GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Which year was the Noble Peace Prize not awarded?
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1940
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1948
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1964
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2000
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1948, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided not to award the Nobel Peace Prize stating that there was “no suitable living candidate”. Mahatma Gandhi had been assassinated only days before the deadline for that year’s nominations. Nobody had ever been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.
Detailed explanation-2: -No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
Detailed explanation-3: -Six Nobel Prizes are awarded each year, one in each of the following categories: literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine. Notably absent from this list is an award for Mathematics.
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