NOBEL PRIZE – General Knowledge – Online M.C.Qs for Competition Commission JOB Exams

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Question 1

In which years there were no Nobel Prize awards made in any of the categories

A	1940-41
B	1940-42
C	It was never stopped since 1901 onwards
D	1939-42

Question 2

On June 29, 2010 the Nobel Foundation celebrated its anniverary

A	120th
B	130th
C	140th
D	110th

Question 3

When was Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Bangladeshi economist Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his founded bank Grameen Bank

A	2004
B	2007
C	2005
D	2006

Question 4

Who are the two brothers to have been awarded Nobel Prizes

A	William Bragg & Lawrence Bragg
B	Jan Tinbergen & Niloaas Tinbergen
C	Manne Siegbahn & Kai M. siegbahn
D	Niels Bohr & Aage N. Bohr

Question 5

840 Nobel laureates (813 individuals and 20 organizations) have been awarded the Nobel Prize since 1901 uptil 2010 How many are men and how many are women among 913 individuals

A	709 men & 80 women
B	776 men & 41 women
C	739 men & 50 women
D	750 men & 39 women

Question 6

Which of the following statements in respect of Nobel Prize is incorrect

A	Madam Marie Curie first shared Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband and then won in Chemistry outrightly
B	The Peace Prize has been awarded three times to the international Committee of Red Cross of Geneva
C	The Nobel Prize for Economic science was wstablished in 1967 by Riksbank (Swedish Bank)
D	The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded in 1967

Question 7

Name the scientist who shared Nobel Prize 2010 for Physics

A	Willard S. Boyle and George E Smith
B	Elizabeth H. Blackburrn, Caro W Greider and Jack W. Szostak
C	George E Smith and Oliver E Williamson
D	Andre Deim and Konstantin Novonselov

Question 8

Rebindra Nath Tagor is the first Asian who received leterature nobel prize in

A	1912
B	1913
C	1910
D	1911

Question 9

Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize (PMS 2006)

A	Mother Teresa
B	I.A. Bunin
C	C.V. Raman
D	R.N. Tagore

Question 10

One woman has been awarded the Nobel Prize two times, in 1903 (the Nobel Prize in Physics) and in 1911 (the Nobel Prize in Chemistry), who is she

A	Irene Joliot-Curie
B	Marie Curie
C	Alva Myrdal
D	Gerty Cori

Question 11

Who is the recipient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy

A	Marcone
B	Samuel Morse
C	J.J. Thomson
D	Kamerling Onnes

Question 12

When was started nobel prize in economics

A	1967
B	1951
C	1901
D	1969

Question 13

Who among the following received Nobel Prize for Unravelling the helical structure of proteins

A	Linus Pauling
B	Watson and Crick
C	Maurice Wilkins
D	Sanger

Question 14

All kind of Nobel prizes except peace noel prize are distributed anually at

A	New York
B	Stockholm
C	Geneva
D	Manila

Question 15

Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding work in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and

A	Literature
B	Economics
C	Peace
D	All of them

Question 16

Peace nobel prize is distributed annually in

A	U.N.O.
B	USA
C	Norway
D	Sweden

Question 17

The scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son was

A	W.H. Bragg
B	Pierre Curie
C	Louis De Broglie
D	Henri Antoine becqerel

Question 18

Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel prizes the 1954 Nobel Peace Prize

A	William Bragg & Lawrence Bragg
B	Linus Pauling
C	Roger D. Kornberg
D	Pierre Curie

Question 19

Out of the trio Peter A Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides who won the Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences 2010, what is the nationality of Peter A.Diamond and Dale T. Mortensen is

A	UK
B	France
C	USA
D	Israel

Question 20

What is the function of Swedish Academy of Science in awarding Nobel Prizes

A	It deals only with Physics awards
B	All awards related to science subjects are determined by this Academy
C	It deals with both Physics and Chemistry awards
D	It deals only with Chemistry awards

Question 21

Which of the following Muslim countries got the most nobel prizes in Muslim world

A	Bangladesh
B	Turkey
C	Pakistan
D	Egypt

Question 22

Nobel Prize in Economics is known as

A	Alfred Nobel Memorial Economics Prize Economics Sciences
B	Nobel Prize in Economic Science
C	There is no special categories of Nobel Prizes
D	Alfred Nobel Memorial Economics Prize

Question 23

Which is the first muslim who got noble prize in literature

A	None of the above
B	Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)
C	Muhammad Younas (Bangladesh)
D	Naguib Mahfauz (Egypt)

Question 24

With what amount was the Nobel Foundation set up

A	£32,00,000
B	£31,00,000
C	£20,00,000
D	£30,00,000

Question 25

Till 2010 who is the oldest Laureate he was 90 years old when he was awarded the 2007 Prize in Economics

A	Lawrence Bragg
B	Boris Pasternak
C	Leonid Hurwicz
D	Jean-paul Sartre

Question 26

Shirin Ebadi Who won the Nobel peace prize in 2003 is from

A	Iran
B	Iraq
C	Libya
D	Nigeria

Question 27

First woman to win the Nobel Prize was

A	Mother Teresa
B	Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi
C	None of the above
D	Madame Marie Curie Sklodowska

Question 28

Which country has received maximum nobel prizes after its institution

A	U.K.
B	Germany
C	USA
D	France

Question 29

Name the scientists who shared Nobel Prize 2010 for Chemistry

A	George E Smith and Oliver E Williamson
B	Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki
C	Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith
D	Oliver E Williamson and George E. Smith

Question 30

Individually who shared/outightly won two Nobel Prizes so far

A	None of these
B	William Lawrence
C	Madam Curie
D	Prof Francis Peytn

Question 31

Who are the father and daughter to have been awarded Nobel Prizes

A	Irene Joliot-Curie & Frederic Joliot
B	Pierre Curie & Irene Joliot-Curie
C	Alva Myrdal & Gunnar Myrdal
D	Marie Curie & Pierre Curie

Question 32

In which discipline United States holds records for maximum number of Nobel Prize awards

A	Physics
B	Chemistry
C	Science
D	Medicine-Physciology

Question 33

Who is the winner of Nobel Prize 2010 for Literature

A	Willard S. Boyle
B	Mario Vargas Llosa
C	Teans Marie Gustav Le Clezio
D	Paul Rabin Krugman

Question 34

Which country awards the Nobel Prize

A	Amreica
B	Ireland
C	Sweden
D	England

Question 35

Which of the following statements in respect of Nobel laureate, Mother Teresa is wrong

A	She is an Albanian-born nun who dedicated her life to the dwstitutes in Calcutta
B	She was not honoured with traditional Nobel dinner party but instead she was donated 30,000 kroner to fulfil her objectives
C	All the above statements are not true
D	She is the first indian citizen to win the peace prize since it was instituted in 1901

Question 36

Till 2010 who is the youngest Laureate he was just 25 years old when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his father in 1915

A	Gerhard Domagk
B	Richard Kuhn
C	Adolf Butenandt
D	Lawrence Bragg

Question 37

Who is the only lPakistani to have received Nobel Prize 1979 for Physics

A	Dr. Samar Mubarka
B	Dr Abdus Salam
C	Naguib Mahfauz
D	Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan

Question 38

Who won first nobel prize in chemistry in 1901

A	Hartz Heinrich
B	Jackes Wan Half
C	Aemil Von Behring
D	Cureis

Question 39

Two Noble Laureates have declined the nobel Prize one of them was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in literature the other was awarded the 1973 Noble Peace Prize with US Secreatary of State Henry Kissinger Give their names

A	Alv Myrdal & Gunnar Myrdal
B	Pierre Curie & Irene Joliot-Curie
C	Marie Curie & Irene Joliot-Curie
D	Jean-paul Sartre & Le Duc Tho

Question 40

How many times the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been honoured by a Nobel Peace prize

A	three times
B	two times
C	five times
D	four times

Question 41

Who forbade three Nobel Laureates Richard Kuhn, Adolf Butenandt and Gerhard Domagk, from accepting the Nobel Prize? All of them could later receive the Nobel Prize Diploma and Medal, but not the prize amount

A	Roosevelt William
B	Winston Churchill
C	Napoleon Bonaparte
D	Adolf Hitler

Question 42

Who got first nobel prize in medicine in 1901

A	Sir William Cook
B	Samuel B. Morse
C	Hohn Forelich
D	Amel Von behring

Question 43

Who has been awarded been awarded Nobel Prize 2010 for Peace

A	Liu Xiaobo
B	Barack Obama
C	Bill Gates
D	W.H. Bragg

Question 44

Who are the mother and daughter to have been awarded Nobel Prizes

A	Gerty Cori & Carl Cori
B	William Bragg & Lawrence Bragg
C	Pierre Curie & Irene Joliot-Curie
D	Marie Curie & Irene Joliot-Curie

Question 45

In which year was the Nobel Prize instituted

A	1896
B	1876
C	1901
D	1900

Question 46

UNHCR the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Peace Prize for how many times

A	five times
B	four times
C	three times
D	two times

Question 47

First nobel prize in physics was won by Willeum Von Rontegen of Germany in 1901 on discovery of

A	X-rays
B	Gun
C	Telephone
D	Zerography

Question 48

Who got first nobel prize in econimics in 1969

A	J.Philip Reis (France)
B	Ragnar Frisch (Norvay) and Jan Tanbar Jen (Netherlands)
C	William Foreis (USA) and John Marshal (UK)
D	Sumeil Bengon (USA)

Question 49

Who won first nobel prize in physics in 1901

A	Markone
B	None of these
C	Wilhelm Von Rontegen
D	Hertz Heinrich

Question 50

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on

A	Theory of Brownian motion
B	Special theory of relativity
C	General theory of relativity
D	Theory of photoelectric effect

Question 51

Which country got more nobel prizes after USA

A	Germany
B	Russia
C	UK
D	France

Question 52

On which date this prize (Nobel Prize ) is awarded

A	December 31 every year
B	January 1 every year
C	December 10 every year
D	There is no fixed date

Question 53

Which of the following statements incorrect in respect of Nobel Prize

A	It is awarded to persons who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency and who have contributed most towards world peace
B	The prize is awarded from the interest of Nobel Foundation
C	The award for Economics Sciences is under great controverst though it has been instituted in 1967
D	It is awarded to the persons who have made the most outstanding contribution in the field of physics,chemistry and physiology or medicine

Question 54

Who is the first woman to win Nobel Prize for Economics

A	Mother Teresa
B	Elinor Ostrom
C	Oliver E Williamson
D	Madam Curie

Question 55

In how many fileds Nobel Prize is distributed

A	4
B	5
C	6
D	3

Question 56

Nobel Peace Prize for 2000 was awarded to the president of

A	North Korea
B	Egypt
C	South Korea
D	Thailand

Question 57

Which nobel prize is technically not a nobel prize

A	Peace
B	Literature
C	Physics
D	Economics

Question 58

The 1958 Nobel Laureate in Literature, initially accepted the Prize but was later coerced by the authorities of the Soviet Union his native country, to dicline the Prize give his name

A	Boris Pasternak
B	Richard Kuhn
C	Adolf Butenandt
D	Gerhard Domagk

Question 59

What is the role of Stockholm Faculty of Medicine in awarding Nobel Prizes

A	It deals with awards connected with Physiology
B	It deals with awards connected with Medicine or Physiology
C	It deals with awards connected with Medicine
D	It has nothing to do with Nobel Prizes