UPSC PYQPrelims 2025

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 60

Consider the following statements: I. In the finals of the 45th Chess Olympiad held in 2024, Gukesh Dommaraju became the world's youngest winner after defeating the Russian player Ian Nepomniachtchi. II. Abhimanyu Mishra, an American chess player, holds the record of becoming world's youngest ever Grandmaster. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. I only
  2. II only
  3. Both I and II
  4. Neither I nor II
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (B) II only

व्याख्या

Gukesh won the World Chess Championship 2024 by defeating Ding Liren, not the Olympiad by defeating Nepomniachtchi, so I is incorrect; Abhimanyu Mishra is indeed the youngest-ever Grandmaster.