What is the maximum score an archer can make in a 72 arrow ranking round?

The correct answer is A, World Archery Federation. It was founded in 1931 as the Federation Internationale de Tir a l'Arc, known by the short form FITA, and adopted the name World Archery in 2011. Its headquarters are at Lausanne in Switzerland, and it frames the rulebook that fixes distances, target sizes and match formats for target archery.

Option B is wrong because the International Shooting Sport Federation governs rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting, a different sport with its own ranges and targets. Option C is wrong because United World Wrestling is the world body for freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Option D is wrong because the International Weightlifting Federation runs the snatch and the clean and jerk. Candidates lose this mark by pairing archery with the shooting federation, since both sports aim at a target; the two are separate bodies and archery answers only to World Archery.

The correct answer is C, 1972. Archery was part of the 1900 Paris Olympics and a few Games after it, but disappeared from the programme after 1920 because the rules varied from country to country. Once FITA standardised the rounds, the sport returned at the Munich Games of 1972, and it has been shot at every Summer Olympics since, with the recurve bow alone.

Option A is wrong because the 1964 Tokyo Games had no archery event. Option B is wrong because the 1968 Mexico City Games also had none, though archery was demonstrated in earlier years. Option D is wrong because 1976 Montreal was the second Games after the sport returned, not the first. The three dates worth memorising in order are 1900 for the debut, 1920 for the last Games before the break and 1972 for the reinstatement.

The correct answer is C, 70 metres. All Olympic recurve events, individual, team and mixed team, are shot at 70 metres at a target face of 122 centimetres. The ranking round of 72 arrows is also shot from this distance, so the whole competition uses one distance and one face, which is what makes the television picture uniform.

Option A is wrong because 50 metres is the compound distance, shot at a smaller 80 centimetre face. Option B is wrong because 60 metres belongs to certain cadet and para categories, not the Olympic recurve event. Option D is wrong because 90 metres was part of the old FITA round shot by men before the single distance format was adopted, which is why it still appears as a distractor. Remember the pair 70 and 122 for recurve and 50 and 80 for compound.

The correct answer is C, 122 cm. The full target face used at 70 metres measures 122 centimetres across and carries ten concentric scoring rings, the innermost worth 10 points and the outermost worth 1. The two innermost gold rings together are called the gold, and the small circle at the centre is the X ring, used to separate archers on equal scores.

Option A is wrong because the 80 centimetre face is the compound face used at 50 metres. Option B is wrong because 100 centimetres is not a standard target size in target archery at all. Option D is wrong because no World Archery round uses a 140 centimetre face; the largest standard face is the 122 centimetre one. An easy way to hold this is that the bigger face goes with the longer distance, so 122 centimetres pairs with 70 metres.

The correct answer is B, 50 metres. The compound bow uses cams and cables that hold most of the draw weight for the archer, a magnifying scope and a mechanical release aid, so scores are far higher than with a recurve. To keep the sport testing, the compound round is shot at 50 metres at the smaller 80 centimetre face, and only the inner rings are used for scoring in some formats.

Option A is wrong because 30 metres belongs to indoor and youth rounds. Option C is wrong because 70 metres is the recurve Olympic distance, the pairing candidates most often confuse. Option D is wrong because 90 metres was part of the discontinued long FITA round for recurve men. Since Indian archers win most of their continental gold in compound events, examiners like asking this distance in current affairs based questions about Asian Games medals.