NOBEL PRIZE

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

NOBEL PRIZE

*Nobel Prize was instituted by
Ans : Alfred Nobel
*Alfred Nobel was born in
Ans : Stockholm, Sweden (October 21, 1833)
*Dynamite was developed by
Ans : Alfred Nobel
*The scientist who remained the owner of Bofors company from 1894 till his death in 1896
Ans : Alfred Nobel
*Number of fields in which the Nobel Prize is currently given
Ans : 6 (Chemistry, Economic Sciences
Literature, Peace, Physics Physiology or Medicine)
*The will of Alfred Nobel instituted the Nobel Award in
Ans : 1895
*The Nobel Foundation was established as a private organization in
Ans : 1900
*Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by
Ans : Norwegian Nobel Committee
*The field in which the award was not included in the original awards of Nobel
Ans : Economics
*Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in
Ans : 1969
*Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted by
Ans : Sveriges Riksbank
*First woman to win Nobel Prize for Economics
Ans : Elinor Ostrom (2009)
*The Nobel Prizes for all fields except for Peace are awarded in
Ans : Stockholm, Sweden
*Nobel Prize for the peace is awarded in
Ans : Oslo, Norway
*Nobel Prize cannot be shared among more than
Ans : 3 people
*Prize Money depends upon the income of the Nobel Foundation for that year
*The country having most number of Nobel Prize Literature
Ans : France
*The language which won most number of Nobel Prize in Literature
Ans : English
*The country which got most number of Nobel Prize laureates
Ans : United States
*Oldest laureate in the history of Nobel Prize
Ans : Leonid Hurwicz (Economics)
*Oldest Nobel laureate in Literature
Ans : Doris Lessing
*Youngest laureate in Literature
Ans : Rudyard Kipling
*International organisation which won most number of Nobel Prizes
Ans : Red Cross (1917,1944 and 1963)

NOBEL PRIZES ARE PRESENTED BY:

FIELD

AWARDED BY

*Literature - Swedish Academy
*Physics - Royal Swedish Academy
*Chemistry - Royal Swedish Academy
*Peace - Norwegian Parliament
*Medicine - Karolinska Institute
*Economics - Royal Swedish Academy

FIRST NOBEL LAUREATES :

FIELD PERSON

COUNTRY

*Literature - Sully Prudhomme - France
*Physics - Wilhem Rontgen - Germany / Dutch
*Chemistry - Jacob.H.Vant Hoff - Netherlands
*Peace - Henry Dunant - Switzerland - Frederic Passy - France
*Medicine - Emil Von Behring - Germany
*Economics - Jan Tinbergen - Netherlands - Ragnar Frisch (1969) - Norway

NOBEL LAUREATES FROM INDIA
:
LAUREATE

FIELD

YEAR

*Tagore -Literature-1913
*C.V.Raman -Physics-1930
*Mother Teresa -Peace-1979
*Amartya Sen-Economics-1998
*Kailash Satyarthi -Peace-2014

NOBEL LAUREATES-INDIAN ORIGIN:

LAUREATE

FIELD

YEAR

*Ronald Ross -Medicine -1902
*Rudyard Kipling-Literature- 1907
*Hargobind Khorana -Medicine -1968
*Subramanyam Chandrasekhar-Physics-1983
*V.S.Naipaul-Literature -2001
*Venkita Raman Rama Krishnan-Chemistry 2009

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WHO GOT NOBEL PRIZES

*Theodore Roosvelt (1906)
*Woodrow Wilson (1919)
*Jimmy Carter (2002)
*Barak Obama (2009)

MALALA YOUSAFZAI:

*Malala Yousafzai was born in
Ans : Pakistan (1997)
*Organisation founded by Malala
Ans : The Malala Fund
*Youngest Nobel laureate
Ans : Malala Yousafzai
*Malala Yousafzai got Nobel Prize for
Ans : Peace
*Malala Yousafzai got Nobel Prize in
Ans : 2014
*UN observed Malala day on
Ans : July 12
*The winner of 2013 UN Human Rights Award
Ans : Malala Yousafzai
*Malala now resides in
Ans : England
*The honorary citizenship received by Malala In 2017
Ans : Honorary Canadian Citizenship
*The book written by Malala
Ans : I am Malala
*The person who helped Malala to write her autobiography
Ans : Christina Lamb

KAILASH SATYARTHI

*Born at
Ans : Vidisha,Madhya Pradesh
*Born on
Ans : January 11,1954
*Founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan
Ans : Kailash Satyarthi
*Bachpan Bachao Andolan was started in
Ans : 1980
*Kailash Satyarthi got Nobel Prize for
Peace in
Ans : 2014
*Kailash Satyarthi shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with
Ans : Malala Yousafzai
*The person who won the Harvard Humanitarian Award 2015
Ans : Kailash Satyarthi
*The book written by Kailash Satyarthi
Ans : The Light of the Same Sun

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

2016

2015

*Literature - Bob Dylan - Svetlana Alexievich
*Peace Prize - Juan Manuel Santos - Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
*Economic Sciences - Oliver Hart Bengt Holmstrom - Angus Deaton
*Physics - David J.Thouless Michael Kosterlitz Duncan Haldane - Arthur.B.McDonald Takaaki Kajita
*Chemistry - Ben Feringa Fraser Stoddart Jean - Pierre Sauvage - Paul.L.Modrich Aziz Sancar
*Physiology or Medicine - Yoshinori Ohsumi - William.C.Campbell Satoshi Omura tu Youyou
*First Indian woman who got Right Livelihood Award
Ans : Ruth Manorama (2006)
*The only laureate from Kerala which won Right Livelihood Award
Ans : People's Science Movement of Kerala (Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad)

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