UPSC Prelims 2002 · General Studies

Question 117: International Relations and Current Affairs

Who among the following won six gold medals in the 9th FINA-World Swimming Championship held in Fukuoka, Japan in the year 2001?

aGrant Hackett

bIan Thorpe

cMichael Phelps

dRoman Sloudnov

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Ian Thorpe of Australia won six gold medals at the 2001 World Aquatics (FINA) Championships in Fukuoka, a record haul at the time. The other names are distractors: Grant Hackett won distance titles but not six, Michael Phelps was a teenager who won no world title until 2003, and Roman Sloudnov was a breaststroker.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Hackett won distance golds but not six.
(b) Right: Ian Thorpe, six golds at Fukuoka.
(c) Phelps did not win a world title until 2003.
(d) Sloudnov was a breaststroker, not a six-time champion.

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