SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 12 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 5 of 100

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Mary Kom’s most recent international gold medal was won at which tournament?

(a)Asian Games, Hangzhou
(b)President’s Cup, Indonesia
(c)Commonwealth Games, Birmingham
(d)Olympic Games, Tokyo

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Mary Kom's most recent international gold is the 51 kg title at the President's Cup in Indonesia.

Nothing later displaces it. Her 2019 World Championships medal in Ulan-Ude was a bronze and her 2021 Asian Championships medal in Dubai a silver. At the Tokyo Olympics she took no medal at all, losing to Colombia's Ingrit Valencia on a split decision → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Asian Games, Hangzhou — Her Asian Games gold came at Incheon 2014, the first by an Indian woman boxer. Hangzhou is not where she won it.
(c)
Commonwealth Games, Birmingham — Her Commonwealth Games gold came at Gold Coast 2018, again a first for an Indian woman boxer. Birmingham is the wrong edition.
(d)
Olympic Games, Tokyo — Tokyo brought no medal: she lost to Colombia's Ingrit Valencia. Her one Olympic medal is bronze at London 2012, in the 51 kg flyweight class.

Concept

M.C. Mary Kom of Manipur, nicknamed Magnificent Mary, is the only woman to win the World Championship six times, the last in New Delhi in 2018. She is also the only boxer, male or female, with eight World Championship medals.

She won gold at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, both firsts for an Indian woman boxer. She won Olympic bronze at London 2012.

The stem asks for her most recent gold, and the options tempt you towards the biggest stages. Her latest gold came at a smaller international tournament, not at any of them.

Key facts

Mary Kom won the 51 kg gold at the President's Cup in Indonesia.
She has won six World Championship titles, the last in New Delhi in 2018.
Her Olympic medal is bronze in the women's flyweight (51 kg) at London 2012.
She won gold at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

Study next

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Common traps

Choosing the most prestigious event instead of the most recent one.
Crediting her Commonwealth gold to Birmingham 2022 instead of Gold Coast 2018.

Here a sportsperson's record is tested by date rather than by title. Boxing also appears at 17 Sep 2024, 09:00, GA Q.8, which asks which Indian woman boxer won an International Boxing Association post in 2022 (keyed Lovlina Borgohain), with Mary Kom among the options.

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