In which year did kabaddi become a full medal sport at the Asian Games?

The correct answer is C, 7. A kabaddi side fields seven players at a time and keeps five substitutes, so the squad named for a match is twelve. The seven on the mat take turns as raider while the rest defend as antis, and when all seven of a side are put out the opponents earn two bonus points, a result called a lona. A is wrong because five is the number of substitutes in the squad, not the number on court, and five is also the playing number in basketball. B is wrong because six is the playing number in volleyball and has no place in kabaddi. D is wrong because nine is the number of players a kho-kho team puts on the field, and since kabaddi and kho-kho are taught together the examiner places the two numbers in the same set of options very often. Remember the pair as seven for kabaddi and nine for kho-kho.

The correct answer is B, Bangladesh. Kabaddi, known there as ha-du-du, was declared the national game of Bangladesh after the country's independence, and it is the single most asked fact about the sport in competitive papers. India, despite dominating the game and giving it the Pro Kabaddi League, has no officially declared national game at all, a point examiners also like to test. A is wrong because the national sport of Nepal is volleyball, which replaced dandi biyo. C is wrong because volleyball is also the national sport of Sri Lanka, although cricket is by far the more popular game there. D is wrong because the national sport of Bhutan is archery, which is reflected in its village festivals and in its Olympic entries. Keeping these four South Asian national sports together makes a reliable one-mark answer.

The correct answer is A, Lona. When a team succeeds in putting all seven players of the opposing side out, the whole opposing team is revived and the scoring team is awarded two extra points; this achievement is called a lona, sometimes spelt lona or lobh in older rule books. B is wrong because a super raid is a single raid in which the raider collects three or more points, which is impressive but is not the all-out bonus. C is wrong because a bonus point is the single point a raider earns by touching the bonus line with one foot grounded behind it when the required number of defenders is on the mat. D is wrong because a do-or-die raid is the third consecutive raid by a team after two empty raids, in which the raider must score or be declared out; it describes a situation, not a scoring bonus.

The correct answer is B, 30 seconds. A raider gets thirty seconds from the moment of entering the opposing half, and the raid must end with a return across the mid line within that time, or the raider is declared out. The limit was introduced to keep play fast and to stop raiders from loitering, and the clock is shown to the players and the crowd during professional matches. A is wrong because twenty seconds is too short and corresponds to no rule in the game, though the number is tempting because a men's half lasts twenty minutes. C is wrong because forty-five seconds exceeds the limit and no raid may run that long. D is wrong because sixty seconds would make breath control meaningless, which is the central skill of the sport, since the raider has to keep chanting the cant in one breath for the whole raid.

The correct answer is B, Maharashtra. Kabaddi carries a different local name in almost every region of the subcontinent, and in Maharashtra the game has long been called hu-tu-tu, after the sound of the raider's chant. A is wrong because in Tamil Nadu the game is called sadugudu, and Tamil Nadu is in fact where many trace the oldest form of the sport. C is wrong because in Andhra Pradesh and the Telugu speaking region it is called chedugudu. D is wrong because Punjab is associated not with a separate name but with a separate style, the circle style kabaddi played on a round field with rules different from the standard or national style; the Punjab form has its own world cup. The fourth name worth learning is ha-du-du, used in Bangladesh and in eastern India.