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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what year was Marie Curie awarded her Nobel Prize in Physics for her research on radioactivity?
A
1911
B
1903
C
1902
D
1997
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Together with her husband, she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, in recognition of her work in radioactivity.

Detailed explanation-2: -For her research in “radiation phenomena, ‘’ Curie became, in 1903, the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. French academics originally proposed only her husband and Henri Becquerel, but Pierre Curie insisted that his wife share the honour.

Detailed explanation-3: -For his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity Becquerel was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, the other half being given to Pierre and Marie Curie for their study of the Becquerel radiation.

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