GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first Indian and Asian to receive the Noble Prize in Physics was
A
Rabindranath Tagore
B
Mother Teresa
C
S. Chandrasekha
D
C.V. Raman
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Academy of Sciences, has resolved to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1930 to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman – for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. C.V Raman was an Indian physicist. He carried out the ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering and for this he was awarded with Nobel Prize in 1930. He gave the Raman Effect.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Nobel Prize Winner in 1983-Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1983 for “his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars”. He is the nephew of another Nobel Laureate, Sir CV Raman. S.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rabindranath Thakur, or Tagore, was the first Nobel Prize winner in India. He was awarded this award in 1913 for his contribution to the field of literature for his poem called Geetanjali. Sadhana and Geetanjali are two of his very famous literary works.

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