Nobel Prize 2025

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• 1

  Who were the Nobel Prize 2025 winners in Physiology or Medicine?

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    A. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, Shimon Sakaguchi

     

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    B. John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, John M. Martinis

     

  • C

    C. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, Omar Yaghi

     

  • D

    D. Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt

  Explanation

  Medicine

  6 Oct 2025

  Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, Shimon Sakaguchi

  Discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance and regulatory T cells, improving understanding of autoimmune diseases

• 2

  What was the key discovery awarded the Physics Nobel Prize in 2025?

   

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    A. Peripheral immune tolerance

     

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    B. Metal-Organic Frameworks

     

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    C. Macroscopic quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation

     

  • D

    D. Innovative approaches to poverty reduction

  Explanation

  Physics

  7 Oct 2025

  John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, John M. Martinis

  Discovery of macroscopic quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation in electric circuits

• 3

  The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by –
   

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    (a) The Swedish Academy
     

  • B

    (b) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
     

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    (c) The Norwegian Nobel Committee 

  • D

    (d) The Karolinska Institute

  Explanation

  (c) The Norwegian Nobel Committee ✅

• 4

  Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which revolutionised gas storage, led to the 2025 Nobel Prize in –
   

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    (a) Physics
     

  • B

    (b) Chemistry 
     

  • C

    (c) Medicine
     

  • D

    (d) Environmental Science

  Explanation

  Chemistry

  • 8th October 2025
  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm
  • Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi
  • For the development of metal-organic frameworks
• 5

  The Nobel Literature laureate of 2025, László Krasznahorkai, belongs to –
   

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    (a) France
     

  • B

    (b) Hungary
     

  • C

    (c) Italy
     

  • D

    (d) Austria

  Explanation

  Literature

  • 9th October 2025
  • The Swedish Academy, Börssalen, Stockholm
  • László Krasznahorkai
  • for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art
• 6

  Maria Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Peace Prize, is from –
   

  • A

    (a) Peru
     

  • B

    (b) Chile
     

  • C

    (c) Venezuela 
     

  • D

    (d) Colombia

  Explanation

  Peace

  • 10th October 2025
  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Oslo
  • Maria Corina Machado
  • for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy... Read more at: https://vajiramandravi.com/current-affairs/nobel-prize-winners-2025/
• 7

  The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2025 was shared by how many laureates?
   

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    (a) Two
     

  • B

    (b) Three 
     

  • C

    (c) Four
     

  • D

    (d) One

  Explanation

  Economic Sciences

  • 13th October 2025
  • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm
  • Joel Mokyr; Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt
  • for having explained innovation-driven economic growth
  • One half to Joel Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress”
    Other half jointly to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”
• 8

  The concept of “creative destruction” is associated with –
   

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    (a) Amartya Sen
     

  • B

    (b) Peter Howitt and Philippe Aghion 
     

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    (c) John Maynard Keynes
     

  • D

    (d) Joseph Stiglitz

  Explanation

  The concept of creative destruction is most famously associated with the economist Joseph Schumpeter, who is not listed in the options. The best answer from the given choices would be Peter Howitt and Philippe Aghion, as they developed modern mathematical models based on Schumpeter's original idea. 

  Here's a breakdown:

  • Joseph Schumpeter: Originally coined and popularized the term "creative destruction" in his 1942 book Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. He described it as the "process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one".
  • Peter Howitt and Philippe Aghion: Developed a modern, mathematical framework for Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction in their work on endogenous growth theory, starting in 1992. 

  Since Schumpeter is not an option, Aghion and Howitt are the best fit, as they are directly and importantly associated with developing and formalizing the concept within modern economics. 

• 9

  Which Indian was the first to win the Nobel Prize?
   

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    (a) C.V. Raman
     

  • B

    (b) Rabindranath Tagore 

  • C

    (c) Mother Teresa
     

  • D

    (d) Amartya Sen

  Explanation

  Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. 

   

  Why other options are incorrect:

  C.V. Raman:

  While C.V. Raman is a notable Indian scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, he was not the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize overall. 

   

  Mother Teresa:

  Mother Teresa, a renowned humanitarian, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. However, she came after Tagore. 

   

  Amartya Sen:

  Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. He came after Tagore as well. 

• 10

  Which Indian was the Second to win the Nobel Peace Prize? (a) C.V. Raman (b) Rabindranath Tagore ✅ (c) Mother Teresa (d) Amartya Sen

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    (a) Kailash Satyarthi

  • B

    (b) Amartya Sen

  • C

    (c) Mother Teresa

  • D

    (d) Abhijit Banerjee

  Explanation

  2014

  Kailash Satyarthi

  Peace

  Child rights & anti-child labour activism