Which city has hosted the Asian Games more times than any other?
- A.New Delhi
- B.Bangkok
- C.Tokyo
- D.Seoul
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bangkok. The Thai capital has staged the Asian Games on four occasions, more than any other city, and it twice stepped in at short notice when another host withdrew, which is how it built up that record.
Option A, New Delhi, has hosted twice, in 1951 and 1982, and is the answer to the separate question about the Indian editions, not to this one. Option C, Tokyo, hosted the Asian Games in 1958 and is better remembered as the first Asian city to host the Olympic Games. Option D, Seoul, hosted the 1986 Asian Games and then the 1988 Olympics, a pairing examiners like, but it is not the most frequent Asiad host. Read the stem carefully: the question asks for the most frequent host, not for an Indian or an Olympic connection.
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Practice Questions
View allThe first Asian Games were held in 1951 in which city?
- A.Manila
- B.Tokyo
- C.New Delhi
- D.Bangkok
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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.
Read the full explanation →What 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.
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