Question

Which Indian has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?
1. C.V.Raman
2. Amartya Sen
3. Kailash Satyarthi
4. Har Gobind Khorana

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Amartya Sen

The correct answer is Amartya Sen.

• In 1913 Rabindranath Tagore (literature) became the first Indian to win the Nobel.
• Sir C V Raman was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1930 for giving a detailed description and reason for the scattering of particles of light.
• In 2014, Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Prize for his rights in 'Child Labor Abolition and Education'.
• Har Gobind Khurana, who won the Nobel in 1968, worked on the electron.
• Khurana received the Nobel for his role in the genetic code and its protein synthesis.​

•  The "Nobel Prize" was instituted in 1901 by the "Nobel Foundation" in memory of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel.
• It is the world's highest award in the fields of peace, literature, physics, chemistry, medical science, and economics.
• The Nobel Prize in Economics was started in "1968".
• "Dynamite" was invented by "Alfred Nobel".