Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

  1. C.V. Raman

  2. Rabindranath Tagore

  3. S. Chandrasekhar

  4. Mother Teresa

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Explanation

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature, specifically for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali.' C.V. Raman was the first Indian Nobel laureate in the sciences (Physics, 1930), but Tagore predates him by 17 years. S. Chandrasekhar won his Nobel much later (1983).

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