World Famous Nobel Laureates MCQs with Answers
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his theory of relativity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Albert Einstein
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for her discoveries of radium and polonium?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: a) Marie Curie
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: a) Gabriel García Márquez
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his nonviolent resistance against British rule in India?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of penicillin?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: a) Alexander Fleming
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: d) Richard Thaler
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the photoelectric effect?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: c) Max Planck
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his work on the structure of DNA?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Francis Crick
Answer: d) Francis Crick
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “The Old Man and the Sea” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: b) Ernest Hemingway
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his leadership during the civil rights movement in the United States?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: a) Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his development of the polio vaccine?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: b) Jonas Salk
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on international trade theory and economic geography?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: a) Paul Krugman
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of quantum theory?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: d) Niels Bohr
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for her research on radioactivity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: a) Marie Curie
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “The Sound and the Fury” and “As I Lay Dying”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: c) William Faulkner
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his anti-apartheid activism in South Africa?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: b) Nelson Mandela
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: d) Robert Koch
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his research on poverty and development economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) Amartya Sen
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his theory of general relativity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Albert Einstein
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Kary Mullis
Answer: d) Kary Mullis
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for her novels “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: d) Toni Morrison
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her advocacy of education for girls and women’s rights?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: c) Malala Yousafzai
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of insulin?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Frederick Banting
Answer: d) Frederick Banting
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on monetary theory and economic fluctuations?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) John Maynard Keynes
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: b) Milton Friedman
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the neutron?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) James Chadwick
Answer: d) James Chadwick
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his research on chemical bonding and molecular structure?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Linus Pauling
d) Dorothy Hodgkin
Answer: c) Linus Pauling
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “The Catcher in the Rye” and “Franny and Zooey”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) J.D. Salinger
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: c) J.D. Salinger
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her efforts in promoting democracy and human rights in Myanmar?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of the polio vaccine?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: b) Jonas Salk
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on poverty and welfare economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) Amartya Sen
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the law of black-body radiation?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: c) Max Planck
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his discovery of the structure of DNA?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Francis Crick
Answer: d) Francis Crick
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: a) Gabriel García Márquez
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his nonviolent resistance against British rule in India?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of penicillin?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: a) Alexander Fleming
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: d) Richard Thaler
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the photoelectric effect?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Albert Einstein
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for her research on radioactivity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: a) Marie Curie
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for her novels “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: d) Toni Morrison
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her advocacy of education for girls and women’s rights?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: c) Malala Yousafzai
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of insulin?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Frederick Banting
Answer: d) Frederick Banting
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on monetary theory and economic fluctuations?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) John Maynard Keynes
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: b) Milton Friedman
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the neutron?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) James Chadwick
Answer: d) James Chadwick
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his research on chemical bonding and molecular structure?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Linus Pauling
d) Dorothy Hodgkin
Answer: c) Linus Pauling
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his novels “The Catcher in the Rye” and “Franny and Zooey”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) J.D. Salinger
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: c) J.D. Salinger
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her efforts in promoting democracy and human rights in Myanmar?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of the polio vaccine?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: b) Jonas Salk
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on poverty and welfare economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) Amartya Sen
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his theory of general relativity?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Albert Einstein
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Kary Mullis
Answer: d) Kary Mullis
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for her novels “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: d) Toni Morrison
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her advocacy of education for girls and women’s rights?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: c) Malala Yousafzai
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Robert Koch
Answer: d) Robert Koch
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on poverty and development economics?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Amartya Sen
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) Amartya Sen
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the law of black-body radiation?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: c) Max Planck
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his discovery of the structure of DNA?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Francis Crick
Answer: d) Francis Crick
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for her novels “The Color Purple” and “Possessing the Secret of Joy”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: d) Toni Morrison
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his efforts in ending apartheid in South Africa?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: b) Nelson Mandela
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his development of the first successful kidney transplant?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Joseph E. Murray
Answer: d) Joseph E. Murray
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his work on behavioral economics and prospect theory?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) Daniel Kahneman
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) Daniel Kahneman
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his discovery of the Higgs boson particle?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Peter Higgs
Answer: d) Peter Higgs
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for her development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology?
a) Marie Curie
b) Jennifer Doudna
c) Emmanuelle Charpentier
d) Ada Yonath
Answer: b) Jennifer Doudna
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for his plays “Waiting for Godot” and “Endgame”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) William Faulkner
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: d) Samuel Beckett
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for her efforts in promoting education for girls in Pakistan?
a) Malala Yousafzai
b) Aung San Suu Kyi
c) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
d) Shirin Ebadi
Answer: a) Malala Yousafzai
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine known for his discovery of the hepatitis C virus?
a) Alexander Fleming
b) Jonas Salk
c) Albert Sabin
d) Harvey J. Alter
Answer: d) Harvey J. Alter
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Economics known for his research on the economics of climate change?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Milton Friedman
c) William Nordhaus
d) Richard Thaler
Answer: c) William Nordhaus
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Physics known for his work on the development of integrated circuits?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Jack Kilby
Answer: d) Jack Kilby
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry known for his development of the first synthesis of a gene?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstein
c) Max Planck
d) Kary Mullis
Answer: d) Kary Mullis
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Literature known for her novels “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman”?
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Harper Lee
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: c) Harper Lee
Who was the Nobel Laureate in Peace known for his efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Shimon Peres
d) Malala Yousafzai
Answer: c) Shimon Peres