UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 94
'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' :
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Correct answer: C
Correct Option: C
Explanation: John Clarke, a British-born physicist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was a Nobel physics laureate in 2025.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - Michel H. Devoret also won the 2025 Physics Nobel but is French-born, so not the UK-born laureate.
B: Incorrect - Richard Robson, associated with the 2025 Chemistry Nobel, was not the UK-born US-university professor described.
C: Correct - John Clarke was born in Britain and was a professor at UC Berkeley when the award was announced.
D: Incorrect - Joel Mokyr is a Dutch-born economic historian and does not fit the British-born physicist description.