Vithya Ramraj won a bronze medal for India at the Asian Games in which event?
- A.Women's 5000m
- B.Women's 800m
- C.Women's 400m hurdles
- D.Women's high jump
Correct answer
C. Women's 400m hurdles
Explanation
The correct answer is the women's 400m hurdles. Vithya Ramraj finished third in that race and won the bronze medal, and the Prime Minister called it a great run while wishing her continued success. Option A, the women's 5000m, is wrong because that bronze was won on the same day by Parul Chaudhary, a distance runner whose result was described as inspiring for young athletes. Option B, the women's 800m, is wrong because no medal in that race figures among the six Indian athletics medals reported for the day. Option D, the women's high jump, is wrong for the same reason; the only jumping medal of the day came in the men's long jump, through Murali Sreeshankar. Candidates should note the difference between the flat 400m and the 400m hurdles, since examiners often swap the two in the options.
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Practice Questions
Which Indian athlete won the silver medal in the men's 1500m at the Asian Games, setting a personal best in the process?
- A.Murali Sreeshankar
- B.Gulveer Singh
- C.Rohit Yadav
- D.Yashvir Singh
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Correct answer: B. Gulveer Singh
Explanation
The correct answer is Gulveer Singh. He finished second in the men's 1500m at the Asian Games and collected the silver medal, and the timing he ran was his own personal best. The Prime Minister, while congratulating him, said the achievement became more special because of that personal best and that India was proud of him. Option A, Murali Sreeshankar, is wrong because he is a long jumper and his medal on the same day came from the men's long jump, not from a track race. Option C, Rohit Yadav, is wrong because he won the bronze medal in the javelin throw, a field event. Option D, Yashvir Singh, is wrong because he too competed in the javelin throw, where he won the silver medal with a personal best throw. Only one of the four names in the list is a middle-distance runner, and that is Gulveer Singh.
In which event did India win both the silver and the bronze medal on the same day at the Asian Games?
- A.Javelin throw
- B.Men's long jump
- C.Women's 5000m
- D.Men's 1500m
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Correct answer: A. Javelin throw
Explanation
The correct answer is the javelin throw. Two Indian throwers shared the same podium in that final: Yashvir Singh took the silver medal with a personal best throw and Rohit Yadav took the bronze. The Prime Minister described the double as a very good result both for the two athletes and for Indian athletics. Option B, the men's long jump, is wrong because India's medal there came through Murali Sreeshankar alone. Option C, the women's 5000m, is wrong because Parul Chaudhary was the lone Indian medallist in that race, with a bronze. Option D, the men's 1500m, is wrong because only Gulveer Singh medalled there, taking the silver. The javelin final is therefore the one event of the day that gave India two places on the podium at once.
Which pair of medals did India win on 28 September at the Asian Games 2026, as noted above?
- A.A gold in shooting and a silver in kurash
- B.A silver in shooting and a bronze in kurash
- C.A bronze in shooting and a silver in kurash
- D.A silver in shooting and a gold in kurash
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Correct answer: B. A silver in shooting and a bronze in kurash
Explanation
The correct answer is a silver in shooting and a bronze in kurash. Esha Singh took the silver in the women's 25m pistol individual event, while Pinkcy Balhara took the bronze in the women's 78kg kurash event, and both results came on the same day at the Asian Games 2026. Option A is wrong because the shooting medal was a silver and not a gold, and the kurash medal was a bronze. Option C reverses the colours of the two medals, placing the bronze in shooting and the silver in kurash. Option D wrongly upgrades the kurash medal to gold. This kind of question tests whether a candidate has kept the medal colour attached to the right sport, which is why the athlete, the sport and the colour are best revised together rather than separately.
Pinkcy Balhara won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in which sport?
- A.Judo
- B.Wrestling
- C.Kurash
- D.Wushu
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Correct answer: C. Kurash
Explanation
The correct answer is kurash. Pinkcy Balhara secured the bronze medal in the women's 78kg class of this sport at the Asian Games, and the Prime Minister said she had displayed tremendous grit and resolve throughout the competition, wishing that she would continue to scale new heights. Options A, B and D name other combat sports that also appear at major multi-sport events, but the medal in question was won in kurash, which is a grappling sport carried on the Asian Games programme. Candidates often confuse these disciplines because the weight classes look similar, so the name of the sport should be memorised along with the weight category of 78kg and the colour of the medal. On the same day India also took a silver in shooting through Esha Singh in the women's 25m pistol individual event.
Esha Singh won the silver medal at the Asian Games 2026 in which event?
- A.Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual
- B.Women's 25m Pistol Individual
- C.Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- D.Women's Trap Individual
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Correct answer: B. Women's 25m Pistol Individual
Explanation
The correct answer is the women's 25m pistol individual event. Esha Singh finished with the silver medal in this competition at the Asian Games 2026, and the Prime Minister congratulated her the same day, saying that she had put up a great score and had shown immense precision and composure on the range. Option A names the air pistol discipline, which is a separate event in the shooting programme and not the one in which this medal was won. Option C refers to a rifle event, and rifle and pistol are distinct branches of the sport with their own medals. Option D names a shotgun event, which is different again. For examinations the safe habit is to store the athlete, the medal colour and the exact discipline as one unit, because a question will usually change only one of the three to create a wrong option.