‘X’, born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an American university when this prize was announced. Identify ‘X’:
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) John Clarke
John Clarke, a 2025 Nobel laureate in Physics, was born in Cambridge, UK, and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The other laureates named were either not born in the UK or did not hold an American professorship.
- ✓ (c) John Clarke (Physics 2025) was born in 1942 in Cambridge, UK, and is Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
- ✗ (a) Michel H. Devoret shared the same Physics prize but was born in Paris, France.
- ✗ (b) Richard Robson (Chemistry 2025) was born in Glusburn, UK, but is Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
- ✗ (d) Joel Mokyr (Economic Sciences 2025) works at Northwestern University, USA, but was born in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Remember · Physics Nobel 2025: John Clarke (UK-born, UC Berkeley), Michel Devoret and John Martinis, for macroscopic quantum tunnelling in an electric circuit.
Sources
- NobelPrize.org, Nobel Prize in Physics 2025, press release ↗ “John Clarke , born 1942 in Cambridge, UK. PhD 1968 from University of Cambridge, UK. Professor at University of California, Berkeley, USA.”
- NobelPrize.org, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025, press release ↗ “Richard Robson , born 1937 in Glusburn, UK. PhD 1962 from University of Oxford, UK. Professor at University of Melbourne, Australia.”
- NobelPrize.org, Economic Sciences 2025, press release ↗ “Joel Mokyr , born 1946 in Leiden, the Netherlands. PhD 1974 from Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA”
Question and answer: UPSC's provisional GS Paper I (2026, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·