Nobel Prizes 2015 winners list

Question 1: Who has won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015?

Answer: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald  for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. Takaaki Kajita belongs to Japan while Arthur B. McDonald was born in Canada.

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Question 2 Who is the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2015?

Answer: National Dialogue Quartet (Tunisia). He won this prize for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.

Question 3 Who has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015?

Answer: Angus Deaton, who is associated with Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA was awarded the 2015 award for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

Question 4 List the people who were awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015?

Answer: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar jointly awarded for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

Question 5 Who is the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2015?

Answer: Svetlana Alexievich ( Belarus ).

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Question 88 Ball bearings are used in bicycles, cars, etc., because

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 B ) The effective area of contact between the wheel and axle is increased
 C ) The effective area of contact between the wheel and axle is reduced
 D ) None of the statements is correct

Answer: The effective area of contact between the wheel and axle is reduced

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Question 99 The national income of a country for a given period is equal to the

A) total value of goods and services produced by the nationals
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Question 86 Fruits stored in a cold chamber exhibit longer storage life because

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Question 98 Who among the following constitute the National Development Council?

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Answer: 1, 3 and 4 only

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Question 4 With reference to the history of Indian rock-cut architecture, consider the following statements:

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Question 2 Which one of the following statements is correct?

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