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Baby Sahana Ravi’s bronze at the Asian Para Games was significant because it was India’s first medal in which category?

  1. A.The wheelchair category
  2. B.The standing category
  3. C.The mixed doubles category
  4. D.The team category

Correct answer

B. The standing category

Explanation

The correct answer is the standing category. Baby Sahana Ravi won bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 9 event and in doing so recorded India’s first-ever medal in the standing category at the Asian Para Games. The achievement was made more remarkable by the fact that it came on her debut at the Games. The Prime Minister said she had created history, that it was a moment of immense pride and that it would encourage more young athletes to dream big. Option A names the other broad grouping in para table tennis, where Indian players had already won medals, so it is not a first. Option C and option D shift the result from an individual singles event into doubles and team competition respectively, neither of which was the event she played. The pairing to remember is Baby Sahana Ravi, Women’s Singles Class 9, standing category, first for India.

Read the full article: Prachi Pandey, Sahana Ravi Make Para Table Tennis History

Practice Questions

Q1.SportsMedium

Prachi Pandey became the first Indian to win a medal in which event at the Asian Para Games?

  1. A.Women’s Singles Class 6
  2. B.Women’s Singles Class 9
  3. C.Women’s Singles Class 3
  4. D.Women’s Doubles Class 6
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Correct answer: A. Women’s Singles Class 6

Prachi Pandey took bronze there on 20 October 2026 and became the first Indian ever to win a medal in that class at the Asian Para Games, which is why the Prime Minister described it as a historic first for Indian para table tennis and a pathbreaking achievement.

Q2.SportsEasy

What was common to the para table tennis bronze medals won by Prachi Pandey and Baby Sahana Ravi on 20 October 2026?

  1. A.Both were won in the same event
  2. B.Both were won on the athletes’ debut appearance at the Games
  3. C.Both athletes had won gold at the previous edition
  4. D.Both medals were won in doubles competition
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Correct answer: B. Both were won on the athletes’ debut appearance at the Games

Prachi Pandey’s bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 6 event and Baby Sahana Ravi’s bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 9 event both came the first time each of them competed at the Asian Para Games, and each medal was also a first of its kind for India, one in…

Q4.SportsMedium

Hokato Hotozhe Sema won his bronze medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 in which event?

  1. A.Men’s Discus Throw F51/52/53
  2. B.Men’s Javelin Throw F53/54
  3. C.Men’s Shot Put F56/F57
  4. D.Men’s Shot Put F11
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Correct answer: C. Men’s Shot Put F56/F57

Hokato Hotozhe Sema took the bronze there on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister noted that the throw improved on what he had produced at the previous edition of the Games, calling it a sign of passion and dedication.