SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 41

SSC MTS Previous Year - 02 August 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q41

Dibyendu Barua is associated with which of the following sport?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Chess.

  • He is an Indian chess grandmaster.
  • He is a three-time Indian Chess Champion.
  • He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1991 by FIDE, becoming the second Indian to achieve the title, after Viswanathan Anand.
  • In 1983, he won the Indian Chess Championship for the first time. He has since won it twice more, in 1998 and 2001.