Nobel Prize Winners in Science — Homi Bhabha Class 9 General Knowledge MCQs with Solutions
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Q1 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The Nobel Prize is named after Alfred Nobel, who invented:
A. the aeroplane
B. the light bulb
C. dynamite ✓ Correct
D. the telephone
Solution: Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prizes in his will.
Q2 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize in science was:
A. Homi Bhabha
B. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
C. C. V. Raman ✓ Correct
D. Vikram Sarabhai
Solution: C. V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
Q3 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the:
A. structure of DNA
B. photoelectric effect
C. theory of relativity
D. scattering of light (the Raman Effect) ✓ Correct
Solution: The Raman Effect describes the scattering of light by molecules.
Q4 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
The only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences (Physics and Chemistry) was:
A. Marie Curie ✓ Correct
B. Isaac Newton
C. Albert Einstein
D. C. V. Raman
Solution: Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).
Q5 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the:
A. photoelectric effect ✓ Correct
B. theory of relativity
C. Raman effect
D. law of gravitation
Solution: Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect, not relativity.
Q6 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The science categories in which Nobel Prizes are awarded are Physics, Chemistry and:
A. Physiology or Medicine ✓ Correct
B. Mathematics
C. Computer Science
D. Engineering
Solution: The three science Nobel Prizes are Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine.
Q7 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
There is NO Nobel Prize awarded in the field of:
A. Mathematics ✓ Correct
B. Chemistry
C. Medicine
D. Physics
Solution: Nobel Prizes are not awarded in Mathematics.
Q8 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Har Gobind Khorana, of Indian origin, won the Nobel Prize (in Medicine) for his work on the:
A. periodic table
B. structure of the atom
C. genetic code ✓ Correct
D. theory of relativity
Solution: Khorana shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for interpreting the genetic code.
Q9 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
The Indian-born astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his study of stars was:
A. J. C. Bose
B. Satyendra Nath Bose
C. C. V. Raman
D. S. Chandrasekhar ✓ Correct
Solution: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the 1983 Physics Nobel for his work on stellar structure.
Q10 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, of Indian origin, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the:
A. galaxy
B. ribosome ✓ Correct
C. atom
D. genome only
Solution: He shared the 2009 Chemistry Nobel for research on the structure of the ribosome.
Q11 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
Alexander Fleming shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering:
A. penicillin ✓ Correct
B. insulin
C. vitamins
D. the X-ray
Solution: Fleming won the 1945 Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin.
Q12 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Watson, Crick and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of:
A. the cell
B. the atom
C. DNA ✓ Correct
D. proteins only
Solution: They shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for describing the double-helix structure of DNA.
Q13 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in the year:
A. 1947
B. 1901 ✓ Correct
C. 1850
D. 2000
Solution: The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901.
Q14 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Ernest Rutherford, often called the "father of nuclear physics", actually received his Nobel Prize in:
A. Medicine
B. Physics
C. Chemistry ✓ Correct
D. Peace
Solution: Rutherford won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on radioactivity.
Q15 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The Nobel Prizes in the sciences are presented in the city of:
A. Stockholm, Sweden ✓ Correct
B. New York, USA
C. Paris, France
D. London, England
Solution: The science Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden (the Peace Prize in Oslo).
Q16 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · easy · theory
Wilhelm Roentgen received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1901, for discovering:
A. the electron
B. X-rays ✓ Correct
C. radio waves
D. radioactivity
Solution: Wilhelm Roentgen won the first-ever Physics Nobel in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays.
Q17 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · easy · theory
Guglielmo Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing:
A. television
B. the telephone
C. wireless telegraphy (radio) ✓ Correct
D. the electric bulb
Solution: Marconi shared the 1909 Physics Nobel for developing wireless telegraphy, or radio.
Q18 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · easy · theory
The science Nobel Prizes are presented every year on 10 December because that date is the anniversary of:
A. the invention of dynamite
B. the first Nobel Prize
C. the birth of Alfred Nobel
D. the death of Alfred Nobel ✓ Correct
Solution: The prizes are handed over on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896.
Q19 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
Niels Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his model of the:
A. structure of DNA
B. solar system
C. living cell
D. structure of the atom ✓ Correct
Solution: Niels Bohr won the 1922 Physics Nobel for his model of the structure of the atom.
Q20 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
Frederick Banting and his colleagues won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the hormone:
A. penicillin
B. adrenaline
C. thyroxine
D. insulin ✓ Correct
Solution: Banting and Macleod won the 1923 Medicine Nobel for discovering insulin; penicillin is an antibiotic, not a hormone.
Q21 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
Max Planck received the Nobel Prize in Physics as the founder of:
A. the theory of relativity
B. classical mechanics
C. quantum theory ✓ Correct
D. the germ theory
Solution: Max Planck founded quantum theory and won the 1918 Physics Nobel.
Q22 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · medium · theory
The particle called the boson is named after the Indian physicist S. N. Bose, even though he never won a Nobel Prize; the name honours his work in:
A. botany
B. medicine
C. chemistry of gases
D. physics (the statistics of particles) ✓ Correct
Solution: The boson is named for S. N. Bose for his physics work on particle statistics; not every great scientist receives a Nobel Prize.
Q23 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
John Bardeen is unique for winning the Nobel Prize twice in the SAME science subject, namely:
A. Medicine
B. Chemistry
C. Physics ✓ Correct
D. both Physics and Chemistry
Solution: John Bardeen won the Physics Nobel twice, in 1956 and 1972; winning in two different sciences describes Marie Curie, not him.
Q24 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
Linus Pauling is unusual for winning two Nobel Prizes in two very different areas, one in Chemistry and the other for:
A. Literature
B. Physics
C. Peace ✓ Correct
D. Medicine
Solution: Linus Pauling won the Chemistry Nobel in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.
Q25 — Nobel Prize Winners in Science · hard · theory
A Nobel Prize in a science can be shared by at most three people. If a discovery is made by a team of five equally important scientists, then:
A. at most three of them can share the prize ✓ Correct
B. none of them can receive it
C. the prize is cancelled that year
D. all five must share it equally
Solution: By the rules, a single science Nobel Prize can be shared by no more than three people in a year, so at most three of the five could share it.