Tuesday, March 17, 2020

THE NOBEL LAUREATES - 2



Q1. Who among the following is not one of the four people to win the Nobel Prize twice?


A. John Bardeen

B. Jean-Paul Sartre

C. Frederick Sanger




Q2. Mother Teresa, winner of 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, was born as "Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu" in the city of Skopje. In which country the city of Skopje is located today?


A. Albania

B. Kosovo


C. North Macedonia





Q3. Which Nobel Prize-winning economist is known for coining the widely used terms "macroeconomics" and "microeconomics"?


A. Ragnar Frisch

B. Simon Kuznets

C. Robert Solow




Q4. In 1945 who became the first the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?



A. Pablo Neruda

B. Gabriela Mistral

C. Gabriel Garcia Marquez




Q5. Which one of these Organizations (United Nations specialized agency) has never won a Nobel Prize?


A. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

B. International Labour Organization (ILO)

C. World Health Organization (WHO)







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