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Which Indian team was congratulated by the Prime Minister for retaining its gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. A.The women's cricket team
  2. B.The men's cricket team
  3. C.The men's hockey team
  4. D.The men's kabaddi team

Correct answer

B. The men's cricket team

Explanation

The correct answer is the men's cricket team. The Prime Minister congratulated the Indian men's cricket side on retaining its gold medal at the Asian Games, called the result a joyous occasion for the nation and wished the players well for their future endeavours. Option A is wrong because the greeting was addressed to the men's team; cricket at the Games is played by women's teams as well, which is exactly why a paper setter offers the women's side as a distractor. Option C is wrong because hockey, although a sport in which India competes strongly at the Games, is not the sport named in this message. Option D is wrong for the same reason: kabaddi is another discipline in which India has a strong Asian Games record, but the medal referred to here belongs to cricket. The pairing to remember is the men's cricket team with a retained gold medal.

Read the full article: Indian Men's Cricket Team Retains Asian Games Gold Medal

Q1.SportsMedium

What was the nature of the Indian men's cricket team's Asian Games gold medal described in the Prime Minister's message?

  1. A.A maiden gold, won for the first time
  2. B.A bronze upgraded after a disqualification
  3. C.A title retained from a previous edition
  4. D.A shared gold after a tied final
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Correct answer: C. A title retained from a previous edition

Explanation

The correct answer is a title retained from a previous edition. The message spoke of the team retaining its title and of the gold coming to India yet again, which together make clear that the side was defending a medal it already owned rather than claiming one for the first time. Option A is wrong because a maiden win would be the opposite of a defence, and the wording rules that out. Option B is wrong because nothing was upgraded; the team finished on top of the podium on merit. Option D is wrong because the medal was India's own gold rather than a shared one, and no tied final is described. This distinction between a first and a defence is the single most testable detail in the story, so read the verbs in such news items carefully: won, retained and defended point to different answers.

Q2.SportsMedium

How did Prime Minister Narendra Modi describe the Indian men's cricket team's Asian Games result?

  1. A.A joyous occasion for the nation
  2. B.A turning point for Indian sport
  3. C.The finest hour of Indian cricket
  4. D.A reward for a decade of planning
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Correct answer: A. A joyous occasion for the nation

Explanation

The correct answer is a joyous occasion for the nation. That is the phrase used in the congratulatory message, which also carried best wishes to the team members for their future endeavours, while the Prime Minister's Office noted on X that the gold had come to India yet again. Options B, C and D are wrong because none of them was the description given; each sounds like the sort of phrase that appears in sporting tributes, which is what makes them usable as distractors, but a question on a quoted phrase has only one defensible answer. Candidates sometimes lose marks here by picking the grandest sounding option rather than the one actually used. When a question asks how an achievement was described, look for the exact words reported rather than a plausible paraphrase of them.

Q3.SportsEasy

How was Deepak Punia's achievement described in the Prime Minister's congratulatory message?

  1. A.As a new chapter in India's wrestling journey
  2. B.As India's first Olympic wrestling medal
  3. C.As a record in the lightest weight category
  4. D.As a team event victory
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Correct answer: A. As a new chapter in India's wrestling journey

Explanation

The correct answer is as a new chapter in India's wrestling journey. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the wrestler on the bronze won after a fiercely contested bout, said the achievement adds a new chapter to the country's wrestling journey and wished him continued success in the time to come. Option B is wrong because the medal in question was won at the Asian Games, a continental multi-sport event, and not at the Olympic Games; mixing up the two is a common error with wrestling results. Option C is wrong because the 97 kg class is one of the heavier men's categories, not the lightest, and no record in a light weight was being described. Option D is wrong because freestyle wrestling at these Games is an individual competition decided bout by bout, so there was no team result to celebrate. Candidates should link the exact wording of such messages to the fact being tested, namely the athlete, the weight class and the medal.

Q4.SportsMedium

What made Deepak Punia's bronze medal in men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling notable?

  1. A.It was India's first wrestling medal of any kind at the Asian Games
  2. B.It returned India to the podium in this event after six decades
  3. C.It was awarded without a contest being held
  4. D.It was India's only medal at the Games
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Correct answer: B. It returned India to the podium in this event after six decades

Explanation

The correct answer is that it returned India to the podium in this event after six decades. The congratulatory message put the achievement precisely in those terms, noting that six decades later India was back among the medallists in the men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games. Option A is wrong because India has a long record of wrestling medals at these Games across several weight categories; the gap being closed belongs to this one heavier class, not to the sport as a whole. Option C is wrong because the medal followed a fiercely contested bout, a detail specifically recorded in the message. Option D is wrong because India won medals in other disciplines at the same Games, including golds. The point to carry into the examination hall is the pairing of a weight category with a long gap, because a question may give the gap and ask for the event, or give the event and ask for the gap.

Q5.SportsMedium

In which event did Deepak Punia win a bronze medal at the Asian Games?

  1. A.Men's 57 kg freestyle wrestling
  2. B.Men's 86 kg freestyle wrestling
  3. C.Men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling
  4. D.Men's 125 kg freestyle wrestling
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Correct answer: C. Men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling

Explanation

The correct answer is men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling. The bronze medal was won in that weight category after a fiercely contested bout, and the result was described as bringing India back on to the podium in the event after six decades. Option A, the 57 kg class, is wrong because that is the lightest men's freestyle category and a different wrestler took India's medal there at the same Games, so candidates must keep the two results apart. Option B, the 86 kg class, is wrong because it is a separate weight division altogether and was not the event in question. Option D, the 125 kg class, is wrong because it is the heaviest men's freestyle category and is not the one named here. In revision, the safest method with wrestling results is to write the weight in kilograms next to the athlete's name, since several Indian wrestlers often win medals at the same Games in neighbouring weight classes and examination papers exploit exactly that confusion.