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SSC CHSL 2021 PYQ — Question 30

SSC CHSL - 6 Aug 2021 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q30

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For which of the following categories were Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson awarded the Nobel Prize in 2020?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Economic Sciences.

  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson.
  • The Noble prize was awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.
  • The Peace Prize was characterised as “to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses"