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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won Nobel Peace Award in 1979?
A
Abhijit Banerjee
B
Kailash Satyarthi
C
Amartya Sen
D
Mother Teresa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Press release. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1979 to Mother Teresa. Thirty years ago Mother Teresa left her teaching post at a Roman Catholic girls’ school in Calcutta in order to devote her life to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of that city.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Peace Prize for 1979 to Mother Teresa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’ received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for “for her work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress in the world".

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget).

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