Who is the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
- Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel prize in physics “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him”.
- Raman has been honoured with a large number of honorary doctorates and memberships of scientific societies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society early in his career (1924), and was knighted in 1929.