Multiple choice general knowledge

First Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Jacobus H. van 't Hoff

  3. Osamu Shimomura

  4. Gerhard Ertl
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Explanation

Jacobus H. van 't Hoff received the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 for his discoveries in chemical kinetics and osmotic pressure in solutions. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry much later (2009), while Osamu Shimomura (2008) and Gerhard Ertl (2007) also won in the 21st century.

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