Read the statements carefully & choose the correct option: Statement: i Six colours of the Olympic flag are those that appear on all the national flags of the world. Statement: ii Interlaced rings on Olympic flag are from right to left; blue, yellow, black, green and red. Statement: iii The Olympic rings were publicly presented for the first time in 1913.

Q: Read the statements carefully & choose the correct option: Statement: i Six colours of the Olympic flag are those that appear on all the national flags of the world. Statement: ii Interlaced rings on Olympic flag are from right to left; blue, yellow, black, green and red. Statement: iii The Olympic rings were publicly presented for the first time in 1913.

Read the statements carefully & choose the correct option: Statement: i Six colours of the Olympic flag are those that appear on all the national flags of the world. Statement: ii Interlaced rings on Olympic flag are from right to left; blue, yellow, black, green and red. Statement: iii The Olympic rings were publicly presented for the first time in 1913.

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The correct option is (1):
Statement i & iii are correct but ii is incorrect

The correct option is (1): Statement i and Statement iii accurately reflect key facts about the Olympic flag, while Statement ii contains factual errors regarding the rings' arrangement and color sequence. Statement i is correct because the six colors of the flag—the white background and the five rings (blue, yellow, black, green, red)—were specifically chosen by Baron Pierre de Coubertin so that at least one of these colors appeared on the national flag of every country in the world at the time of its creation. This six-color combination was meant to symbolize the inclusion and unity of all nations participating in the Games. Statement iii is also correct, as the design of the five interlaced rings was formally presented to the public by Coubertin in the August 1913 edition of the *Revue Olympique*, a significant step in establishing the enduring visual identity of the modern Olympic Movement, even though the flag was first officially raised later.

The incorrect option is (2): This option incorrectly claims that Statement ii is correct and Statement iii is incorrect. Statement iii, regarding the 1913 public presentation of the rings, is historically correct, which makes this option false. Furthermore, Statement ii is incorrect because the rings are not arranged in a single linear sequence from right to left. The globally recognized arrangement is three rings on the top row (blue, black, red) and two rings on the bottom row (yellow, green), and the color sequence listed in the statement is not the correct order.

The incorrect option is (3): This option is false because Statement ii is factually incorrect. The arrangement of the Olympic rings is highly specific and symbolic, featuring five interlaced rings arranged in a structure of three over two. The colors are Blue (top left), Yellow (bottom left), Black (top middle), Green (bottom right), and Red (top right). The statement's claim of a simple "right to left" sequence of "blue, yellow, black, green and red" does not align with the established physical design of the Olympic flag.

The incorrect option is (4): This option is incorrect because it falsely states that Statement iii is wrong. The design of the Olympic symbol was indeed presented for the first time in 1913; this fact is a fundamental piece of Olympic history regarding the symbol's origin. The rings were designed and introduced by Coubertin that year to represent the five inhabited continents united by the Games. While the flag was not hoisted until the 1920 Antwerp Games, the public presentation of the symbol itself predates this.