Since 1901 , the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of physics , chemistry , physiology or medicine , literature and peace , while a memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968
First Nobel Prize winners :
| First Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine | Emil Adilf von Behring |
| First Nobel Prize in Literature | Sully Prudhomme |
| First Nobel Prize in Physics | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen |
| First Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff |
| First Nobel Prize in Peace | Jean Henry Dunant |
| First Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences | Ragner Frisch and Jan Tinbergen |
Statistics :
| Youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize | Malala Yousafzai [ at the age of 14 , received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 ] |
| Oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize | John B Goodenough [ at the age of 97 , received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 ] |
| Only person to receive more than one unshared Nobel Prize | Linus Pauling { received the prize twice , Nobel Prize in Chemistry [ 1954 ] and Nobel Peace Prize [ 1962 ] } |
| Multiple Nobel Prize laureates | Marie Curie [ 1903 and 1911 ] , Linus Pauling [ 1954 and 1962 ] . John Bardeen [ 1956 and 1972 ] , Frederick Sanger [ 1958 and 1980 ] , Karl Barry Sharpless [ 2001 and 2022 ] , International Committee of the Red Cross [ 1917 , 1944 , 1963 ] , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [ 1954 and 1981 ] |
Nobel Prize Winners 2024
| Peace [ 2024 ] | Nihon Hidankyo |
| Literature [ 2024 ] | Han Kang |
| Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences [ 2024 ] | James A. Robinson , Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu |
| Chemistry [ 2024 ] | Demis Hassabis , David Baker and John Jumper |
| Physiology or Medicine [ 2024 ] | Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun |
| Physics [ 2024 ] | Geoffrey Hilton and John Hopfield |
Indian Nobel Prize winners
| Rabindranath Tagore [ Literature ] | 1913 |
| CV Raman [ Physics ] | 1930 |
| Hargobind Khorana [ Medicine ] | 1968 |
| Mother Teresa [ Peace ] | 1979 |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar [ Physics ] | 1983 |
| Amartya Sen [ Economics ] | 1998 |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan [ Chemistry ] | 2009 |
| Kailash Satyarthi [ Peace ] | 2014 |
| Abhijit Banerjee [ Economics ] | 2019 |
Q Sir CV Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work in the field of ___
1 Brownian motion
2 Scattering of light
3 Photoelectric effect
4 X Rays
Q How many people have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice ?
1 4
2 5
3 6
4 7
| Five Scientist who won two Nobel Prizes | Marie Curie | Linus Pauling | John Bardeen | Frederick Sanger | Karl Barry Sharpless |
Q Who was the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize ?
1 Arthur Ashkin
2 Jean Henry Dunant
3 Joseph Rotblat
4 Leonid Hurwicz
Q When was the first Nobel Prize awarded ?
1 1901
2 1893
31895
4 1900
Q Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize ?
1 Marie Curie
2 Mother Teresa
3 Bertha von Suttner
4 Selma Lagerlof
Q Who among the following is the youngest Nobel Prize winner ?
1 Malala Yousafzai
2 Lawrence Bragg
3 Esther Duflo
4 Rudyard Kipling
Q The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize in the field of Literature in English language is _____
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Rudyard Kipling
3 Sully Prudhomme
4 Selma Lagerlöf
Q Who among the following is the oldest Nobel Prize winner ?
1 John B Goodenough
2 Arthur Ashkin
3 Akira Yoshino
4 Stanley Whittangham
Q The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in the year ?
1 1968
2 1901
3 1969
4 1967
Q Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in which year ?
1 1959
2 1989
2 1979
4 2014
Q Who is the first woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?
1 Elinor Ostrom
2 Marie Curie
3 Esther Duflo
4 Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
Q Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize in 1913 ?
1 Rabindranath Tagore
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 CV Raman
4 Amartya Sen
Q How many times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ?
1 5 [ 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947 and 1948 ]
2 6
3 4
4 7
Q How many women have been awarded Nobel Prize ?
1 61
2 65
3 63
4 62
Q The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which of the following cities ?
1 Oslo , Norway
2 Stockholm , Sweden
3 Tokyo , Japan
4 Helsinki , Finland
Q Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year _.
1. 1934
2 1921
3 1924
4 1920
Q Name the Nobel Laureate who helped crack the genetic code ?
1 Har Gobind Khurana
2 Subramaniam Chandrasekar
3 Ventakraman Ramakrishnan
4 Abdus Salam
Q The UN Peacekeeping forces were awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in the year ___
1 1982
2 1986
3 1988
4 1998
Q The Nobel Prize awarding institute, Swedish Academy, is associated with :
1 Peace
2 Literature
3 Medicine
4 Economic Sciences
Q Who among the following was the first Chinese to receive the Noble Prize for literature ?
1 Liu Cixin
2 Gao Xinglian
3 Mo Yan
4 Lu Xun
Q Which organization has won the Nobel Prize maximum times ?
1 World Food Programme
2 The United Nations
3 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
4 International Committee of the Red Cross [ 1917 , 1944 and 1963 ]
Q In the context of Nobel Prizes, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?
1 Venki Ramakrishnan – Chemistry
2 Mother Teresa – Peace
3 Chandrashekhar Venkataraman – Medicine
4 Subramanian Chandrashekhar – Physics
| Indian Nobel Prize winners | Rabindranath Tagore [ Literature ] , CV Raman [ Physics ] , Hargobind Khorana [ Medicine ] , Mother Teresa [ Peace ] , Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar [ Physics ] , Amartya Sen [ Economics ] , Venkatraman Ramakrishnan [ Chemistry ] , Kailash Satyarthi [ Peace ] , Abhijit Banerjee [ Economics ] |
Q The first Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to:
1. P Allison
2 Yoshinori Ohsumi
3 Emil Adolf von Behring
4 Edward B Lewis
| First Nobel Prize winners | Physiology or Medicine [ Emil Adilf von Behring ] , Literature [ Sully Prudhomme ] , Physics [ Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen ] , Chemistry [ Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff ] , Peace [ Jean Henry Dunant ] , Economic Sciences [ Ragner Frisch and Jan Tinbergen ] |