Koneru Humpy excels in which one of the following sports?
- A.Boxing
- B.Table Tennis
- C.Chess
- D.Billiards
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The correct answer is C, Chess. Koneru Humpy, from Andhra Pradesh, is one of India's greatest chess players and among the strongest women players in the world.
In 2002, at the age of 15, she became the youngest woman in the world at that time to earn the Grandmaster title, beating the record of Judit Polgár. She was the first Indian woman to become a Grandmaster. She has won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship and has been honoured with the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri. She has also played for India's women's team in Chess Olympiads.
A, boxing, is the sport of Indian stars such as Mary Kom, not Koneru Humpy.
B, table tennis, is the sport of players like Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal.
D, billiards, is the sport of Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi.
Exam tip: first Indian Grandmaster = Viswanathan Anand (1988); first Indian woman Grandmaster = Koneru Humpy (2002).
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- B.2014 Incheon
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