Sports and Games (UPSC)

Total Questions: 23

21. Parimarjan Negi has games? [2007]

Correct Answer: (c) Chess
Solution:Parimarjan Negi is a chess Grandmaster from India.

22. When Leander Paes won the "mixed doubles" at the US Open in the year 2008, who of the following was his partner? [2009]

Correct Answer: (b) Cara Black
Solution:Cara Black and Leander Paes won in the final 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, against Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray.

23. Consider the following statements in respect of the 44th Chess Olympiad, 2022: [2023-1]

1. It was a for first time that Chess Olympiad was held in India.

2. The official mascot was named 'Thambi.

3. The trophy for the winning team in the open section is the Vera Menchik Cup.

4. The trophy for the winning team in the women's section is the Hamilton-Russell Cup.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Only two
Solution:The correct answer is (b).

St 1 is right. The 44th Chess Olympiad held in Chennai in 2022 for the 1st time.

St 2 is right. Thambi, a brown horse, is the official mascot of the 44th Chess Olympiad.

St 3 is wrong. Winner in the Open section: Hamilton-Russel Cup.

St 4 is wrong. Winner in the Women's section: Vera Menchik Cup.