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The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics is

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
  2. Professor Amartya Kumar Sen
  3. Professor V. K. R. V. Rao
  4. Professor T. N. Srinivasan

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Professor Amartya Kumar Sen

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: B) Professor Amartya Kumar Sen šŸ“š Explanation: Professor Amartya Sen became the first Indian and first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. He was honored for his profound contributions to 'Welfare Economics' and social choice theory. His work on famines, poverty, and human development has had a global impact on social policy. He focused on the real-world conditions of the poor rather than just abstract mathematical models.