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Nobel Literature: -

Famous British author Kazuo Ishiguro has been nominated for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel The Remains of the Day.

Nobel Prize in Physics: -

Canada-US James Peebles, Switzerland's Michael Meyer and Didier Klose have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Nobel Chemistry: -

The names of the Nobel laureates in chemistry have also been announced. American scientist John Goodinoff, Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino have been nominated for the Nobel Prize.

Nobel Prize in Medicine: -

James Alison of the United States and Tsuku Honjo of Japan have been announced as the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of cancer therapy.

              - :some questions and answers about the Nobel Prize: -

1. Which Nobel Prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed Ali in 2019 for promoting peace, unity and social justice?

A) Nobel Prize in Economics
B) Nobel Prize in Literature
 C) Nobel Peace Prize
D) Nobel Prize in Physics

... Correct Answer C
Nobel Peace Prize

2. What is the status of this year's Nobel Peace Prize?

A) 99th
B) 98th
C) 100th
D) 110th

... Correct Answer C
100th

3. Who is the youngest Nobel laureate?

A) Kailash Satyarthi (2014)
B) Nadia Murad (2018)
C) Huan Manuel Santos (2016)
D) Malala Yousafzai (2014)

... Correct Answer D
Malala Yousafzai (2014)

4. Who won this year's Nobel Prize in Economics?

A) Michael Kramer, Abhijit Banerjee and Jim Pebbles
B) Maykal Kramer, Esther Dufflow and Peter Handke
C) Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and usually Michael Kramer
D) Jim Peebles, Mishal Meyer, Didier Quellos and others.

... Correct Answer C
Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and usually Michael Kramer

5. Who was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature (2019)?

A) Olga Tokarchuk
B) Sally Prudhom
C) Peter Handke
D) Alice Monroe

... Correct Answer C
Peter Handke

6. Who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature?

A) Olga Tokarchuk
B) Sally Prudhom
C) Alice Monroe
D) Peter Handke

... Correct Answer A
Olga Tokarchuk

7. Who won the Man Booker International Award 2018?

A) Jokha Alharthi
B) Olga Tokarchuk
C) George Saunders
D) None of the above

... Correct Answer B
Olga Tokarchuk

8. Who won the 111th Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019 for the development of lithium-ion batteries)

A) John B. Goodnoff
B) m. Stanley Whittingham
C) Akira Yoshino
D) All of the above

... Correct Answer D
All of the above

9. Does this organization have the right to award Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Economics?

A) The Norwegian Nobel Committee
B) The Swedish Academy
C) The Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute
D) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

... Correct Answer D
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

10. Which of the following received this year's prestigious Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A) William G. Kelin Jr.
B) Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe
C) Greg L. Semenja
D) All of the above

... Correct Answer D
All of the above

11. Which of the following organizations has the right to award the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
B) The Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute
C) The Swedish Academy
D) The Norwegian Nobel Committee

... Correct Answer B
The Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute

12. Which of the following organizations has the right to award the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
B) The Swedish Academy
C) The Norwegian Nobel Committee
D) The Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute

... Correct Answer B
The Swedish Academy

13. Which organization has the right to award the Nobel Peace Prize?

A)The Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute
B)The Swedish Academy
C) The Norwegian Nobel Committee
D) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

... Correct Answer C
The Norwegian Nobel Committee

14. Justice of the Supreme Court. The following option selection about Sharad Arvind Bobade.

A) He was sworn in as a Judge of the 47th Supreme Court of India
B) He was a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
C) He served as the Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai, Delhi University and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.
D) All of the above

... Correct Answer D
All of the above

15. JIMEX-2018 MARITIME In whom did the war games take place?

A) Japan and India
B) India and Malaysia
C) Zimbabwe and India
D) Zimbabwe, India and Malaysia

... Correct Answer A
Japan and India