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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 58 of 200

Q58
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeSports
Who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games?
  1. a.Woodrow Wilson
  2. b.Pierre de Coubertin
  3. c.Spyridon Samaras
  4. d.Herbert Hoove

Answer: (B) Pierre de Coubertin

French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894 and revived the Games at Athens in 1896. Spyridon Samaras composed the Olympic Hymn, and Wilson and Hoover were US Presidents.