Nobel Prize 2025 Winners List Notes for SSC Exams

The Nobel Prize is the most famous international award in the world, and its winners are asked in SSC General Awareness papers every year. Questions are mostly about the winner of a category, the work for which the prize was given and the basic facts such as the year of the first prize. These Nobel Prize 2025 winners notes for SSC give the complete list in a table, followed by the key facts and practice questions.

Nobel Prize 2025 Winners List

The announcements were made in October 2025. The prize ceremony is held on 10 December every year, which is the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel.

Nobel Prize: Basic Facts

Indians Who Won the Nobel Prize

How to Learn the List Quickly

• Remember the work of each prize in three or four words, such as "immune tolerance", "quantum tunnelling in a circuit" and "metal-organic frameworks".
• Learn the winners of Peace and Literature first, because they are asked most.
• Link the Economics prize with the topic of innovation and growth.
• Note that the Peace Prize of 2025 went to a person working for democracy, from Venezuela.

Quick Tips

• Revise the table of winners twice a week and write the work in your own words.
• Learn the Indian winners separately, because Indian-origin questions are common.
• Remember that the Peace Prize is given in Oslo, and the others are given in Stockholm.
• Check the latest year only after you finish the facts of the old years.

Quick Revision Points

• The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901.
• The ceremony is held on 10 December every year.
• The Peace Prize 2025 was won by María Corina Machado.
• Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian Nobel winner (1913).
• Economic Sciences was added in 1968.

Practice Questions With Answers

1. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025?
   Answer: María Corina Machado
2. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025?
   Answer: László Krasznahorkai
3. For which work was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 given?
   Answer: Development of metal-organic frameworks
4. Who is called the founder of the Nobel Prize?
   Answer: Alfred Nobel
5. In which year were the Nobel Prizes first awarded?
   Answer: 1901
6. Which Nobel Prize is awarded in Oslo?
   Answer: The Peace Prize
7. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
   Answer: Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
8. Which category was added to the Nobel Prizes in 1968?
   Answer: Economic Sciences
9. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025?
   Answer: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis
10. On which date is the Nobel Prize ceremony held?
    Answer: 10 December

How to Practise This Chapter

Learn one category per day and test yourself with a small quiz on the winners. Then solve questions from our practice papers, the free SSC quizzes and the previous year papers page. Read the Padma Awards 2026 and Bharat Ratna note before this chapter, and link the science prizes with General Science. The Current Affairs notes page has more topics.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025?

María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 for her work for democratic rights in her country.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025?

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Physics prize for their work on quantum tunnelling in an electric circuit.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2025?

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi won the Chemistry prize for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025?

The Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2025?

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for explaining how innovation drives economic growth.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2025?

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the prize for discoveries about peripheral immune tolerance.

When were the first Nobel Prizes given?

The first Nobel Prizes were given in 1901, five years after the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896.

How many Nobel Prize categories are there?

There are six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences.

Which Nobel Prize is not given in Stockholm?

The Nobel Peace Prize is given in Oslo, Norway. The other prizes are given in Stockholm, Sweden.

Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize, in Literature in 1913.

Are the Nobel Prize 2026 winners also asked in exams?

Yes. The announcements for 2026 are in October, so the latest winners may be asked in later exams. Check an official source after all six categories are announced.

How many questions come from the Nobel Prize in SSC exams?

Usually one question comes from awards and the Nobel Prize in SSC General Awareness papers, but the number changes from year to year.