Saturday, May 21, 2016

Nobel Prize-2015


  • Nobel Prize-2015
  • Question: The organization National Dialogue Quarter (NDQ) wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its decisive contribution in building pluralistic democracy, this organization belongs to which country?
  • a. Syria
  • b. Tunisia
  • c. Yemen
  • d. Libya
  • Ans (b)
  • Related Facts:
  • World’s most prestigious Award “Nobel Prize 2015” has announced for the year 2015 in the month of October.
  • Nobel Prizes 2015 was announced by the Nobel Assembly from 5 October to 12 October 2015. The prizes were announced in different sections, namely Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Literature, Peace and Economics.
  • Nobel Prizes are established in 1895 in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel.
  • The Nobel Prize is given from the 10 lakh pounds permanent fund that world famous scientist and inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Nobel had established.
  • The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901.
  • The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established by Sweden’s central bank in 1968 on its 300th
  • This award is funded by the Bank of Sweden.
  • All Nobel laureates will receive the prize on December 10, 2015 on the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death.
  • The prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
  • List of Nobel Prize Winners 2015
  • Nobel Prize for Medicine:
  • Three scientists Youyou Tu (China), Satoshi Omura (Japan) and William Campbell (Ireland) have won 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
  • William Campbell and Satoshi Omura: Both biochemists have won half of the Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.
  • Youyou Tu: She was awarded the other half of the prize for discovering artemisinin (also known as Qinghaosu) a drug that has reduced malaria deaths and has become the mainstay of fighting the mosquito-borne disease. She is the 13th woman to win Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine and became first Chinese woman laureate.
  • Nobel Prize in Physics:
  • Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur B. McDonald (Canada) have jointly won the prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • They jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry:
  • Tomas Lindahl (United Kingdom), Paul Modrich (US) and Aziz Sancar (US) have jointly won 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • They jointly awarded with the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for having mapped how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard the genetic information at a molecular level.
  • Nobel Prize in Literature:
  • Journalist and prose writer Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus has been selected for prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • She won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time,”.
  • Nobel Peace Prize:
  • Nobel Peace Prize 2015 awarded to Tunisian mediator group, National Dialogue Quartet (NDQ).
  • NDQ is given for its decisive contribution in building pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the 2011 Jasmine Revolution.
  • NDQ consists following 4 organizations:
  • Tunisian civil society
  • Tunisian General Labour Union
  • Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts
  • Tunisian Human Rights League
  • Tunisian Order of Lawyers
  • Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences:
  • Angus Deaton, a British economist, has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics.
  • He has awarded “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.
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