General knowledge miscellaneous


  1. Which Indian scientist has had the distinction of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat Ratna?









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    Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. In 1954 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.

    Correct Option: C

    Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. In 1954 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.


  1. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was









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    Though Ronal Ross (Medicine: 1902) and Rudyard Kipling (1907: Literature) won the Nobel Prizes, they were both foreign citizens born in India. Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

    Correct Option: B

    Though Ronal Ross (Medicine: 1902) and Rudyard Kipling (1907: Literature) won the Nobel Prizes, they were both foreign citizens born in India. Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.



  1. The Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2011 has been awarded to









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    Saul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Perlmutter shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Note : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless(University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane(Princeton University, NJ, US) and J. Michael Kosterlitz(Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”

    Correct Option: A

    Saul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Perlmutter shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Note : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless(University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane(Princeton University, NJ, US) and J. Michael Kosterlitz(Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”


  1. Who of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize?









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    Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics for “groundbreaking experiments” with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Geim and Novoselov, who are both linked to universities in Britain, for experiments with graphene, a flake of carbon that is only one atom thick. Experiments with graphene could lead to the development of new material and “the manufacture of innovative electronics,” including faster computers, the citation said. Geim, 51, is a Dutch national while Novoselov, 36, holds British and Russian citizenship. Both are natives of Russia and started their careers in physics there.
    Note : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless(University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane(Princeton University, NJ, US) and J. Michael Kosterlitz(Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”.

    Correct Option: D

    Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics for “groundbreaking experiments” with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Geim and Novoselov, who are both linked to universities in Britain, for experiments with graphene, a flake of carbon that is only one atom thick. Experiments with graphene could lead to the development of new material and “the manufacture of innovative electronics,” including faster computers, the citation said. Geim, 51, is a Dutch national while Novoselov, 36, holds British and Russian citizenship. Both are natives of Russia and started their careers in physics there.
    Note : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless(University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane(Princeton University, NJ, US) and J. Michael Kosterlitz(Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”.



  1. The only category in which either an Indian or person of Indian origin has not got a Nobel Prize is











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    Though Ronal Ross received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902, he was a foreign citizen born in India. Har Gobind Khurana won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968. He was a foreign citizen of Indian origin. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but he is an Indian born American Citizen.

    Correct Option: E

    Though Ronal Ross received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902, he was a foreign citizen born in India. Har Gobind Khurana won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968. He was a foreign citizen of Indian origin. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but he is an Indian born American Citizen.