Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the first to be awarded with the Bharat Ratna and the Nobel Prize?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Mother Teresa

  3. Nelson Mandela

  4. C.V.Raman
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D Correct answer
Explanation

C.V. Raman was the first Indian to receive both the Bharat Ratna (1954) and the Nobel Prize in Physics (1930) for his discovery of the Raman Effect. He discovered that when light passes through a transparent medium, some of the scattered light changes wavelength - a phenomenon fundamental to molecular spectroscopy. His work established optics research in India.

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