Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize winner in physics?
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C.V. Raman
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V.S. Naipaul
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Mother Teresa
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None of these
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Correct answer
Explanation
C.V. Raman (Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman) won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for the Raman Effect - scattering of light. V.S. Naipaul won in Literature, Mother Teresa in Peace. Raman was indeed the first Indian Nobel laureate in Physics.