Asian Games: Tejaswin Shankar and Parul Chaudhary Win Bronze

The correct answer is Men's Decathlon. Tejaswin Shankar finished third in the men's decathlon at the Asian Games and took the bronze medal, and the achievement was praised because the decathlon spreads demanding events across two days and asks for versatility, endurance and resolve together. Option A, the heptathlon, is a different combined event and is not the one in which this medal was won. Option C, the pentathlon, is likewise a different combined event with fewer disciplines. Option D, the marathon, is a single long-distance road race and has nothing to do with a combined event. Aspirants should remember the athlete with the decathlon and with the colour bronze, because a question may keep the name and change only the event.

The correct answer is the Women's 3000m Steeplechase. Parul Chaudhary finished third in that race at the Asian Games and, on her way to the podium, clocked her personal best, which is the detail that made her bronze stand out. Options A, B and D name flat distance races on the track, and while they are all genuine athletics events, none of them is the race in which this particular bronze was won. The steeplechase differs from those flat races because it is run over barriers and a water jump. The Prime Minister called the performance brilliant and said her dedication and perseverance had made the country proud, so the event, the colour of the medal and the personal best should be revised together.

The correct answer is two days. The bronze medal of Tejaswin Shankar was praised on the ground that competing across such demanding events over two days calls for exceptional versatility, endurance and resolve, and he showed all three while finishing his campaign strongly. Option A, one day, is wrong because a single day would not accommodate the spread of disciplines that makes the decathlon the test it is. Options C and D, three and four days, stretch the schedule beyond what was described. The two-day format is worth remembering because it explains why a decathlon medal is treated as a test of all-round ability rather than of a single skill, and examiners like to ask about the format alongside the medal.