{"id":89532,"date":"2025-06-01T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=89532"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:06:29","slug":"why-was-theoretical-physicist-ashoke-sen-a-string-theorist-at-allahab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/why-was-theoretical-physicist-ashoke-sen-a-string-theorist-at-allahab\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen, a string theorist at Allahab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why was theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen, a string theorist at Allahabad&#8217;s Harish Chandra Research Institute, in news recently?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha&#8221; option2=&#8221;He was one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics Prize&#8221; option3=&#8221;He was selected as jury member to decide on the awardees of Nobel Prize for the year 2013&#8243; option4=&#8221;He was selected for the S. S. Bhatnagar Award&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2012\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nHe was one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics Prize.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nTheoretical physicist Ashoke Sen was among the inaugural recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize in 2012, established by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. He was recognized for his foundational work on string theory. The prize, at $3 million per winner, was the largest academic prize in the world at the time.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nAshoke Sen is a distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Allahabad (now Prayagraj). He is known for his pioneering contributions to string theory, particularly on duality, black holes, and S-duality. The Fundamental Physics Prize is awarded annually to researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of fundamental physics.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why was theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen, a string theorist at Allahabad&#8217;s Harish Chandra Research Institute, in news recently? 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