The Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first time in
- A.1895
- B.1901
- C.1913
- D.1930
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 1901. Alfred Nobel signed his will in 1895 and died in 1896, and after his estate was settled the first prizes were given in 1901 in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace; they are presented every year on 10 December, the anniversary of his death. Option A is wrong because 1895 is the year of the will itself, not of the first award, and this is the commonest confusion in the question. Option C is wrong because 1913 is the year Rabindranath Tagore won the Prize in Literature. Option D is wrong because 1930 is the year of C. V. Raman's Prize in Physics. Note also that the prize in economic sciences was not part of Nobel's will and was added much later by the central bank of Sweden.
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