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

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong — it includes pair 1 (Rangaswami Cup–Polo), which is incorrect; the Rangaswami Cup is a hockey trophy, not a polo trophy.  (c) Wrong — it includes the incorrect pair 1 and drops the genuinely correct pair 2 (Sheesh Mahal Trophy–Cricket).  (d) Wrong — it includes the incorrect pair 1 and drops the genuinely correct pair 4 (Rovers Cup–Football).

Concept: 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).

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