The Dhyan Chand Award, instituted in 2002, is given for:
- A.The best performance in a single season
- B.Lifetime achievement in sports
- C.Excellence in coaching
- D.Promotion of sport by an institution
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The correct answer is B, lifetime achievement in sports. The Dhyan Chand Award goes to a sportsperson who performed with distinction in the past and has continued to serve the game after retiring, whether by coaching, organising or promoting it. Option A is wrong because no national sports award of India is based on a single season; the Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Award both look at performance across four years. Option C is wrong because excellence in coaching is the province of the Dronacharya Award of 1985. Option D is wrong because an institution or a company that promotes sport is recognised by the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar of 2009. Note the trap created in 2021: after the renaming, the Khel Ratna also bears the name of Dhyan Chand, but the lifetime award is the plain Dhyan Chand Award.
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View allWhich is the highest sporting honour conferred by the Government of India?
- A.Arjuna Award
- B.Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- C.Dronacharya Award
- D.Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
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Instituted in 1991 and 1992 and renamed in August 2021, it is given for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over the four preceding years and stands at the top of the national sports awards.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna Award?
- A.Viswanathan Anand
- B.Leander Paes
- C.Kapil Dev
- D.Karnam Malleswari
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The correct answer is A, Viswanathan Anand, the chess grandmaster, who received the award in its very first year, 1991 and 1992, when it was still called the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Read the full explanation →The Dronacharya Award is given to:
- A.Sportspersons for lifetime achievement
- B.Coaches of sportspersons
- C.Corporate houses promoting sport
- D.Universities with the best sporting record
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Instituted in 1985 and named after the teacher of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, it honours coaches whose trainees have won medals and honours at international events, and it is given in a regular category and a lifetime category.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Arjuna Award instituted?
- A.1951
- B.1961
- C.1985
- D.1991
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The Arjuna Award is the oldest of the individual national sports awards and is given for consistently outstanding performance over four years, together with qualities of leadership, discipline and sportsmanship; the awardee receives a bronze statuette of Arjuna, a scroll and a cash prize.
Read the full explanation →National Sports Day, on which the sports awards are traditionally conferred, is observed on:
- A.29 August
- B.14 November
- C.23 January
- D.5 September
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The national sports awards are conferred by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan on this day.
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