Fit India Sundays on Cycle 94th Edition Rides Through Varanasi

The correct answer is Varanasi. The 94th edition of the weekly cycling drive was held in Varanasi, where the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports led the ride. The morning opened at Namo Ghat with a meditation session and ended with a rally of about 5.5 km that ran from Namo Ghat to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, both of which are in the city. Option A, Lucknow, is wrong because the venue named for this edition is Varanasi and not the state capital. Option B, Prayagraj, is wrong for the same reason, as no part of the programme was held there. Option D, Kanpur, is wrong as well: the ghats and the Sanskrit university mentioned as the start and the finish of the rally are landmarks of Varanasi, which is where the minister addressed the cyclists and the pledge against drug use was taken.

The correct answer is Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat. The edition in Varanasi was built around that theme, which links physical fitness to the wider campaign for a drug-free generation. In keeping with it, the minister and the participants took the Nasha Mukt Bharat pledge before the ride, and the cycle rally carried the same message through the streets of the city. Option B is wrong because the campaign invoked at this event was the one against substance abuse, not the cleanliness mission. Option C is wrong because Khelo India is a separate sports development programme and was not the theme announced for this edition. Option D is wrong because the organisers framed the morning around rejecting narcotics and adopting healthy habits rather than around air quality, even though cycling itself is a clean form of transport.

The correct answer is Raj Kumar Pal, who won his gold medal as a member of the Indian men’s hockey team at the Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya. He was one of four medallists honoured at the cycling event in Varanasi. Option A, Prachi Chaudhary, is wrong because her medal at those Games was a bronze in the women’s quarter-mile event on the track. Option B, Parul Chaudhary, is wrong because she took two bronze medals rather than a gold, one in the women’s steeplechase and the other in the longer distance race. Option C, Jay Kumar, is wrong because his medals were a silver in the mixed relay and a bronze in the men’s relay, so neither of them was gold. Only the hockey player among the four stood on the top step of the podium.

The correct answer is Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. After addressing the gathering and administering the pledge against drug use, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports led the riders out of Namo Ghat and the rally finished at that university, covering a distance of roughly 5.5 km through the city. Option A, Banaras Hindu University, is wrong because the institution named as the end point of the rally was the Sanskrit university and not BHU. Option C, Dashashwamedh Ghat, is wrong because the ghat connected with the event was Namo Ghat, which is where the meditation session, the cultural performance and the start of the ride took place. Option D, Sarnath, is wrong because the route described for this edition stayed within the city streets and did not extend to that site.