizes in the scientific fields of physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine? Is it: w) 2 x) 5 y) 9 z) 12
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 9
Description : This person was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in making an Arab-Israeli peace in 1949?
Last Answer : The African-American and United Nations (UN) official Ralph Bunche.
Description : Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work connected with which of the following phenomenon of radiation? (1) Scattering (2) Diffraction (3) Interference (4) Polarization
Last Answer : (1) Scattering Explanation: Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work scattering of radiation. Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist born in the former Madras Province in India.
Description : The director Ilya Krzhanovsky has been shooting the film Dau since 2006 on a set near Kharkhov and has inspired much attention on account of his fanatical attempts at re-creating 50s and 60s Moscow, home to ... -crash and the Nobel he had won had to be awarded to him in a bedside ceremony. Who?
Last Answer : Lev Landau.
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 : 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 what year did scientist Peter Zeman receive the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field ?
Last Answer : Scientist Peter Zeman won the Nobel Prize in 1902 for his contribution to the field of gymnastics .
Description : Dr. Leon Lederman and two other physicists won the Nobel prize for discovering an elementary particle. That particle is the: w) positron x) meson y) muon z) neutrino
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- NEUTRINO
Description : Who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium?
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- MARIE CURIE
Description : In elastic collisions, A. only the total momentum of the colliding objects is conserved. B. only the total kinetic energy is conserved. C. both of the momentum and total kinetic energy ... D. neither momentum of the colliding bodies nor the total kinetic energy are recoverable.
Last Answer : both of the momentum and total kinetic energy are conserved.
Description : In Rutherford's experiment involving the deflection of alpha particles by atomic nuclei, the fact that some of the alpha particles bombarding the thin gold foil were back-scattered, led to one of the ... its nucleus z) the nucleus of a gold atom occupies nearly the entire space of the atom
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- MOST OF THE MASS OF A GOLD ATOM IS IN ITS NUCLEUS
Description : When an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle, one of its neutrons disintegrates into one of the following set of particles. Does it disintegrate into: w) a positron and an electron x) a proton, an ... and an antineutrino y) a proton, an electron, and a positron z) a neutrino and an antineutrino
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- A PROTON, AN ELECTRON AND AN ANTINEUTRINO
Description : The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 win by: (a) Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson (b) Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young (c) Kazuo Ishiguro (d) None of These
Last Answer : (a) Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson
Description : Which of the following molecules has a permanent electric dipole moment? w) H2O x) Cl2 y) CH4 z) N2
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- H2O
Description : The boiling points of the halogens increase going from F2 to I2. What type of intermolecular forces are responsible for this trend? w) permanent dipole x) hydrogen bonding y) ion-ion attraction z) London dispersion forces
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- LONDON DISPERSION FORCES
Description : Which of the following molecules has a dipole moment? w) BF3 x) NH3 y) CCL4 z) CH4
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- NH3
Description : Which of the following molecules does NOT have a dipole moment of zero? w) BeCl2 x) BF3 y) CO2 z) NH3
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- NH3
Description : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarded the Noble Prize in: A. Physics B. Economics C. Chemistry D. (a) and (c)
Last Answer : D. (a) and (c)
Description : What effect will the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo have short term, mid term and long term?
Last Answer : i think so, China's Human rights abuses are legendary, it's like their national sport or something, they are the all time champs. When the government declared open season on the Tiananmen square ... by the Chinese authorities, never to be seen again. Apparently for his own safety. Totally sick.
Description : The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city? -Awards
Last Answer : Oslo, Norway As stipulated in Nobel's will, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
Description : The Nobel Prize was first awarded in -Awards
Last Answer : The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives. In his will, Nobel directed that the
Description : Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature started in 1907? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Who was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 ?
Last Answer : Rabindranath Tagore