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State PCS PYQPrelims 2019

UPPCS · Question 39

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was given to a woman for the second time. Name the first woman who was earlier awarded this prize.

  1. Esther Duflo
  2. Gerty Theresa Cori
  3. Maria Goeppert
  4. Elinor Ostrom
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Answer: (D) Elinor Ostrom

Explanation

Esther Duflo (2019) was the second woman to win the Economics Nobel. The first was Elinor Ostrom (2009, economic governance of the commons).