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UPPSC PCS 2019 · Question 3 of 150

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was given to a woman for the second time, name the first woman who was earlier awarded this prize.

Current Affairs

  1. AEsther Duflo
  2. BGerty Theresa Cori
  3. CMaria Goeppert
  4. DElinor OstromCorrect

Answer: D. Elinor Ostrom

Explanation

Elinor Ostrom (2009) was the first woman to win the Economics Nobel; Esther Duflo was the second (2019).

Source: https://cdn.mindspritesolutions.com/examrace/SPSC/Uttar-Pradesh-PSC/UPPSC-Exam-Papers/UPPSC-Combined-State-Exam-2019-Official-General-Studies-I.pdf

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