GyanGramQuestion
'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' :
PRELIMS 2026 · SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
'X', born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an Amer…
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Approach: *Focus on the profile of recent Nobel laureates, specifically tracking their country of birth and academic affiliation at the time of the award.*
- **Correct Answer:** (c) John Clarke
- **John Clarke:** A distinguished physicist born in the UK, he has long been associated with the University of California, Berkeley. His pioneering work in SQUIDs (Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices) and low-temperature physics led to his recognition with the Nobel Prize in 2025.
- **Contextual Analysis:**
- The question tests the ability to distinguish between prominent academics in the field of condensed matter physics who share similar research interests but differ in their biographical details.
- **Michel H. Devoret:** While a prominent physicist working on superconducting circuits at Yale, he is of French origin.
- **Richard Robson and Joel Mokyr:** These individuals are noted scholars in other fields (e.g., economic history) and do not fit the specific biographical criteria of the 2025 Nobel laureate in the context of this question.
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