Multiple choice

Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of _____.

  1. food and famines

  2. welfare economies

  3. Indian economy

  4. poverty
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Explanation

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics. His work on poverty, famine, inequality, and social choice theory fundamentally shaped our understanding of how to improve human welfare. While he worked on food and famines, his broader contribution was in welfare economics.

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