Asian Games (Sports)

31. Which Indian female pistol shooter has won the 8th Asian Airgun Championship? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Hina Sindhu

Solution:The 8th Asian Airgun Championship was held in New Delhi (September 30, 2015). Hina Sindhu won the gold medal in female pistol shooting event. The 5th Asian Air Gun Championship 2022 was held in Daegu, South Korea. India finished first with 38 medals including 25 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze. At the 2024 edition, India was ranked first with 24 medals.

32. Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal at the 8th Asian Airgun Championship in: [U.P. Lower. Sub. (Pre), 2015]

(a) New Delhi
(b) Doha
(c) Beijing
(d) Moscow

Correct Answer: (a) New Delhi

Solution:The 8th Asian Airgun Championship was held in New Delhi from September 25 to September 30, 2015. In this competition, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in 10m Air rifle event. Saurabh Chaudhary from Meerut (U.P.) won the only gold medal for India for the individual event in the 10m pistol men's junior event at the 11th Asian Airgun Championship held in Kuwait.

33. Which Indian sports person has bagged Gold in the Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Event at the 2018 ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup in Sydney? [63rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (d) Anish Bhanwala

Solution:Commonwealth Games gold medalist Anish Bhanwala topped qualification with a score of 584 and shot 29 in the final to win the gold medal in the 25 m rapid pistol competition at the ISSF Junior World Cup 2018 in Sydney. In ISSF Junior World Cup 2019 in Germany, he again won gold in the men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol.

34. The highest ranked country in the medals tally of the 1995 Asian Athletic Championship was: [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

(a) China
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea

Correct Answer: (a) China

Solution:The 20th Asian Athletic Championship was held in Pune in 2013. In this competition China came first, Bahrain second and Japan was at third place. The 22nd Asian Athletic Championship was held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha in July 2017. India ranked first with 29 medals including 12 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze. The 23rd Asian Athletic Championship was held in Doha, Qatar in April 2019. India ranked 4th with 17 medals (3 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze). Bahrain got first, China got second and Japan third in this competition. At the 2023 edition, India was 3rd with 27 medals (6 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze).

35. Recently, where was the Asian Athletic Championship held? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Pune
(b) Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Kolkata

Correct Answer: (a) Pune