Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who and when was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

  1. Rabindra Nath Tagore for Literature in 1913

  2. Rabindra Nath Tagore for Literature in 1953

  3. Vankur Bhattacharya for Peace in 1905

  4. Vankur Bhattacharya for Peace in 1913
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems Gitanjali, making him the first Indian Nobel laureate. Option B incorrectly states 1953 instead of 1913. Options C and D name 'Vankur Bhattacharya' who does not exist - no Indian received the Nobel Peace Prize in those years.

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