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    Question

    Who among the following is the only Indian who has won

    the Abel Prize for the year 2023?
    A Manjul Bhargava Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Srinivasa Ramanujan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C.R. Rao Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Satyendra Nath Bose Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, a prominent Indian-American mathematician and statistician, will receive the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field, for his monumental work 75 years ago that revolutionised statistical thinking. Rao's work, more than 75 years ago, continues to exert a profound influence on science, as per the International Prize in Statistics Foundation. Rao, who is now 102, will receive the prize, which comes with a $80,000 award, this July at the biennial International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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