SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 14 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 5 of 95

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Who became India’s first Asian Games gold medallist by winning the 100m freestyle swimming event at New Delhi in 1951?

(a)Johnny Weissmuller
(b)Arjun Singh
(c)Mihir Sen
(d)Sachin Nag

Answer

Why

Correct — D. Sachin Nag won the men's 100 m freestyle at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.

That win was the first gold medal India ever won at the Asian Games, the exact fact the stem describes. The answer is option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Johnny Weissmuller — Johnny Weissmuller was an American swimmer with five Olympic golds, won in 1924 and 1928, who later played Tarzan on film. He never swam for India.
(b)
Arjun Singh — Arjun Singh is not the swimmer attached to this medal. The 1951 men's 100 m freestyle gold at New Delhi went to Sachin Nag.
(c)
Mihir Sen — Mihir Sen was a long-distance swimmer, famed for crossing the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 1958. He was not the 1951 Asian Games sprint champion.

Concept

The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951. Sachin Nag's win in the 100 m freestyle there gave India its first Asian Games gold medal.

Nag also went to the Olympics: he swam the 100 m freestyle in 1948 and played water polo for India in 1948 and 1952.

Key facts

India hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982, both in New Delhi.
Sachin Nag won the 100 m freestyle at the 1951 Asian Games, India's first Asian Games gold.
Mihir Sen swam the English Channel from Dover to Calais on 27 September 1958.
Johnny Weissmuller (USA) won five Olympic swimming golds: three in 1924 and two in 1928.

Study next

India at the 1951 and 1982 Asian Games in New DelhiIndian long-distance swimmers and the English ChannelSachin Nag's Olympic career: the 100 m freestyle in 1948, water polo in 1948 and 1952

Common traps

Picking Mihir Sen as the familiar name in Indian swimming. His feat was the English Channel in 1958, not a 1951 sprint.
Being drawn by Johnny Weissmuller, a genuine freestyle champion, but an American at the Olympics.

The 1951 Games also appear at 19 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q.21, which asks in which years India hosted the Asian Games (keyed 1951 and 1982).

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