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Who among the following Nobel laureates has recently announced to put his Nobel Medal under auction ?<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”Kailash Satyarthi” option2=”J D Watson” option3=”Mikhail Gorbachev” option4=”Jody Williams” correct=”option2″]<\/p>\n

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\nIn December 2014, James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of the structure of DNA, announced his decision to auction his Nobel medal. He cited financial reasons and feeling ostracized by the scientific community. The medal was later bought and returned to him by a Russian billionaire, Alisher Usmanov.
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\nJames D. Watson is a Nobel laureate known for his work on DNA structure who publicly announced the auction of his Nobel medal in 2014.
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\nWhile Nobel medals are valuable, auctioning them is relatively uncommon. Other Nobel laureates have also auctioned their medals, often for charitable causes. Kailash Satyarthi also received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, but the news of auctioning a medal specifically points to Watson around this time.
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Who among the following Nobel laureates has recently announced to put his Nobel Medal under auction ? [amp_mcq option1=”Kailash Satyarthi” option2=”J D Watson” option3=”Mikhail Gorbachev” option4=”Jody Williams” correct=”option2″] This question was previously asked in UPSC NDA-1 – 2015 Download PDFAttempt Online In December 2014, James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology … <\/p>\n

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