Who was the first asian to receive noble prize in 1913?
Correct answer: A. Rabinder Nath Tagore
- A. Rabinder Nath Tagore
- B. C.V.Raman
- C. I.A.Bunin
- D. Mother teresa
Explanation
Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali. C. V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics later, in 1930.
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