General Knowledge - Honours and Awards - Discussion

Even from the given options we can guess the answer.

1) Chemistry -In 1901 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff was awarded with Nobel prize. So the answer cannot be option (1).

2) Physics-In 1901 Roentgen was awarded with Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of X-rays. So the answer cannot be option (2).

4) Peace-In 1901 Henry Dunant, Frederic Passy were awarded with Nobel prize in Peace.

THUS WE CAN SAY THAT IF ALL THREE OPTIONS 1, 2, 4 ARE NOT CORRECT THEN OBVIOUSLY OPTION 3 (Economics) WILL BE THE CORRECT OPTION. THERE YOU GO WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1967 (Wikipedia).

1968 (Manaroma Year Books).

Economics is added to noble prize in 1969.

Which one is correct 1967 or 1968?

Number of awards : six.

1. Physics.
2. Chemistry.
3. Medicine.
4. Literature.
5. Peace.
6. Economics(Established in 1967).

Economics was added in 1968 by Sweden's central bank Sveriges Riksbank.

Economics, it was added after some years.

Amritya sain got the Nobel price in the field of economics.

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.