Player of Madhya Pradesh Chinki Yadav is associated with which sport?

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Correct — A, Shooting. Chinki Yadav is an Indian pistol shooter from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, who competes in the 25m pistol event. She trained from childhood at the Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex range in Bhopal (where her father worked) and secured India an Olympic quota place by reaching the final of the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Not her sport — Chinki Yadav has no swimming career; she is a shooter.  (c) Confuses her with MP's well-known hockey exports (e.g., Vivek Sagar Prasad) — Chinki Yadav has no hockey connection.  (d) Not her discipline — MP's cricketing names are separate from its Olympic shooting talent.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh has built a strong pipeline of Olympic-standard shooters through state-run sports complexes such as Bhopal's Tatya Tope Nagar range. Chinki Yadav represents this pipeline in pistol shooting, one of the two main handgun disciplines (alongside rifle) that make up India's Olympic shooting programme.

State PCS 2021 Q43 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q43 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer