In which city will the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026 be held?

The correct answer is Mallakhamb, Yogasana and Kalaripayattu, the three disciplines India will present. Mallakhamb is a gymnastic form performed on a wooden pole or a hanging rope, Yogasana has been shaped into a competitive sport in India in recent years, and Kalaripayattu is a martial art associated with Kerala. Option A is wrong because Sambo and Gorodki are the Russian entries and Wushu is a Chinese one, Gorodki being brought by Belarus as well. Option C is wrong because Capoeira comes from Brazil while Tinku and Rayuela are among the practices listed for Bolivia. Option D is wrong because Asyk Atu and Togyzkumalak belong to Kazakhstan and Al Tabbah is the entry of the United Arab Emirates. Matching a traditional game to its country is a favourite pattern in examinations, so it is worth memorising at least the Indian, Russian, Chinese and Brazilian entries.

The correct answer is option A. The Games have deliberately been designed as a non-competitive platform: the purpose is to demonstrate traditional and indigenous sporting practices, to document them, and to let practitioners from different countries exchange knowledge, with emphasis on the cultural meaning of each game. Option B is wrong because no medals at all are part of this format, whether in team events or individual ones. Option C is wrong; no age restriction of that kind has been laid down, and the delegations are made up of practitioners of the traditional forms rather than of an age-group squad. Option D is wrong on an important point: delegations are coming from BRICS member countries and from partner countries alike, which is why the list of participants includes Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates besides the founding members. Bilateral meetings with the visiting delegations are also planned on the sidelines.

The correct answer is New Delhi, 1951. The inaugural Asian Games were staged at the National Stadium in New Delhi in March 1951 and were declared open by President Rajendra Prasad. Eleven nations sent 489 athletes to compete in six sports, and India finished second in that medal table behind Japan. Option D is wrong on the year: 1947 is when a conference of Asian countries in New Delhi first took up the suggestion for such a competition and settled on the name Asian Games, but no Games were held that year. Option C, Tokyo in 1958, was a later edition and Japan's first turn as host. Option B, Manila in 1954, is not the first edition either. The idea itself came from Professor G. D. Sondhi, India's member on the International Olympic Committee.

The correct answer is Imagine One Asia. This was the official slogan adopted for the 20th Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya, a meet organised by the Olympic Council of Asia with forty-five countries and regions taking part. The mascot of the same edition was HONOHON, a name traced to a Japanese word connected with flame, and its design drew on the Shachihoko of Nagoya Castle. Options A, C and D are invented or borrowed slogans and none of them was used for this edition, so each is wrong. Questions on multi-sport events very often ask for the slogan, the mascot, the emblem and the host city together, so these four should be memorised as one set for the 2026 edition.

The correct answer is Aichi-Nagoya. The 20th Asian Games were held in this Japanese host region from 19 September to 4 October 2026, and the city will also stage the 5th Asian Para Games from 18 to 24 October 2026. Option D, Tokyo, hosted an earlier edition of the Asian Games in 1958 and is therefore a plausible but wrong choice. Option B, Hiroshima, was Japan's second host city, in 1994, which makes Aichi-Nagoya the third Japanese venue for the event. Option A, Hangzhou, is where the Asian Para Games were held in 2022, when India gathered 111 medals including 29 gold, but it was not the host of the 20th Asian Games. Candidates should link each edition to its own city and year.