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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vuppala Prraneeth from which state has become India’s 82nd Grandmaster?
A
Goa
B
Jharkhand
C
Telangana
D
Tripura
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Telangana’s Prraneeth Vuppala becomes 82nd Grandmaster of India. V. Prraneeth, a 15-year-old chess player from Telangana, achieved the title of Grandmaster, becoming the sixth from the state and the 82nd in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although chess is believed to originate from the Indian game of Chaturanga, the game rose to immense popularity when Viswanathan Anand won the first Grandmaster title for the country. India got its first Grandmaster title in 1988 and within three decades it produced 82 Grandmasters.

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