The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in which city?
- A.Manila
- B.Tokyo
- C.New Delhi
- D.Bangkok
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The correct answer is C, New Delhi. 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. Jawaharlal Nehru declared them open.
Option A, Manila, hosted the second edition in 1954, which makes it the most tempting wrong answer in this set. Option B, Tokyo, hosted the third edition in 1958 and later became the first Asian city to host the Olympic Games. Option D, Bangkok, came in only in 1966 but then hosted more often than any other city. Candidates lose this mark by remembering that Delhi hosted an Asiad and then attaching the memory to 1982, which was the second Indian edition. Keep both Delhi years, 1951 and 1982, in mind together.
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Practice Questions
View allWhat 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.
Read the full explanation →The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in which city?
- A.London
- B.Sydney
- C.Cardiff
- D.Hamilton
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The first edition was held there in 1930 under the name British Empire Games, organised by Melville Marks Robinson, and it grew out of a proposal made as far back as 1891 by John Astley Cooper for a festival of the nations of the Empire.
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