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