The Commonwealth Games are popularly known by which name?
- A.The Friendly Games
- B.The Asiad
- C.The Summer Games
- D.The Continental Games
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Friendly Games. The nickname records the spirit in which the meet was set up, a gathering of nations bound by a shared history rather than a contest of blocs, and it fits the Federation motto, Humanity, Equality, Destiny.
Option B, the Asiad, is the popular short name of the Asian Games, and it is the swap most commonly tested in this chapter. Option C, the Summer Games, refers to the summer edition of the Olympic Games as distinct from the Winter Olympics. Option D, the Continental Games, is not the name of any single event; several continents run their own regional games. In one line for revision: the Asian Games are the Asiad and the Commonwealth Games are the Friendly Games, with mottoes Ever Onward and Humanity, Equality, Destiny in the same order.
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Practice Questions
View allThe first Asian Games were held in 1951 in which city?
- A.Manila
- B.Tokyo
- C.New Delhi
- D.Bangkok
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The first Asian Games were held at the National Stadium in New Delhi in March 1951, two years after the Asian Games Federation was formed in the same city, and eleven nations took part.
Read the full explanation →What is the motto of the Asian Games?
- A.Ever Onward
- B.Faster, Higher, Stronger
- C.Humanity, Equality, Destiny
- D.Come Out and Play
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The motto was adopted with the first Asian Games of 1951 at New Delhi and it goes with the emblem of a bright rising sun ringed by interlocking circles, which stands for the new energy of the Asian nations after the Second World War.
Read the full explanation →Who is credited with proposing the idea of the Asian Games?
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Guru Dutt Sondhi
- C.Pierre de Coubertin
- D.Melville Marks Robinson
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His idea led to the formation of the Asian Games Federation at New Delhi in 1949 and to the first Games there in 1951.
Read the full explanation →What was the mascot of the 1982 Asian Games held at New Delhi?
- A.Shera, a tiger
- B.Appu, an elephant
- C.Bhola, a bear
- D.Chikoo, a monkey
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The ninth Asian Games at New Delhi in 1982 were the first Games organised under the newly formed Olympic Council of Asia, and their elephant mascot became one of the best remembered images in Indian sport.
Read the full explanation →Which body has organised the Asian Games since 1982?
- A.Asian Games Federation
- B.International Olympic Committee
- C.Olympic Council of Asia
- D.Commonwealth Games Federation
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It was set up in 1982 with its headquarters at Kuwait City and took over the running of the Asian Games from that year, which is why the 1982 Delhi Asiad is described as the first Games held under the new body.
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