Which of the following combinations are correctly matched? 1. Rangaswami Cup – Polo 2. Sheesh Mahal Trophy – Cricket 3. Yadavindra Cup – Hockey 4. Rovers Cup – Football
- (a)1, 2, 3 and 4
- (b)2, 3 and 4
- (c)1, 3 and 4
- (d)1, 2 and 3
Correct — B, statements 2, 3 and 4 only. The Sheesh Mahal Trophy was a Lucknow cricket tournament, the Yadavindra Cup is a hockey trophy, and the Rovers Cup (Mumbai) is one of India's oldest football tournaments — all three pairs are genuine. Pair 1 is wrong: the Rangaswami Cup is actually a hockey trophy (the trophy of India's Senior National Hockey Championship), not a polo trophy, so it does not belong in the correctly-matched set.
- (a)1, 2, 3 and 4 — Wrong — it includes pair 1 (Rangaswami Cup–Polo), which is incorrect; the Rangaswami Cup is a hockey trophy, not a polo trophy.
- (c)1, 3 and 4 — Wrong — it includes the incorrect pair 1 and drops the genuinely correct pair 2 (Sheesh Mahal Trophy–Cricket).
- (d)1, 2 and 3 — Wrong — it includes the incorrect pair 1 and drops the genuinely correct pair 4 (Rovers Cup–Football).
India has a set of historic domestic trophies, each tied to one specific sport: the Rangaswami Cup (hockey, India's Senior National Championship trophy, contested since 1928), the Sheesh Mahal Trophy (a Lucknow cricket tournament held from 1951), the Yadavindra Cup (hockey), and the Rovers Cup (Mumbai, one of Asia's oldest football tournaments).
MPPSC/UPSC test this as a 'match the trophy to its sport' assertion list — the trap is that a trophy's name (often regal or place-based) gives no reliable hint about the sport, so each pairing must be verified individually rather than assumed from the pattern of the other pairs.
- Rangaswami Cup — Hockey (Senior National Hockey Championship trophy, since 1928), not Polo.
- Sheesh Mahal Trophy — Cricket (Lucknow tournament, held 1951–2010).
- Yadavindra Cup — Hockey.
- Rovers Cup — Football (Mumbai; one of Asia's oldest football tournaments).
Only pairs 2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched — pair 1 (Rangaswami Cup–Polo) is wrong; the Rangaswami Cup is actually a hockey trophy.
- Assuming the Rangaswami Cup is a polo trophy because the name sounds unrelated to hockey — it is actually hockey's oldest inter-provincial trophy
- Confusing the Rovers Cup (football) with cricket trophies of similar vintage naming
A classic 'match the trophy with its sport' assertion-list, with one deliberately wrong pairing mixed among genuine ones — evaluate each pairing independently rather than trusting a pattern across the list.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Rovers Cup, one of the oldest football tournaments in Asia, is traditionally held in which city?
- (a)Kolkata
- (b)Mumbai
- (c)Chennai
- (d)Delhi
Answer(b) Mumbai.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is a hockey trophy?
- (a)Sheesh Mahal Trophy
- (b)Rangaswami Cup
- (c)Ranji Trophy
- (d)Rovers Cup
Answer(b) Rangaswami Cup — India's Senior National Hockey Championship trophy.