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Who got the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics?
1. Angus Deaton
2. Marlon James
3. C. Venkatraman
4. M. Sirinivas
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Correct Answer - Option 1 : Angus Deaton

The correct answer is Angus Deaton.

  • Scottish economist Angus Deaton was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2015 for his contribution to the analysis of poverty, consumption and welfare.

  • The Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel, through his will, established the five Nobel prizes in 1895
  • The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in the year 1901
  • The Nobel Prize is a set of awards that are given annually in recognition of scientific, academic, and cultural achievements in 6 categories are Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Economics, Peace and Literature.
  • Indians who won the Nobel prize:
Name Field
C. V. Raman Physics
Har Gobind Khorana Medicine/Physiology
Mother Teresa Peace
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Physics
Amartya Sen Economics
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry
Kailash Satyarthi Peace
Abhijit Banerjee Economic

 

  • Marlon James
    • Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings" inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
    • He is the first Jamaican author to win the Man Booker Prize.
    • He also won the American Book award 2015 for "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
    • Other novels by Marlon James:
      • John Crow's Devil 
      • The Book of Night Women 
      • Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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