JSC Unseen : The Nobel Prize
Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5.
The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious and important prize. It has been given since 1901. The prize is given to persons with outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine peace and economics. Economics was added to the list in 1969 for the first time. The Nobel Prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of dynamite. This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833 and he died in 1896. Tough he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia. He earned a huge sum of money by selling dynamite. At the time of his death in 1896, Nobel left behind a huge amount of money. He also left a will indicating that the interest on this money should be given as prizes to persons for their outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. This prize was named as Nobel Prize. The first Nobel Prize was given to Roentgen on 10th December, 1901 for inventing X-ray. |
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4.Complete the following table with the information given in the passage
The Name of Events | Place | Year/Time |
Alfred Nobel was born | (i)————- | 1833 |
(ii)——————— | 1969 | |
Nobel received education | (iii)———– | |
(iv)——————— | at the time of his death | |
(v)———————- |
 5.Read the passage again and write True or False beside the following statements. Give
   answers for the false statements :
a) The Nobel Prize is one of the most esteemed prizes of the world.
b) From the very beginning Nobel Prize has been given in six fields.
c) Alfred Bernard hails from Russia.
d) He invented dynamite for the welfare of mankind.
e) He left behind a small amount of money.