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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) MCQs on Noble Prize winners

[December-2021]

MCQs on Noble Prize winners

1. _________ was the second Nobel Prize winner from India in the year _______ for his distinguished work on the scattering of light.

a) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983
b) Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman, 1936
c) Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman, 1930
d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1987

2. Name the Indian citizen structural biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

a) Prafulla Chandra Ray
b) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
c) Har Gobind Khorana
d) C.N.R. Rao

3. How many Scientists from India have won the Nobel Prize?

a) Five
b) Six
c) Three
d) Four

4. In which year did Har Gobind Khorana win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine?

a) 1968
b) 1964
c) 1962
d) 1966

5. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with his fellow researcher for their work on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars?

a) Raja Ramanna
b) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
c) Vikram Sarabhai
d) Meghnad Saha

6. For what work did Har Gobind Khorana win the Nobel Prize?

a) For studies on physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars
b) For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
c) Work in the scattering of light
d) Deciphering the genetic code

7. What are the Names of Indian Scientists who have won the Nobel Prize?

a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Homi J. Bhabha, Satyendra Nath Bose, Vikram Sarabhai
b) Meghnad Saha, M. S. Swaminathan, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Salim Ali
c) CV Raman , Har Gobind Khorana, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
d) Birbal Sahni, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Raj Reddy, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

8. In which year did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar win Nobel Prize for his work?

a) 1980
b) 1983
c) 1989
d) 1985

9. 28 February is commemorated as National Science Day in India to celebrate the discovery of which scientist?

a) Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman
b) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
c) Satyendra Nath Bose
d) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

10. For what work did Venkatraman Ramakrishnan win Nobel Prize?

a) For discovery of function of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
b) For working in the fields of organic chemistry
c) For deciphering the genetic code
d) For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

11. Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with ____________ and _____________.

a) Sir Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler
b) Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath
c) Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley
d) Rodney R. Porter and Gerald M. Edelman

12. The first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science________
a) Jagadish Chandra Bose
b) Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman
c) Homi J. Bhabha
d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

13. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar shared the Nobel Prize with his fellow researcher __________
a) William Alfred Fowler
b) Robert W. Holley
c) Ada Yonath
d) Marshall W. Nirenberg

14. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shared the Nobel Prize with two of his fellow researchers, __________ and __________.
a) John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka
b) Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech
c) Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee
d) Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath

15. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is the nephew of which Indian Scientist?

a) Satyendranath Bose
b) Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman
c) Meghnad Saha
d) Homi J. Bhabha