Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who was the first person born in India to win a Nobel Prize.

  1. C.V. Raman

  2. Rabindra Nath Tagore

  3. Rudyard Kipling

  4. Mother Teresa
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Explanation

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1865 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, making him the first person born in India to receive a Nobel Prize. Rabindranath Tagore won in 1913, C.V. Raman in 1930, and Mother Teresa in 1979 - all later than Kipling. Note the question asks about birthplace, not nationality.

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