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Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?

1. C.V. Raman
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Mother Teresa
4. Amartya Sen

Correct answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Solution

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. The other options won the prize later or in different categories.

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