Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Which of the following Father-son pair shared the Noble prize?

Options:

Sir William Henry Bragg and Willion Lawrence Bragg

Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie

Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Radnitz-Cori

No father-son has ever won a Nobel prize jointly

Correct Answer:

Sir William Henry Bragg and Willion Lawrence Bragg

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - Sir William Henry Bragg and Willion Lawrence Bragg

Sir William Henry Bragg shared the Noble Prize in physics with his son Willion Lawrence Bragg in 1995. The mineral Braggite is named after him and his son. Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curi and Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Radnitz-Cori were husband and wife who had shared the Nobel Prize.