United Nations spends a lion‘s share of its budget on Refugees rehabilitations • The UNO originated during the Second World War. Its charter was drawn up from 25th
April to 26th June, 1945 at San Francisco which was signed by 51 countries.
Where is the headquarter of the Amnesty International located: London
Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948.
Human Right Watch dog headquarter is in.. New York
In which city World Economic forum usually holds its meetings? The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based non-profit foundation best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Astronomers cannot be nominated for noble prize
Marie curie twice won Noble Prize.
First Nobel Prizes were awarded on 10 Dec: 1901.
What country awards the Nobel peace prize- Norway
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1972-Nobody
Who was the first American to receive the Nobel Literature prize Sinclair Lewis
Which Nobel Prize is not awarded annually in Stockholm Peace
Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize in the field of peace.
The New York Times received five Pulitzer prizes of 2009 for investigative, breaking newsand international reporting, feature photography and criticism.
Four persons have been awarded Nobel Prize twice.
Van‘t Hoff was the first Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
Wole Soyinka is a Nobel Prize winner for literature. He is from Nigeria.
Which field was not included by Alfred Nobel originally… Economics
Person getting the nobel peace prize in 2008 was of the country. Finland
Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, more than 150 years ago. In what year was he born? Alfred Nobel was born in 1833
What did Alfred’s father, Immanuel, do for a living? Alfred’s father was an engineer and inventor.
Alfred Nobel never married.
Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896, but not in Sweden, his home country. Where did he die? Alfred Nobel died in San Remo, Italy.
Why did Alfred Nobel establish a prize in his will? Alfred Nobel wanted to award the greatest benefits to mankind.
Which Nobel category does not yet have a single female laureate? Economics
Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics? Roentgen.
Which single winner won the most number of Nobel Prizes? International Committee of the Red Cross.
Who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? Rabindranath Tagore
Mathematicsis not a valid Nobel Prize category.
In what year did the most people decline their Nobel Prize? 1939
Who was the only person to win the Nobel Prize twice — in Peace and Chemistry? Linus Pauling
Who was the only person to win the Nobel Prize twice — in both Physics and Chemistry? Marie Curie
Name the six categories for which the prizes are awarded. Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics.
For which category was a Nobel Prize given starting 1969? Economics.
Who awards the Peace Prize? The Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Max Planck received the noble prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of: energy quanta
Climate change campaigner Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rabindra Nath Tagore was the first Indian/South Asian to win Nobel Prize. (Literature in 1931).
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