2786. Who did The Rock beat to win his first WWE Title?

A. Triple H
B. Stone Cold Steve Austin
C. Mankind
D. Bret Hart
✅ The correct answer is option C.
This happened at the 1998 edition of “Survivor Series”. They had a tournament to determine the WWE Champion. Mankind and The Rock made it to the finals. The Rock won after using a Sharpshooter. Mankind didn’t quit but Vince McMahon called for the bell. This was in reference to what he did to Bret Hart the previous year.

2789. Which of the following persons was awarded the first Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award?

A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Vishwanathan Anand
C. Geet Sethi
D. Sunil Gavaskar
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Instituted in 1991-92, the award was given for the performance by a sportsperson in a year. The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991-92.

2790. Who was the first Indian to win the 52th Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Cuba ?

A. Pentala Harikrishna
B. Krishnan Sasikiran
C. Adhiban Baskaran
D. K Srikanth
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran earned 6.5 points from 10 rounds to become the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Varadero, Cuba.