Who was the first recipient of Dronacharya Award in 1985?

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Correct — D, All of them. The Dronacharya Award — India's highest honour for sports coaches — was instituted in 1985, and all three named coaches were among its inaugural 1985 recipients: Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (wrestling), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (boxing) and O. M. Nambiar (athletics, coach of sprinter P. T. Usha). Because each name is a genuine first-year awardee, 'All of them' is the correct choice.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A real 1985 awardee (athletics), but not the sole first recipient — choosing only his name is incomplete.  (b) Also a genuine 1985 awardee (boxing), yet he was not the only one honoured that first year.  (c) Likewise one of the three 1985 awardees (wrestling), so naming him alone leaves out the other two.

Concept: The Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, honours outstanding sports coaches. It is named after Guru Dronacharya of the Mahabharata, the archery teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas. In its very first year it was shared by three coaches from athletics, boxing and wrestling.

State PCS 2018 Q50 — Current Affairs & Sports PYQ with Answer

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