Nobel Prize Series to be organized in February 2018

Goa to hold Nobel Prize Series-India 2018

Question: In which of the following states the Nobel Prize Series-India 2018 will be organized in month of February 2018?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Goa
(d) Karnataka
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • On November 3rd, 2017, the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Nobel Media (Sweden) signed a tripartite agreement to organize the Nobel Prize Series-India, 2018 to be held in February 2018.
  • It will be held in Goa during 1st-28th February, 2018.
  • Its main theme is’ Science Impacts life’.
  • The objective of this event is to attract people towards pure science rather than technology.
  • The Nobel Prize Series-India 2018 will also hold exhibitions, brought from the Nobel Museum, Sweden, for one month.
  • The first edition of the Nobel Prize Series in India was held in January, 2017 in Gujarat.

Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/goa-to-hold-nobel-prize-series-india-2018/article19977453.ece
http://nobelprizeseries.in/