- 1. The Nobel Prize is a prestigious international award given annually in several categories, including Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. Established by the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, engineer, and industrialist, the prizes have been awarded since 1901. The recipients of Nobel Prizes are recognized for their outstanding contributions and achievements in their respective fields, leading to significant advancements in knowledge, culture, and peace around the world.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Marie Curie
D) Ada Lovelace
- 2. In which year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
A) 1901
B) 1925
C) 1970
D) 1850
- 3. Who is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Winston Churchill
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Malala Yousafzai
- 4. Which Nobel Prize is not awarded in Stockholm, Sweden?
A) Peace
B) Physics
C) Chemistry
D) Literature
- 5. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by which country?
A) Germany
B) Norway
C) Sweden
D) United States
- 6. Who was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) Wangari Maathai
B) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
C) Leymah Gbowee
D) Malala Yousafzai
- 7. Who declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964?
A) Doris Lessing
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Gabriel García Márquez
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
- 8. Which author known for 'The Old Man and the Sea' won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) William Faulkner
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Toni Morrison
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 9. Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Alice Walker
B) Toni Morrison
C) Zora Neale Hurston
D) Maya Angelou
- 10. Which US President was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Barack Obama
C) Bill Clinton
D) George W. Bush
- 11. Who is known for the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Stephen Hawking
D) Galileo Galilei
- 12. Which Nobel laureate is known for the discovery of penicillin?
A) Wilhelm Roentgen
B) Alexander Fleming
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Robert Koch
- 13. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the neutron?
A) Paul Dirac
B) Niels Bohr
C) Ernest Rutherford
D) James Chadwick
- 14. In which year was the Nobel Prize in Economics first awarded?
A) 1930
B) 1975
C) 1969
D) 1995
- 15. Which Nobel laureate is known for the development of the theory of nuclear fission?
A) Otto Hahn
B) Marie Curie
C) Albert Einstein
D) Enrico Fermi
- 16. Who created the Nobel Prizes?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Alfred Nobel
C) Albert Einstein
D) Galileo Galilei
- 17. Which country has the most Nobel Prize winners?
A) United States
B) Sweden
C) France
D) Germany
- 18. What is the cash award that accompanies a Nobel Prize?
A) 10 million Swedish kronor
B) 100,000 British pounds
C) 5 million euros
D) 1 million US dollars
- 19. Which Nobel Prize category honors achievements in the field of economics?
A) Nobel Prize in Literature
B) Nobel Prize in Medicine
C) Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
D) Nobel Prize in Physics
- 20. Who was the first Nobel laureate to be awarded posthumously?
A) Marie Curie
B) Erik Axel Karlfeldt
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Albert Einstein
- 21. Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Ralph Bunche
B) Barack Obama
C) Maya Angelou
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
- 22. Which organization is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize laureate?
A) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
B) The Swedish Academy
C) The Norwegian Nobel Committee
D) The Nobel Foundation
- 23. Which Nobel Prize category recognizes advancements in the field of chemistry?
A) Nobel Prize in Medicine
B) Nobel Prize in Physics
C) Nobel Prize in Literature
D) Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 24. What is the name of the medal awarded along with the Nobel Prize?
A) Prize Medallion
B) Medal of Honor
C) Nobel Medal
D) Gold Star
- 25. Who was the first laureate to decline the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Boris Pasternak
C) Haruki Murakami
D) Gabriel García Márquez
- 26. Which Nobel Prize category recognizes advancements in the field of physics?
A) Nobel Prize in Medicine
B) Nobel Prize in Chemistry
C) Nobel Prize in Physics
D) Nobel Prize in Literature
- 27. Which category was the Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel NOT originally intended for?
A) Economics
B) Chemistry
C) Literature
D) Physics
- 28. Which Nobel Prize category is associated with advances in medicine?
A) Literature
B) Physiology or Medicine
C) Chemistry
D) Peace
- 29. In what year did Alfred Nobel establish the Nobel Prizes?
A) 1873
B) 1918
C) 1895
D) 1901
- 30. For which work did Albert Einstein win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) Photoelectric effect
B) Theory of relativity
C) Brownian motion
D) Special relativity
- 31. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2019?
A) Malala Yousafzai
B) Liu Xiaobo
C) Abiy Ahmed
D) Kofi Annan
- 32. Who was the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize?
A) C.V. Raman
B) Dr. Amartya Sen
C) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
D) Rabindranath Tagore
- 33. Who was the only person to decline a Nobel Peace Prize?
A) Henry Kissinger
B) Aung San Suu Kyi
C) Le Duc Tho
D) Barack Obama
- 34. Who was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) Gabriela Mistral
B) Pearl S. Buck
C) Sully Prudhomme
D) Rudyard Kipling
- 35. In what year did Albert Einstein receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) 1947
B) 1915
C) 1921
D) 1935
- 36. Which Nobel laureate is known for his work to end apartheid in South Africa?
A) Nelson Mandela
B) Desmond Tutu
C) Thabo Mbeki
D) F.W. de Klerk
- 37. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017?
A) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
B) Kazuo Ishiguro
C) Haruki Murakami
D) Margaret Atwood
- 38. Which Nobel laureate is known for his development of the theory of evolution?
A) James Watson
B) Charles Darwin
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Gregor Mendel
- 39. In which city are the Nobel Prizes awarded?
A) Copenhagen
B) Helsinki
C) Oslo
D) Stockholm
- 40. Who was the first literary woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) Pearl S. Buck
B) Selma Lagerlöf
C) Nadine Gordimer
D) Toni Morrison
- 41. Who was the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) Shirin Ebadi
B) Malala Yousafzai
C) Aung San Suu Kyi
D) Rigoberta Menchú
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