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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
For which department Nobel Prize 2017 was recently announced?
A
Economic Sciences
B
Peace Prize
C
Physics
D
Literature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Detailed explanation-2: -Documenting war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.

Detailed explanation-3: -Q. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022? Ans. Ales Bialiatski, a Belarusian human rights activist, Memorial, a Russian human rights organisation, and Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian human rights organisation, share the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

Detailed explanation-4: -Announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature to Kazuo Ishiguro, presented by Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 5 October 2017.

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