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Indian Diaspora and the Sciences: A Legacy of Innovation and Discovery

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Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and artificial intelligence?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Raj Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and computer science.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of economics and won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998?

  1. Amartya Sen

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Subhash Khot


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Amartya Sen is an Indian-American economist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory.

Who is the Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subhash Khot is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983?

  1. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the theory of white dwarf stars.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of molecular biology and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2007?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Raj Reddy is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and computer science, and won the Turing Award in 2007.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2010?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Amartya Sen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subhash Khot is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on the Unique Games Conjecture and won the Fields Medal in 2010.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Saul Perlmutter


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Saul Perlmutter is an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his work on the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2012?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Shafi Goldwasser


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Shafi Goldwasser is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor at MIT. She is known for her contributions to the field of cryptography and won the Turing Award in 2012.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2014?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Manjul Bhargava


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Manjul Bhargava is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on number theory and won the Fields Medal in 2014.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Kip Thorne


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kip Thorne is an Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of computer science and won the Turing Award in 2018?

  1. Raj Reddy

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  4. Yoshua Bengio


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yoshua Bengio is an Indian-Canadian computer scientist and professor at the University of Montreal. He is known for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and won the Turing Award in 2018.

Who is the Indian-American scientist who is known for his contributions to the field of mathematics and won the Fields Medal in 2018?

  1. Subhash Khot

  2. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Akshay Venkatesh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Akshay Venkatesh is an Indian-American mathematician who is known for his work on number theory and won the Fields Medal in 2018.

Which Indian-American scientist is known for his contributions to the field of physics and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019?

  1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

  2. Subhash Khot

  3. Raj Reddy

  4. Subir Sachdev


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Subir Sachdev is an Indian-American theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for his contributions to the understanding of quantum materials.

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