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  1. 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
Correct Option: C

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work “to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development” through The Carter Center. Three sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama, have received the prize. Note : The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. It has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses” the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on 10 December in Oslo City Hall each year. Most awards-International Committee of the Red Cross (3 times) In 2002 EX-American president JIMMY CARTER got Nobel peace prize and In 2009 American president Barak Obama got this prize. The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-yearlong civil war to an end.



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