Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey player known as the wizard, was born in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Allahabad, now Prayagraj
- B.Varanasi
- C.Meerut
- D.Barabanki
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Allahabad, now Prayagraj. Dhyan Chand was born there on 29 August 1905, joined the army and rose to the rank of Major, and became the centre forward of the Indian teams that won three successive Olympic hockey gold medals. Option B is wrong but belongs to the same tradition, because Varanasi is the city of Mohammed Shahid, the dribbler who was part of the team that won the Olympic gold at Moscow in 1980. Option C is wrong because Meerut is associated with cricketers such as Praveen Kumar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and with the sports university named after Dhyan Chand, not with his birth. Option D is wrong because Barabanki is the district of K. D. Singh Babu, the Olympic gold medallist of 1948 and 1952 after whom the Lucknow stadium is named. All four are hockey or sports centres of the state, which is what makes the question a trap.
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Practice Questions
View allNational Sports Day is observed in India on which date?
- A.14 August
- B.29 August
- C.2 October
- D.7 April
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The day marks the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, who was born on 29 August 1905 in Uttar Pradesh, and the national sports awards are conferred by the President on this day every year.
Read the full explanation →The highest sporting honour of India, earlier called the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, was renamed in 2021 after whom?
- A.Major Dhyan Chand
- B.K. D. Singh Babu
- C.Milkha Singh
- D.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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In 2021 the award for the most outstanding sporting performance was renamed the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, so his name now attaches to two national honours, this one and the older Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement.
Read the full explanation →The Green Park cricket stadium, the oldest international cricket ground of Uttar Pradesh, is situated in
- A.Lucknow
- B.Kanpur
- C.Agra
- D.Noida
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Green Park stands on the bank of the Ganga at Kanpur and has staged Test cricket since 1952, which makes it the oldest international ground in the state and also the home ground of the state cricket association.
Read the full explanation →The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is located in which city?
- A.Kanpur
- B.Varanasi
- C.Lucknow
- D.Gorakhpur
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The Ekana stadium, named after Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, stands at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow and is the largest and newest cricket ground of the state, used for international matches and for league cricket.
Read the full explanation →The Buddh International Circuit, which hosted the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, is in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Ghaziabad
- B.Gautam Buddh Nagar
- C.Meerut
- D.Mathura
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The circuit was built at Greater Noida, which lies in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district next to Delhi, and it held the Indian Grand Prix in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the first of them won by Sebastian Vettel.
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