Who congratulated both Indian junior hockey teams on their Asia Cup titles, and on which platform?
- A.The President of India, in a letter
- B.The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on X
- C.The Sports Minister, at a press conference
- D.The Vice-President, in a televised address
Correct answer
B. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on X
Explanation
The correct answer is the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on X. Both releases are from the Prime Minister's Office and both record messages posted on X on 13 September 2026. In the first message the Prime Minister congratulated the Junior Men's Hockey Team on winning the Asia Cup with an emphatic result in the final. In the second he congratulated the Junior Women's Hockey Team on retaining the same title after an unbeaten campaign. Option A is wrong because the releases name the Prime Minister and not the President, and because the messages were social media posts and not letters. Option C is wrong because no press conference by the Sports Minister is mentioned in either release. Option D is wrong because the Vice-President does not appear in these releases at all. Remember the sender, the platform and the date together.
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Practice Questions
By what scoreline did the Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team win the Asia Cup final?
- A.2-1
- B.3-0
- C.4-1
- D.5-2
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Correct answer: C. 4-1
Explanation
The correct answer is 4-1. The Prime Minister's message says that the Junior Men's Hockey Team won the Asia Cup with an emphatic win by four goals to one in the final. He called the title a remarkable achievement and said that the feat reflects the immense talent of the young players in the squad. He also extended his best wishes to the entire team. Option A, 2-1, is wrong because the margin in the final was three goals and not one goal. Option B, 3-0, is wrong because the losing side did score once in the final, so the match was not a clean sheet for India. Option D, 5-2, is wrong because neither team reached five goals in the final. Candidates should note the exact scoreline, because sports questions in examinations very often ask for the margin of a final rather than the name of the winner.
What did the Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team achieve at the Asia Cup?
- A.It won the Asia Cup for the first time
- B.It retained the Asia Cup with an unbeaten campaign
- C.It finished as the runner-up
- D.It shared the trophy after a drawn final
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Correct answer: B. It retained the Asia Cup with an unbeaten campaign
Explanation
The correct answer is it retained the Asia Cup with an unbeaten campaign. The Prime Minister's message says that the Junior Women's Hockey Team retained the Asia Cup after a superb campaign in which it did not lose a match. He called the result a proud moment for Indian hockey and said that the success reflects the talent and the determination of the players. His post also tagged Hockey India. Option A is wrong because the word retained shows that the team was already the holder of the trophy and was defending it, not winning it for the first time. Option C is wrong because the team finished as the champion and not as the runner-up. Option D is wrong because nothing in the message speaks of a shared trophy or a drawn final. The word retained is the key to this question.
How did the Prime Minister convey his congratulations to the Asia Cup winning team?
- A.Through a post on X
- B.In an address to Parliament
- C.At a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi
- D.In a letter to the team captain
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Correct answer: A. Through a post on X
Explanation
The correct answer is through a post on X. The Prime Minister put out his message on that platform on 14 September 2026, and the Prime Minister's Office issued the same text as a press release on the same day. Option B is wrong because no address to Parliament was involved, and the release describes a social media post rather than a speech. Option C is wrong because no felicitation ceremony is mentioned; the message went out on the day itself rather than at a later event. Option D is wrong because the congratulation was addressed to the team as a whole and was not described as a letter to any individual. This detail is worth noting because a good many congratulatory messages from the Prime Minister now reach the public first through such posts, and examiners sometimes ask about the medium rather than the content of the message.
Which Indian team did Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulate on 14 September 2026 for winning the Asia Cup?
- A.The Men's Cricket Team
- B.The Women's Cricket Team
- C.The Junior Men's Hockey Team
- D.The Women's Kabaddi Team
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Correct answer: B. The Women's Cricket Team
Explanation
The correct answer is the Women's Cricket Team. The Prime Minister congratulated the Indian Women's Cricket Team on winning the Asia Cup and opened his message by calling the result a proud moment for Indian cricket. Option A is the trap here, because a men's tournament of the same name is played as well and candidates who register only the words Asia Cup and cricket often pick the wrong side; the release names the women's team specifically. Option C is wrong because it belongs to a different sport, and the Asia Cup in question here was a cricket competition. Option D is wrong for the same reason, since kabaddi does not figure in this release at all. A dependable habit in current affairs is to fix three things together for every sporting result: the sport, whether the men's or the women's team won it, and the exact date on which the message or the result was recorded.
Which three qualities of the team did the Prime Minister highlight in his message?
- A.Discipline, fitness and patience
- B.Confidence, consistency and remarkable spirit
- C.Courage, teamwork and planning
- D.Experience, aggression and skill
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Correct answer: B. Confidence, consistency and remarkable spirit
Explanation
The correct answer is confidence, consistency and remarkable spirit. The Prime Minister named exactly these three, and he added that they were on full display not in one match but throughout the tournament, which is why the phrase is worth memorising as a set. Option A is wrong because discipline, fitness and patience are qualities commonly praised in sporting messages but were not the words used here. Option C is wrong on the same ground, since neither courage nor planning appears in this message. Option D is wrong because experience, aggression and skill are again plausible sounding but absent from the release. Questions of this kind test close reading rather than general knowledge, and the safest approach is to remember the exact triple. The Prime Minister then went on to express the hope that the win would inspire millions of youngsters across the country to play more and to shine.