{"id":65829,"date":"2024-04-20T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=65829"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:46:03","slug":"the-nobel-prize-winner-in-economics-who-has-roots-in-maharashtra-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-nobel-prize-winner-in-economics-who-has-roots-in-maharashtra-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel Prize winner in Economics who has roots in Maharashtra is:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Amartya Sen&#8221; option2=&#8221;Abhijit Banerjee&#8221; option3=&#8221;Muhammad Yunus&#8221; option4=&#8221;Kailash Satyarthi&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is Abhijit Banerjee.<\/p>\n<p>Abhijit Banerjee is an Indian-American economist who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2019 along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Banerjee was born in Kolkata, India, in 1961. He studied at the University of Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University before moving to the United States to attend Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Banerjee&#8217;s research focuses on development economics, poverty alleviation, and microeconomic theory. He is the co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a research center that conducts randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness of development programs.<\/p>\n<p>Banerjee is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Econometric Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. He has received numerous awards for his research, including the Infosys Prize in Social Sciences in 2009 and the John Bates Clark Medal in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The other options are incorrect. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and social entrepreneur who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. He is the founder of the Grameen Bank, a microfinance institution that provides small loans to poor people in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. 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