Which Indian received the Nobel Prize in Physics? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Which Indian received the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A. C. V. Raman
B. Hargobind Khorana
C. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
D. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman Effect. The others are also Nobel laureates but in different fields: Khorana (Medicine), Ramakrishnan (Chemistry), Chandrasekhar (Physics, but he was an Indian-American, and his work was later).

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