Awards (Part-IV)

41. Kim Dae-Jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Vietnam
(b) Cambodia
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan

Correct Answer: (c) South Korea

Solution:Kim Dae-Jung from South Korea won the Nobel Prize for Peace. Hence, option (c) is correct.

42. Who among the following won the Nobel Prize for literature of 2001? [Uttaranchal P.C.S. (Pre) 2002-03]

(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Upamanyu Chatterjee
(c) V.S. Naipaul
(d) Vikram Seth

Correct Answer: (c) V.S. Naipaul

Solution:V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for literature of 2001. Hence, option (c) is correct.

43. Dr. Amartya Sen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his contribution to which one of the following? [Uttaranchal P.C.S. (Pre) 2002-03, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Labour Economics
(b) Marketing Economics
(c) Monetary Economics
(d) Welfare Economics

Correct Answer: (d) Welfare Economics

Solution:Dr. Amartya Sen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his contribution to Welfare Economics. Hence, option (d) is correct.

44. Dr. Amartya Sen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his contribution to which one of the following? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999-2000]

(a) Labour Economics
(b) Marketing Economics
(c) Monetary Economics
(d) Welfare Economics

Correct Answer: (d) Welfare Economics

Solution:Dr. Amartya Sen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his contribution to Welfare Economics. Hence, option (d) is correct.

45. Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature was a: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Poet
(b) Play- writer
(c) Novelist
(d) All of the above

Correct Answer: (d) All of the above

Solution:Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature was a Poet, Play - writer & Novelist also. Hence, option (d) is correct.

46. The winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

(a) Al Gore
(b) Muhammad Yunus
(c) Martti Ahtisaari
(d) Wangari Maathai

Correct Answer: (c) Martti Ahtisaari

Solution:The winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Martti Ahtisaari. Hence, option (c) is correct.

47. The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Su Ki
(b) George Bush
(c) Shirin Ebadi
(d) Kofi Annan

Correct Answer: (c) Shirin Ebadi

Solution:The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to Shirin Ebadi. Hence, option (c) is correct.

48. The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to : [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
(b) V.S. Naipaul
(c) Henry Kissinger
(d) Jean Paul Sartre

Correct Answer: (a) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Solution:The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Hence, option (a) is correct.

49. The number of scientists who shared in the year 2008 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medical Sciences were: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Correct Answer: (b) 3

Solution:The number of scientists who shared in the year 2008 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medical Sciences were 3. Hence, option (b) is correct.

50. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2014 was given to : [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

(a) Patrick Modiano and Eric Betzig
(b) Isamu Akasaki and William Moerner
(c) Edward Moser and May Britt
(d) Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

Correct Answer: (d) Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

Solution:The Nobel Prize for the year 2014 in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. In 2023 it was given to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Yekimor for "the discovery and synthesis of Quantum dots."