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Indian Scientists and Scholars

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Indian scientists and scholars questions cover significant contributions in astronomy, physics, and other scientific fields. These historical and contemporary achievements are vital for the general awareness sections of SSC and banking exams. Practice these questions to remember key scientific milestones and their inventors.

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Indian Scientists and Scholars Questions

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and artificial intelligence?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Amartya Sen
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Raj Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and computer science.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of economics and won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998?

  1. Amartya Sen

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Subhash Khot
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Amartya Sen is an Indian-American economist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen
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Subhash Khot is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983?

  1. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen
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Subramanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the theory of white dwarf stars.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of molecular biology and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2007?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Amartya Sen
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Raj Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and computer science, and won the Turing Award in 2007.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2010?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen
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Subhash Khot is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture and won the Fields Medal in 2010.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Saul Perlmutter
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Saul Perlmutter is an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his work on the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2012?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Shafi Goldwasser
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Shafi Goldwasser is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at MIT. She is known for her contributions to the field of cryptography and won the Turing Award in 2012.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2014?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Manjul Bhargava
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Manjul Bhargava is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on number theory and won the Fields Medal in 2014.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Kip Thorne
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Kip Thorne is an Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2018?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Yoshua Bengio
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Yoshua Bengio is an Indian-Canadian computer scientist and professor at the University of Montreal. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and won the Turing Award in 2018.

Multiple choice

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2018?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Akshay Venkatesh
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Akshay Venkatesh is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on number theory and won the Fields Medal in 2018.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Subir Sachdev
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Subir Sachdev is an Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for his contributions to the understanding of quantum materials.