Nobel Prize Winners from Pakistan MCQs

1. Who is the only Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
(A) Malala Yousafzai
(B) Abdul Qadeer Khan
(C) Abdus Salam
(D) Pervez Hoodbhoy

2. In which year did Dr. Abdus Salam win the Nobel Prize?
(A) 1979
(B) 1984
(C) 1990
(D) 1965

3. Dr. Abdus Salam shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with which scientists?
(A) Albert Einstein & Niels Bohr
(B) Steven Weinberg & Sheldon Glashow
(C) Marie Curie & Richard Feynman
(D) None of the above

4. What was Dr. Abdus Salam’s groundbreaking contribution to Physics?
(A) Theory of Relativity
(B) Discovery of the Higgs Boson
(C) Electroweak Unification Theory
(D) Quantum Mechanics

5. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize in which year?
(A) 2012
(B) 2014
(C) 2018
(D) 2020

6. Why was Malala Yousafzai awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
(A) For her work in nuclear physics
(B) For her advocacy of girls’ education
(C) For her contributions to literature
(D) For her medical research

7. Which Pakistani Nobel laureate faced religious discrimination despite his achievements?
(A) Malala Yousafzai
(B) Abdul Qadeer Khan
(C) Abdus Salam
(D) Allama Iqbal

8. How many Nobel Prize winners are from Pakistan as of 2024?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

9. Where did Dr. Abdus Salam complete his PhD education?
(A) University of Cambridge
(B) Princeton University
(C) Government College Lahore
(D) University of Oxford

10. Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate at what age?
(A) 15
(B) 17
(C) 20
(D) 25