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Indian Students' Contributions to Host Countries

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Which Indian student won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013?

  1. C. V. Raman

  2. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  3. Har Gobind Khorana

  4. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, not in Physics.

Which Indian student developed the first artificial kidney?

  1. Willem Kolff

  2. Belding Scribner

  3. George E. Schreiner

  4. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Willem Kolff was a Dutch physician and scientist who developed the first artificial kidney.

Which Indian student invented the laser?

  1. Charles H. Townes

  2. Arthur L. Schawlow

  3. Theodore H. Maiman

  4. Gopalakrishnan Nair


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Theodore H. Maiman was an American physicist who invented the laser.

Which Indian student developed the first microprocessor?

  1. Marcian E. Hoff Jr.

  2. Federico Faggin

  3. Stanley Mazor

  4. Masatoshi Shima


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Marcian E. Hoff Jr. was an American engineer who developed the first microprocessor.

Which Indian student developed the first personal computer?

  1. Steve Jobs

  2. Stephen Wozniak

  3. Bill Gates

  4. Paul Allen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur who co-founded Apple Inc. and developed the first personal computer.

Which Indian student developed the first World Wide Web?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee

  2. Robert Cailliau

  3. Marc Andreessen

  4. Eric Bina


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tim Berners-Lee was a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.

Which Indian student developed the first search engine?

  1. Larry Page

  2. Sergey Brin

  3. David Filo

  4. Jerry Yang


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Larry Page was an American computer scientist who co-founded Google and developed the first search engine.

Which Indian student developed the first social networking site?

  1. Mark Zuckerberg

  2. Eduardo Saverin

  3. Dustin Moskovitz

  4. Andrew McCollum


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mark Zuckerberg was an American computer programmer who founded Facebook, the first social networking site.

Which Indian student developed the first online payment system?

  1. Elon Musk

  2. Peter Thiel

  3. Max Levchin

  4. Ken Howery


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Elon Musk was an American entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal, the first online payment system.

Which Indian student developed the first electric car?

  1. Elon Musk

  2. Martin Eberhard

  3. Marc Tarpenning

  4. JB Straubel


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Elon Musk was an American entrepreneur who co-founded Tesla Motors, which developed the first electric car.

Which Indian student developed the first self-driving car?

  1. Anthony Levandowski

  2. Sebastian Thrun

  3. Chris Urmson

  4. Larry Page


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anthony Levandowski was an American engineer who developed the first self-driving car.

Which Indian student developed the first artificial intelligence system?

  1. Alan Turing

  2. John McCarthy

  3. Marvin Minsky

  4. Claude Shannon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who developed the first artificial intelligence system.

Which Indian student developed the first virtual reality system?

  1. Jaron Lanier

  2. Thomas G. Zimmerman

  3. Scott Fisher

  4. Michael McGreevy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jaron Lanier was an American computer scientist who developed the first virtual reality system.

Which Indian student developed the first augmented reality system?

  1. Tom Caudell

  2. David Mizell

  3. Steve Mann

  4. Mark Billinghurst


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tom Caudell was an American computer scientist who developed the first augmented reality system.

Which Indian student developed the first blockchain technology?

  1. Satoshi Nakamoto

  2. Hal Finney

  3. Nick Szabo

  4. Wei Dai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Satoshi Nakamoto was a pseudonymous person or group of people who developed the first blockchain technology.

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