{"id":56203,"date":"2018-09-06T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=56203"},"modified":"2018-09-06T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:04:05","slug":"asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question- In the context of the recently concluded Asian Games, consider the following facts:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a) India received a total of 69 medals including 15 gold.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b) India won the most 7 gold medals in athletics.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c) Bajrang Poonia gave India the first gold medal in Asian Games, 2018.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d) India has won 2 gold medals in boxing.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0Which of the above statement is\/are false?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (d)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The <strong>18th Asian Games<\/strong> was held from <strong>August 18 to September 2, 2018<\/strong> in <strong>Jakarta <\/strong>and <strong>Palembang cities of Indonesia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jakarta also hosted Asian Games in the year<\/li>\n<li>This is the first time that Asian Games were organized in two cities.<\/li>\n<li>The theme of Asian games 2018 was <strong>&#8216;Feel the Energy of Asia&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>India got <strong>15 Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze<\/strong> medals with a total of <strong>69 medals<\/strong> and grabbed <strong>8th place<\/strong> in the medal standing.<\/li>\n<li>This was India&#8217;s best performance ever in Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>In the first Asian Games <strong>(1951, New Delhi),<\/strong> India won <strong>15 gold, 16 silver and<\/strong> <strong>20 bronze medals<\/strong>, including a total of <strong>51 medals<\/strong> and secured <strong>second position<\/strong> in the medal standing.<\/li>\n<li>China received a total of <strong>289<\/strong> <strong>medals including 132 Gold, 92 Silver and 65<\/strong> <strong>Bronze medals<\/strong> and topped in Medal standing consecutive <strong>10<sup>th<\/sup> times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to China, Japan is the only country that has topped the medal standing of Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>In 2018 Asian games, India won the most medals in athletics<strong>, including 7 Gold, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the Asian Games, in 2018 the shooter <strong>Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela<\/strong> got the first medal (Bronze) for India.<\/li>\n<li>The duo won 429.9 points in the 10-meter mixed team air rifle event.<\/li>\n<li>Indian wrestler Bajrang Poonia got first gold medal for India was won by defeatingTakatani Daichi of Japan under 65 kg weight categories by 11-8.<\/li>\n<li>Indian women wrestler Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold medal in Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>Vinesh won Gold medal by defeating Japanese wrestler Irei Yuki by 6-2 under 50kg category.<\/li>\n<li>Meerut&#8217;s 15-year-old shooter, Shardul Vihan, won silver medal (240.7 points) in double trap competition and became the youngest player to win a medal for India in Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>Rahi Sarnobat won gold medal in women&#8217;s 25 meter pistol event<\/li>\n<li>With this, Rahi became the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal in the Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>The bronze medal won by Indian men&#8217;s table tennis was the first medal in the history of Asian games in table tennis.<\/li>\n<li>In the semi-finals of the table tennis event, India defeated by S Korea.<\/li>\n<li>Tennis player Ankit Raina became India&#8217;s second female tennis player to win medal in women&#8217;s singles event in Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, Sania Mirza won silver medal in Doha in 2006 and won the bronze medal in Guangzhou in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Indian boxer Amit Panghal won the only gold medal for India in boxing.<\/li>\n<li>In the final of the 49 kg weight category, Amit defeated 2016 Rio Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov by 3-2.<\/li>\n<li>India got the 15th and final gold medal from Pranav Vardhan and Shivnath Sarkar duo in the bridge competition.<\/li>\n<li>In the final, Pranav and Shivnath scored 384 points.<\/li>\n<li>60-year-old Pranav has become the oldest player to win a medal for Indian team.<\/li>\n<li>India won its 69th and final medal in men&#8217;s hockey competition.<\/li>\n<li>After losing 7-6 in the penalty shootout from Malaysia in the semi-finals, the Indian team defeated Pakistan by 2-1 and secured Bronze Medal.<\/li>\n<li>18 year old young swimmer Rikako Ikki of Japan was selected as the most valuable player of the 18th Asian Games (MVP).<\/li>\n<li>Rikako received 8 gold medals and 2 silver medals.<\/li>\n<li>Indian flag bearer in the inaugural ceremony, Neeraj Chopra gave India the first gold medal of the Asian Games in a javelin throw event.<\/li>\n<li>Neeraj won the gold medal by javelin throw at 88.06 meters.<\/li>\n<li>21-year-old Swapna Burman became the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Heptathlon Games.<\/li>\n<li>Swapna collected a total of 6026 points in this seven game event.<\/li>\n<li>Rani Rampal, the captain of the women&#8217;s hockey team, was the Indian flag keeper in the finale.<\/li>\n<li>India sent a total of 804 members including 572 athletes to participate in 36 sports in the 18th Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li>Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, President of Indian Wrestling Association was the head of the Chef de Mission.<\/li>\n<li>After the announcement of the closing of the Games, the Asian Games torch was handed over to the chairman of the Olympic Council of China.<\/li>\n<li>2022 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China.<\/li>\n<li>Indian gold medalist in 18th Asian Games<\/li>\n<li>Bajrang Poonia (Wrestling), Men Freestyle (65kg Weight Category)<\/li>\n<li>Vinesh Phogat (wrestling), women&#8217;s freestyle (50kg weight category)<\/li>\n<li>Saurabh Chaudhary (shooting), male 10 meter air pistol<\/li>\n<li>Rahi Sarnobat (shooting), female 25 meter pistol<\/li>\n<li>Swarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukamit Singh (Rowing), Male Quadruple Sculls<\/li>\n<li>Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan (lawn tennis), men&#8217;s doubles<\/li>\n<li>Tejinder Pal Singh (Athletics), (Shot Put)<\/li>\n<li>Neeraj Chopra (athletics), javelin throw<\/li>\n<li>Manjit Singh (athletics), male 800 meter race<\/li>\n<li>Arpinder Singh (athletics), men&#8217;s trilogy<\/li>\n<li>Swapna Burman (athletics), women&#8217;s heptathlon<\/li>\n<li>Jinson Johnson (athletics), men&#8217;s 1500 meter race<\/li>\n<li>MR Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad, Hima Das and Vishmaiah (athletics), Women&#8217;s 4x400m Relay Race<\/li>\n<li>Amit Panghal (boxing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>References-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_Asian_Games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_Asian_Games<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.asiangames2018.id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.asiangames2018.id\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India_at_the_2018_Asian_Games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India_at_the_2018_Asian_Games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- In the context of the recently concluded Asian Games, consider the following facts: (a) India received a total of 69 medals including 15 gold. (b) India won the most 7 gold medals in athletics. (c) Bajrang Poonia gave India the first gold medal in Asian Games, 2018. 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