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In the year1895, Alfred Nobel, the Swedish polymath and inventor of dynamite, bequeathed the majority of his estate to create five prizes (the four cited above plus one in literature), recognizing “those, who during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” The first awards were conferred in 1901. A sixth award, not technically a Nobel, was established in 1968; it’s officially designated as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.In this blog we will discuss about List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019.
Between 1901 and 2019, 596 awards have been awarded to more than 900 individuals. The awards are international, so there has been interest in the academic affiliations of the Nobelists because those associations shed light on which academic institutions have helped cultivate these groundbreaking discoveries.
The awards are instituted by the Nobel Foundation based on the recommendations from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Economics, Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institute for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for Literature, and a Committee of five persons elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Peace Prize.
No person can nominate themselves for a Nobel Prize. Candidates are nominated by their respective academies, universities, previous Nobel Laureates and others in September. The Nobel Foundation doesn’t reveal the names of the nominees until 50 years later.
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Nobel Laureates
The List of Nobel Prize winners in the respective subjects are as follows;
| Subject | Nobel Laureates | Research Work |
| Medicine | William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza of the US and Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe | Awarded for Discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability, paving the way for new cancer treatments. |
| Chemistry | John B Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino | Awarded for developing the lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are today used in everyday items; from mobile phones to remote controls and even electric vehicles. |
| Physics | Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz | Awarded for theoretical discoveries that have contributed to our understanding of how the universe evolved after the Big Bang. |
| Literature | Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian novelist Peter Handke | Awarded for their outstanding work in the field of literature |
| Peace | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed | Awarded for ending 20 years of hostility with neighboring Eritrea. |
| Economics | Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer | Awarded for an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. |
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List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019: Some common General Knowledge questions on this topic
1: Who was the first woman President of India?
1.Who won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901?
A. Henry Duant
B. Frederic Passy
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
Ans. C
2.Who received the Nobel Prize 2019 in Chemistry?
A. John B. Goodenough
B. M. Stanley Whittingham
C. Akira Yoshino
D. All the above
Ans. D
3.Name the Nobel laureate who has been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics twice?
A. Bob Dylan
B. Angus Deaton
C. John Bardeen
D. Hiroshi Amano
Ans. C
4.Abiy Ahmed Ali won Nobel Peace Prize 2019 for?
A. His efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation.
B. For his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
Ans. C
5. Who won Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019?
A. James Peebles
B. Michel Mayor
C. Didier Queloz
D. All the above
Ans. D
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