The Asian Games 2026, at which India won its first gold in women's cricket, are being hosted in which country?

The correct answer is Women's cricket team. On 22 September 2026 India's women won the cricket gold at the Asian Games, and the Prime Minister noted that it was the country's first gold of this edition of the Games. He praised a commanding performance marked by confidence, skill and wonderful teamwork, and said the team would inspire countless young cricketers.

The other options are all Indian teams that have won Asian Games medals in the past, which is what makes them plausible. Men's hockey and women's kabaddi are traditional medal sports for India, and the men's cricket team also competes at the Games, but none of them provided the first gold this time. Until this win, India's medals at the 2026 Games had been silver and bronze in men's 10m air rifle shooting on 21 September.

The correct answer is Mixed martial arts. Suchika Tariyal won bronze in mixed martial arts at the Asian Games 2026, and the Prime Minister described it as a historic achievement because it is India's first-ever Asian Games medal in that field. He highlighted her dedication and zeal and wished her many more successes.

The other three are combat sports in which India has won Asian Games medals before, which is why they are tempting: wushu has been a steady source of bronze medals for India, and judo and taekwondo have had Indian medallists in earlier editions. Mixed martial arts, which combines striking and grappling, is the newer discipline at the Games, and Tariyal's bronze opens the account for India. Examiners like "first-ever" facts, so pair her name with the sport.

The correct answer is the women's skeet team event. The Prime Minister congratulated the three shooters on the bronze medal and said their focus, precision and teamwork had brought another proud moment for Indian sport. Skeet is a shotgun discipline in which clay targets are flung across the range and the team result is arrived at by combining the members' scores. Option A, women's archery team, is wrong because all three are shooters and no archery result was announced in this message. Option B, women's trap team, names a different shotgun event; trap and skeet are separate disciplines and the medal here was specifically in skeet. Option D, women's air rifle team, belongs to the rifle group of shooting events and not to the shotgun group, so it does not fit this result either.

The correct answer is Jay Meena. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual event in soft tennis and thereby became the first Indian ever to win an Asian Games medal in that sport. The Prime Minister described the result as a historic achievement for Indian soft tennis, said it marks a memorable new chapter for the game in India, and expressed the hope that it would inspire more youngsters to take up the sport. Option B, Mirabai Chanu, is wrong because she is a weightlifter and was congratulated the same day for a silver medal in the women's 49 kg event, not for anything in soft tennis. Option C, Raiza Dhillon, and option D, Maheshwari Chauhan, are wrong because both are shooters who were part of the women's skeet team that won a bronze medal, along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal.

The correct answer is the women's 49 kg weightlifting event. The Prime Minister congratulated Mirabai Chanu on winning the silver medal in that category, saying her determination and consistency continue to inspire the nation and that India is proud of her. The weight class is the detail an examiner will test, so it should be memorised along with the colour of the medal. Option A, 45 kg, and option C, 55 kg, are other weight categories in the sport but are not the one in which she competed here. Option D, women's skeet individual, belongs to shooting and not to weightlifting; on the same day a women's skeet team bronze went to Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon, which is a separate result and a team event rather than an individual one.