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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on Nobel prize
Nobel medals are displayed at the laboratory of Alfred Nobel, where powder trials and experiments with artificial rubber and synthetic threads were carried out, in Karlskoga, Sweden on September 16, 2021.
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Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselman shared the 2021 Nobel Prize with one other physicist. Who was this?
- Steven Weinberg
- Georgio Parisi
- Jennifer Doudna
- Roger Penrose
Georgio Parisi was given half the prize for his contributions to study of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.
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What is the field in which Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselman work, which was given the prize in 2021.
- Modelling the Earth’s climate
- Magnetism
- Lithium ion batteries
- Superconductivity
Modelling the Earth’s climate. They were awarded for reliably predicting global warming.
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Who among the following was the most recent nobel prize winner, awarded for the study of black holes?
- James Peebles
- Michel Mayor
- Didier Queloz
- Andrea Ghez
Andrea Ghez – She shared half the prize with Reinhard Genzel for studying the black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
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In 2015, Takaki Kajita and Arthur B Mc Donald were awarded the nobel prize for studying a particle. Which particle?
- Higgs boson
- Neutrino
- Axion (Dark matter)
- Quarks
Neutrino. They were awarded for showing that neutrinos have mass by discovering neutrino oscillations.
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In which year were Francois Englert and Peter W Higgs awarded the nobel prize for the theoretical description of the Higgs particle?
2013 – They were awarded for the theoretical understanding of the mechanism that provides mass to the elementary particles.
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