Amartya Sen Trivia Quiz: An Indian Economist

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Amartya Sen Trivia Quiz: An Indian Economist

Amartya Kumar Sen was born in 1933. He is an economist and philosopher from India who has been teaching and working in the US and the UK since 1972. Sen has made significant contributions to social choice theory, welfare economics, economic and social justice, decision theory, public health, economic theories of famines, development economics, and measures of well-being of countries. Here’s a quiz based on Amartya Sen. So, Let’s play the quiz.

Which year did Sen receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?

  • In 1998

  • In 1999

  • In 2000

  • In 2001

Who was the director of the documentary Amartya Sen: A Life Re-examined?

  • Suman Ghosh

  • Soumitra Chatterjee

  • Kaushik Sen

  • Arun Mukherjee

When was Amartya Sen born?

  • November 3, 1933

  • November 4, 1933

  • November 5, 1933

  • November 6, 1933

Sen promoted which social issue?

  • Gender equality

  • Untouchability

  • Sati

  • None of the above

What is the name of the person Sen avidly followed?

  • John Dryden

  • Andrew Marvell

  • Lord Byron

  • All of the above

What year did Sen receive the Bharat Ratna award?

  • In 1997

  • In 1998

  • In 1999

  • In 2000

Where was Amartya Sen born?

  • Assam

  • Madras

  • Shantiniketan

  • Bombay

What is the field of economics in which Sen has made significant contributions?

  • Famines

  • Decision theory

  • Development economics

  • All of the above

When did Amartya Sen move from the United States to the United Kingdom?

  • In 1985

  • In 1972

  • In 1965

  • In 1998

Amartya Sen was named by whom?

  • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  • Rabindranath Tagore

  • Sarojini Naidu

  • None of the above

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