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Who among the following has not received the Nobel Prize?

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The correct answer is

Jawaharlal Nehru

Finding the Person Who Did Not Receive a Nobel Prize

The question asks us to identify which individual from the given list has not been awarded the Nobel Prize.

Let's examine each option to determine their status regarding the Nobel Prize:

  • Jawaharlal Nehru: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a key figure in India's independence movement. While he was a globally recognized leader and statesman, he did not receive the Nobel Prize in any category during his lifetime.
  • Kailash Satyarthi: Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labour and advocated for the right to education. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, sharing it with Malala Yousafzai.
  • H.G. Khorana: Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his work on the interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
  • Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work for the poor and needy.

Based on this examination, three of the individuals listed have received the Nobel Prize, while one has not.

Nobel Prize Status of Listed Individuals
Individual Received Nobel Prize? Category (if applicable) Year (if applicable)
Jawaharlal Nehru No N/A N/A
Kailash Satyarthi Yes Peace 2014
H.G. Khorana Yes Physiology or Medicine 1968
Mother Teresa Yes Peace 1979

Therefore, Jawaharlal Nehru is the only person among the given options who has not received the Nobel Prize.

Revision Table: Notable Indian Nobel Laureates

Indian Nobel Prize Winners
Name Year Category Notable Achievement
Rabindranath Tagore 1913 Literature "Profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" (Gitanjali)
C. V. Raman 1930 Physics Discovery of the Raman Effect
Har Gobind Khorana 1968 Physiology or Medicine Interpretation of the genetic code
Mother Teresa 1979 Peace Work for the poor and needy
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 Physics Theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars
Amartya Sen 1998 Economic Sciences Contributions to welfare economics
V. S. Naipaul 2001 Literature Having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 2009 Chemistry Studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Kailash Satyarthi 2014 Peace Struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education
Abhijit Banerjee 2019 Economic Sciences Experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Additional Information on the Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances.

The categories originally established by Alfred Nobel's will were:

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Physiology or Medicine
  • Literature
  • Peace

An additional prize, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was established in 1968.

The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.

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