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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Fields Medal, which was seen in the news recently, is associated with which field?

A	Mathematics
B	Architecture
C	Photography
D	Sports

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Mathematics. The Fields Medal is awarded every four years on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, award granted to between two and four mathematicians for outstanding or seminal research.

Detailed explanation-3: -The winners for 2022 are James Maynard at the University of Oxford; Maryna Viazovska at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL); Hugo Duminil-Copin at the University of Geneva, Switzerland; and June Huh at Princeton University in New Jersey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the more than 60 mathematicians who have been awarded the Fields Medal since 1936, there are two of Indian origin: Akshay Venkatesh of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (2018) Manjul Bhargava of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University (2014).

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