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The correct answer is Badminton.

Key Points

• Prakash Padukone is a renowned Indian Badminton player, known for his achievements in the sport.
• He won the All England Championship in 1980, becoming the first Indian to do so.
• Padukone was honored with the Arjuna Award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 for his contributions to badminton.
• He has also been involved in coaching and promoting badminton in India through his academy.

Additional Information

• Badminton:
  • Badminton is a racket sport played using rackets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
  • The game is played as singles (one player per side) or doubles (two players per side).
  • Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racket and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court.
  • The game has roots in ancient civilizations but was formalized as a sport in the 19th century in British India.
• All England Championship:
  • The All England Open Badminton Championships is one of the oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments in the world.
  • It is held annually in England and has been organized since 1899.
  • The tournament is part of the BWF World Tour and is a Super 1000 event.
  • Winning the All England Championship is considered a significant achievement in a badminton player's career.
• Arjuna Award:
  • The Arjuna Award is India's highest sporting honor, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
  • It was established in 1961 to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports.
  • The award includes a bronze statue of Arjuna, a certificate, and a cash prize.
  • It aims to encourage and enhance the performance of athletes in various sports disciplines.
• Padma Shri:
  • The Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award in India, established in 1954.
  • It is awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity, including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, sports, medicine, social service, and public affairs.
  • The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremonial function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • Recipients receive a certificate and a medallion, and their names are published in the Gazette of India.

The correct answer is Cricket.

Key Points

• C.K Naidu Trophy is associated with Cricket.

• Some other sports and cups:

  Sports	Cups or trophies
  Football	Rovers Cup Bandodkar Trophy Merdeka Cup Confederation Cup DCM Trophy, Durand Cup B.C. Raj Trophy (NationalChampionship) FIFA World cup Jules Rimet Trophy Indian Super League Kalinga Cup Santosh Trophy Scissor Cup Subroto Cup Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy Todd Memorial Trophy Vittal Trophy
  Cricket	Ashes Cup Asia Cup C.K Naidu Trophy Cooch Behar Trophy Deodhar Trophy Duleep Trophy Gavaskar Border Trophy G.D Birla Trophy Gillette Cup ICC World Cup, IPL Irani Trophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Cup Ranji Trophy Rohinton Baria Trophy Rothmans Cup Vijay Hazare Trophy
  Badminton	Amrit Diwan Cup Chaddha Cup European Cup Harilela Cup Ibrahim Rahimatullah cup  Challenger Cup Konica Cup Sophia Cup Kitiakara Cup Malaysian Open Thomas Cup (Men) Uber Cup(Women)
  Hockey	Agha Khan Cup  Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup  Dhyanchand Trophy  Sultan Azlan Shah Cup  Wales Trophy  Stanley Cup  Sindhia Gold Cup  Wellington Cup.

The correct answer is 1900.

Key Points

• India first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900.
• The International Olympic Committee is a governing body of the Olympics.
• The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
• Norman Pritchard represented India at the 1900 Olympics, making it the nation’s first Olympic appearance. India sent its first contingent at the 1920 Olympics.
• India first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920.
• India won its first gold medal in Hockey at Amsterdam Olympics 1928 and until 1956 Indian men's Hockey team remained unbeaten in Olympics.
• India’s last gold medal in Hockey was in the year 1980 Moscow Olympics.
• In the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K.D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India.
• Milkha Singh is the first Indian athlete to reach the Olympic finals in Athletics.

The correct answer is Chess.

Key Points 

Various sports and terms related to them are mentioned below:

The correct answer is Jaipal Singh Munda.

Key Points

• Jaipal Singh Munda was the first Indian captain of the Men's Hockey team that won Gold in the 1928 Olympic held in Amsterdam.
• He was the president of Adivasi Mahasabha in 1939. 
• He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, where he represented the tribal population.
• He was also a member of the Jharkhand Party that demanded a separate Jharkhand state.
• Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi was named after him.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is 1900.

Key Points

• India first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900.
• The International Olympic Committee is a governing body of the Olympics.
• The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
• Norman Pritchard represented India at the 1900 Olympics, making it the nation’s first Olympic appearance. India sent its first contingent at the 1920 Olympics.
• India first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920.
• India won its first gold medal in Hockey at Amsterdam Olympics 1928 and until 1956 Indian men's Hockey team remained unbeaten in Olympics.
• India’s last gold medal in Hockey was in the year 1980 Moscow Olympics.
• In the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K.D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India.
• Milkha Singh is the first Indian athlete to reach the Olympic finals in Athletics.

The Correct Answer is Option 3 i.e Uber Cup.

The correct answer is Golf.

• The Walker Cup is named after George Herbert Walker the President of the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 1920.

Key Points

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Image of Walker Cup:

The correct answer is Lawn Tennis.

Key Points

• A term used in tennis instead of the word 'nil' or 'zero'. It is used to describe a lack of score in either points, games or sets. i.e. a game score of 30-0 is given as '30 love' and a set score of 6-0 is given as 'six love

Additional Information

The Correct Answer is Option 4 i.e Golf.

The correct answer is Football.

• The term "offside trap" is used in Football.

Key Points

• Terminology associated with football are Banana Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Offside, Hattrick, Foul, Left out, Goal, Right out, Stopper, Defender, Move, Pass, Comer back, Baseline, Rebound, offside trap.
• An offside trap is a move in which players in the defending team push upfield in order to put one or more opposing players into an offside position.
• Football:
  • The first football club in the world ‘Sheffield Football Club’ was founded in the year 1857 in England.
  • The first Football club in India was ‘Dalhousie Club’.
  • The apex institution of football is the ‘Federation of International Football Association’ (FIFA) was formed on May 21, 1904.
  • The headquarters of FIFA is in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Football was included as a competitive game in Olympic Games officially in 1908.
  • India took part in the World Olympic Football Competition in 1948 in London.
  • The first World Cup was organised in Uruguay in 1930.
  • In India, Indian Football Association (IFA) organises National Football Championship.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Vinesh Phogat.

Important Points

• She became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for the Laureus world sports Awards.
• The Laureus World Sports Award
  • It is an annual award ceremony honoring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year.
  • Established in 1999.
• Vinesh Phogat
  • She is an Indian woman wrestler.
  • The first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in Commonwealth and Asian games.

The correct answer is K D Jadhav.

Key Points

• K D Jadhav was an Indian wrestler.
  • He won a bronze medal in the Summer Olympics in 1952.
  • He was awarded the Arjuna Award posthumously in 2001.
• Milkha Singh is an Indian athlete.
  • He is known as 'The Flying Sikh'.
  • He won four Gold medals in Asian games.
• Karnam Malleshwari is an Indian weightlifter.
  • She was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
  • She was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
• P.T Usha is one the most successful athlete , also known as 'The Golden Girl'.
  • She won 13 gold medals in the Asian Games.

The correct answer is England.

Key Points

•  1983 Cricket World Cup:-
  • It was hosted by England. The tournament took place from June 9 to June 25, 1983.
  • Teams: Eight teams participated in the tournament:
    • India
    • West Indies (Defending champions)
    • England
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Sri Lanka
    • Zimbabwe (making their World Cup debut)
  • The tournament followed a round-robin format, where each team played against every other team once.
  • India, led by Kapil Dev, won the tournament by defeating the two-time champions, West Indies, in the final.
  • The semi-finalists were India, West Indies, England, and Pakistan.
  • The final match was held at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on June 25, 1983. India batted first and scored 183 runs in 54.4 overs. In response, the West Indies team was bowled out for 140 runs in 52 overs, giving India a historic 43-run victory.
  • India's victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup was a significant moment in the history of Indian cricket, as it marked their first-ever World Cup triumph.

The correct answer is option 1) i.e Football.

Important Points

• A stopper is positioned between the defenders and the midfielders.
• They typically stay in a central position on the field, focusing on stopping balls from getting to the defence.
• Occasionally, the stopper will move far towards the touchlines in order to stop an attack from the other team.
• Stoppers often help to move the ball from the defenders to the midfielders or forwards.
• This position is not included in every lineup; only some coaches choose to use stoppers in their on-field formations.

Key Points

About Football:

• The Football game is a team game and an outdoor sport which is basically played on the field. The field is rectangular in shape. Some of the countries Football game is known as Soccer.
• This game consists of two teams sixteen(16) players on each team Eleven(11) players from each team played on the field and the rest of the five (5) players are sitting on the substitute bench.
• The standard dimension of the Football Field is (110 meters by 90 meters) in length and (90 meters by 60 meters) in breadth approximately the international stadium size.
• The weight of the football is measured on an Ounce. Some of the positions of football are played on the field they are Stopper, Goal Keeper, Winger (right and left), Striker, Midfielder, etc.
• In 1888, The Football League was founded in England (United Kingdom) and became the first of many professional football competitions in the world.
• Globally Football is governed by FIFA (Federation International Football Association). It was established on 21st May 1904 in Paris (France).
• In India Football is governed by AIFF (All India Football Federation). It was founded on 23rd June 1937.

Additional Information

• The current President of FIFA is Mr. Gianni Infantino (August 2020). Its headquarters is located in Zurich(Switzerland).
• The current President of AIFF is Mr. Kalyan Chaubey (August 2020). Its headquarters is located in New Delhi.