India won the gold medal in football at the Asian Games in 1951 and in which other year?
- A.1958
- B.1962
- C.1966
- D.1970
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 1962. India won the Asian Games football gold medal twice, first at the inaugural Games in New Delhi in 1951 and again at Jakarta in 1962, where the team beat South Korea in the final. Those two titles, together with the fourth place at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, mark the golden age of Indian football under the coach Syed Abdul Rahim.
Option A, 1958, was the year of the Tokyo Asian Games, at which India did not take the football gold. Option C, 1966, refers to the Bangkok Asian Games and is also the year England won the World Cup, which makes it a tempting but wrong choice. Option D, 1970, was the year of the Bangkok Asian Games at which India won the bronze medal in football, a good result but not the gold.
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