94th Fit India Sundays on Cycle to Be Held in Varanasi

The correct answer is Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat. The 94th edition of the ride, held in Varanasi, was built around this theme, which joins the weekly fitness drive to the effort to keep young people away from substance abuse and sets both in the frame of a developed India. Option A, Fit Youth Fit India, is wrong; it echoes the name of the wider Fit India movement but is not the theme announced for this edition. Option C, Cycle for Clean Air, is wrong, and although cycling does reduce vehicular pollution, air quality was not the theme here. Option D, Khelo India Badho India, is wrong; Khelo India is a separate scheme of the same ministry for sporting talent, and the ride is held at Khelo India State Centres of Excellence and Khelo India Centres among other places, which is probably what makes the option tempting. The theme is the detail most often asked about such campaigns, so it should be learnt word for word along with the edition number.

The correct answer is Varanasi. The ride went from Namo Ghat to the Diksha Mandap of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and both of those landmarks are in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh; the start was at 6 in the morning. Option A, Prayagraj, is wrong; it too is a riverside city of Uttar Pradesh with well-known ghats and so is a reasonable-looking guess, but it was not the host. Option C, Haridwar, is wrong; its ghats lie on the Ganga in Uttarakhand, and no part of this edition was held there. Option D, Patna, is wrong as well. The surest way to hold the answer is through the two named places: Namo Ghat and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, a Sanskrit university long associated with Varanasi, both point to the same city. Candidates should also note that the ride is held on the same day in every state and union territory, so the host city refers to the main event led by the minister.

The correct answer is Parul Chaudhary, who won two bronze medals at the Asian Games, one in the women's 3000m steeplechase and the other in the 5000m. Option A, Prachi Chaudhary, is wrong, and the similarity of the two names is exactly what such a question tests: she won a single bronze, in the women's 400m. Option C, Jay Kumar, is wrong because he won two medals of different colours rather than two bronzes, a silver in the mixed 4x400m relay and a bronze in the men's 4x400m relay. Option D, Raj Kumar Pal, is wrong because his medal was a gold, won as a member of the hockey team, and it was the only gold among the athletes taking part in the ride. A clean way to remember the group is by colour: one gold in hockey, one silver and one bronze in the relays, two bronzes on the track in distance events and one bronze in the sprint.

The correct answer is option A. The campaign is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Cycling Federation of India, which is the national federation for the sport, the Raahgiri Foundation, which works on reclaiming streets for walking and cycling, and MY Bharat, the ministry's youth platform. Option B is wrong; neither of the bodies named is listed as a partner for this drive. Option C is wrong; the National Anti-Doping Agency deals with doping control in competitive sport, a different function altogether, even though the edition in Varanasi carried a drug-free theme. Option D is wrong as a whole, but it is worth being careful here: the Sports Authority of India is connected with the ride in another way, since it is held at its Regional Centres, National Centres of Excellence and Training Centres, yet it is not named among the organising partners. More than 6,000 NAMO Fit India Clubs conduct the ride in their own areas every week.