Which of the following categories of Nobel Prizes was not created by Swedish Scientist Alfred Nobel?
Which of the following categories of Nobel Prizes was not created by Swedish Scientist Alfred Nobel?
(A) Literature
(B) Peace
(C) Economics
(D) Medicine
The prizes are currently awarded in six categories, but according to Nobel’s will in 1895, only five prizes could be established. These five prizes were first awarded in 1901. The Economics Prize is not one of Nobel’s prizes. It was established in 1968 by Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, to commemorate its 300th anniversary. The full name of the prize is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.