Consider the following statements about Viswanathan Anand : 1. He has won the World Chess Championship five times. 2. He is the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan award. 3. He is currently the No. 1 rating player on the FIDE Ratings. Which

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Q: 58 (CDS-II/2012)
Consider the following statements about Viswanathan Anand :
1. He has won the World Chess Championship five times.
2. He is the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan award.
3. He is currently the No. 1 rating player on the FIDE Ratings.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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Option 1 states that all three statements (1, 2, and 3) are correct.

Statement 1 states that Viswanathan Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times. This statement is correct, as Anand has indeed won the world championship five times, with victories in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Statement 2 states that Viswanathan Anand is the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan award. This statement is also correct, as Anand was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award.

Statement 3 states that Viswanathan Anand is currently the No. 1 rated player on the FIDE Ratings. This statement is incorrect, as Anand is not currently the No. 1 rated player. As of September 2021, Magnus Carlsen from Norway holds the No. 1 position in the FIDE Ratings.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2, which states that only statements 1 and 2 are correct.

Alert - correct answer should be option 4: 1 and 3 only.