NDA (II) 2019 GAT Q149: Aishwarya Pissay excels in which one of the following

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2019 GAT Q149?

C. Correct — C, Motorsports. Aishwarya Pissay is an Indian motorcycle racer. In 2019 she won the women's category of the FIM Bajas World Cup, a cross-country rally championship, becoming the first Indian — man or woman — to win a world title in motorsports. She competes in both circuit racing and off-road/rally events.

NDA (II) 2019 General Ability Test · Question 149 of 148

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Aishwarya Pissay excels in which one of the following sports?

(a)Badminton
(b)Boxing
(c)Motorsports
(d)Chess

Answer

Why

Correct — C, Motorsports. Aishwarya Pissay is an Indian motorcycle racer. In 2019 she won the women's category of the FIM Bajas World Cup, a cross-country rally championship, becoming the first Indian — man or woman — to win a world title in motorsports. She competes in both circuit racing and off-road/rally events.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Badminton — Aishwarya Pissay is a motorcycle racer, not a badminton player; she made her name on the racetrack and rally circuit.
(b)Boxing — She competes in motorsports, not boxing.
(d)Chess — She is a motorsports athlete; chess is unrelated to her achievements.

Concept

Aishwarya Pissay is an Indian motorsports racer from Bengaluru who competes in circuit and off-road/rally motorcycling. Her 2019 women's-category title in the FIM Bajas World Cup made her the first Indian to become a world champion in motorsports.

The distractors are all popular Indian sports where women have won big honours, so the item tests name recognition. Anchor Aishwarya Pissay's 2019 world-title win to motorsports.

Key facts

Aishwarya Pissay competes in motorsports (motorcycle racing and rally).
In 2019 she won the women's category of the FIM Bajas World Cup.
She was the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports.
She races in both circuit and off-road/cross-country rally events.

An off-road motocross racer in action on a dirt circuit. — Aishwarya Pissay won the women's category of the 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup — the first Indian to take a world title in motorsports.Image: Mark · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Study next

Indian achievers in motorsportsFIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) championshipsCross-country rally and Baja racingIndian sportspersons and their disciplines (current affairs)'Firsts' by Indian women in sport

Common traps

Guessing a mainstream Olympic sport for an unfamiliar name — Pissay's field is motorsports.
Confusing motorsports honours with motorcycling adventure feats by other Indians.

Match a sportsperson to their sport, or 'who was the first Indian to win a world title in X'.

Related PYQs

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Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
In 2019, Aishwarya Pissay became the first Indian to win a world title in which sport?
- (a)Motorsports
- (b)Shooting
- (c)Wrestling
- (d)Archery
Answer(a) Motorsports — she won the women's category of the FIM Bajas World Cup.
practice — not a real PYQ
The FIM Bajas World Cup, which Aishwarya Pissay won in 2019, is a championship in
- (a)sailing
- (b)cross-country rally motorcycling
- (c)cycling
- (d)athletics
Answer(b) cross-country rally motorcycling — an off-road motorsports discipline.