Captain Roop Singh Stadium is related with which sports ?

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Correct — B, Cricket. The Captain Roop Singh Stadium at Gwalior is Madhya Pradesh's international cricket ground, managed by the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. It is best remembered as the venue where Sachin Tendulkar scored the first men's ODI double-century (200 not out) against South Africa on 24 February 2010. The name is the trap: it honours Captain Roop Singh, an Olympic field-hockey player — yet the stadium itself is a cricket venue.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not a volleyball venue; the ground is a full-size international cricket stadium.  (c) It is a cricket stadium, not an athletics track-and-field arena.  (d) Tempting because the stadium is named after hockey Olympian Roop Singh (younger brother of Major Dhyan Chand) — but the venue itself hosts cricket, not hockey.

Concept: Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, is one of Madhya Pradesh's premier international cricket grounds. The name commemorates Roop Singh, a field-hockey forward who won Olympic golds with India in 1932 and 1936 alongside his elder brother Major Dhyan Chand — so the stadium honours a hockey legend even though the sport played there is cricket.

State PCS 2019 Q6 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2019 Q6 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer