What is the highest sports award given by the Government of Haryana?
- A.Arjuna Award
- B.Bhim Award
- C.Eklavya Award
- D.Vikram Award
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Bhim Award. It is the highest sporting honour conferred by the Government of Haryana on outstanding sportspersons of the state, and it sits alongside the cash awards and the reservation of government posts that make up the sports policy of Haryana.
Option A, the Arjuna Award, is a national award given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for consistently outstanding performance over several years, not a state award; above it stands the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of the country. Option D, the Vikram Award, is the senior state sports award of Madhya Pradesh, and option C, the Eklavya Award, is the award of the same state for junior sportspersons. Candidates lose this mark by mixing state awards with national ones, so keep three columns in your notes: the national awards, the Haryana award, and the awards of other states.
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Practice Questions
View allNeeraj Chopra, who won India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics, belongs to which district of Haryana?
- A.Panipat
- B.Sonipat
- C.Rohtak
- D.Bhiwani
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Neeraj Chopra comes from Khandra village in Panipat district and won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic gold for India in a track and field event; he later added an Olympic silver at Paris and a world championship title in the same…
Read the full explanation →Which boxer from Haryana won India's first Olympic medal in boxing?
- A.Akhil Kumar
- B.Vijender Singh
- C.Amit Panghal
- D.Jitender Kumar
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He won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal won by an Indian boxer, and he came from the Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani district.
Read the full explanation →Which city of Haryana is known as the little Cuba of Indian boxing?
- A.Bhiwani
- B.Hisar
- C.Karnal
- D.Rewari
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The town is called the little Cuba or mini Cuba of India because of the Bhiwani Boxing Club, where a stream of boxers trained under the coach Jagdish Singh and from which several reached the Beijing Olympics of 2008, including the bronze medallist Vijender Singh.
Read the full explanation →At which Olympic Games did Sakshi Malik of Haryana win her wrestling bronze medal?
- A.Beijing 2008
- B.London 2012
- C.Rio de Janeiro 2016
- D.Tokyo 2020
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Sakshi Malik, from Mokhra village in Rohtak district, won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal; hers was also the first medal India won at those Games.
Read the full explanation →Which wrestler from Haryana won the silver medal in the 57 kg freestyle event at the Tokyo Olympics?
- A.Bajrang Punia
- B.Ravi Kumar Dahiya
- C.Yogeshwar Dutt
- D.Aman Sehrawat
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He comes from Nahri village in Sonipat district and won the silver medal in the 57 kg freestyle class at the Tokyo Olympics, losing only the final; his silver was the better of the two wrestling medals India won at those Games.
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