Which award is described as the Nobel Prize of mathematics?
- A.Turing Award
- B.Fields Medal
- C.Copley Medal
- D.Kavli Prize
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Fields Medal. Because Alfred Nobel's will created no prize for mathematics, the Fields Medal has come to be treated as the highest honour in the subject; it was first awarded in 1936, is named after the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, and is presented at the International Congress of Mathematicians once every four years to mathematicians under the age of forty. Option A is wrong because the Turing Award, given by the Association for Computing Machinery, is called the Nobel Prize of computing. Option C is wrong because the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, awarded since 1731, covers all the sciences and is the oldest scientific prize in the world. Option D is wrong because the Kavli Prize is awarded in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience and not in mathematics.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given by which organisation?
- A.Indian Space Research Organisation
- B.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- C.Department of Atomic Energy
- D.Indian National Science Academy
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- A.Medicine
- B.Computer science
- C.Astronomy
- D.Economics
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- A.Research in nuclear physics
- B.The popularisation of science
- C.Work in environmental law
- D.Excellence in engineering design
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Read the full explanation →C. V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in which year?
- A.1913
- B.1930
- C.1954
- D.1968
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Read the full explanation →National Science Day is observed in India on 28 February to mark
- A.The founding of CSIR
- B.The discovery of the Raman effect
- C.The first Indian satellite launch
- D.The Pokhran nuclear tests
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C. V. Raman announced his discovery of the scattering effect now named after him on 28 February 1928, and since 1987 India has observed that date as National Science Day, with a theme, lectures and science fairs in schools and laboratories.
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