Question

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize for the first time in the year 1937 and last time in the year 1948. How many times in between these two years was he nominated?

• A. 1
• B. 3
• C. 2
• D. 0

Hint:

Gandhi was nominated five times in total, across 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and 1948.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The question asks how many nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize Mahatma Gandhi received strictly between 1937 and 1948.

1. 1: Historical Nobel records show more than one extra nomination fell inside this window, so this count is too low.
2. 3: Gandhi was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and 1948, that is five nominations total. Taking out the first (1937) and the last (1948) leaves 1938, 1939, and 1947, which is three nominations in between.
3. 2: This undercounts the nominations, since three separate years fall strictly between 1937 and 1948, not two.
4. 0: This would mean no nomination happened between the first and last, which is factually wrong since Gandhi was nominated multiple more times.

So option B, 3, is correct.

Let's summarize:

• Gandhi received five Nobel Peace Prize nominations across 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and 1948, and never won the prize.

This is a well known trivia point about the Nobel Committee's history.