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The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics is

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

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Professor Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, and research into poverty and famines. He was the first Indian and Asian to win this honor.

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The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics is
A
Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
B
Professor Amartya Kumar Sen
C
Professor V. K. R. V. Rao
D
Professor T. N. Srinivasan

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