RAS Pre 2021, held on 27 October 2021. Question text as printed in RPSC's booklet; answer as per RPSC's final answer key.

Match list-I with list-II and identify the correct answer from the code given below – List–I (A) Bhavina Patel (B) Nishad Kumar (C) Harvinder Singh (D) Devendra Jhajharia List–II (i) Archery (ii) Javelin throw (iii) Table Tennis (iv) High jump Code -

Q: What is the answer to RAS Pre 2021 Q143?

(1). Correct — option (1), A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii. All four are Indian medallists of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics (24 August–5 September 2021). Olympics.com's list of India's medal winners gives each one's sport. (A) Bhavina Patel — (iii) Table Tennis. Silver in the women's singles Class 4, after losing the final to Zhou Ying. (B) Nishad Kumar — (iv) High jump. Silver in the men's high jump T47, with a jump of 2.06 m. (C) Harvinder Singh — (i) Archery. Bronze in the men's individual recurve open. (D) Devendra Jhajharia — (ii) Javelin throw. Silver in the men's javelin throw F46. The code that gives all four pairs is A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii, option (1). The idea to remember: Bhavina–table tennis, Nishad–high jump, Harvinder–archery, Jhajharia–javelin.

(1)A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii
(2)A–ii, B–iii, C–i, D–iv
(3)A–iv, B–ii, C–iii, D–i
(4)A–i, B–ii, C–iii, D–iv

Answer

(1)

Why

Correct — option (1), A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii.

All four are Indian medallists of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics (24 August–5 September 2021). Olympics.com's list of India's medal winners gives each one's sport.

(A) Bhavina Patel — (iii) Table Tennis. Silver in the women's singles Class 4, after losing the final to Zhou Ying.

(B) Nishad Kumar — (iv) High jump. Silver in the men's high jump T47, with a jump of 2.06 m.

(C) Harvinder Singh — (i) Archery. Bronze in the men's individual recurve open.

(D) Devendra Jhajharia — (ii) Javelin throw. Silver in the men's javelin throw F46.

The code that gives all four pairs is A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii, option (1).

The idea to remember: Bhavina–table tennis, Nishad–high jump, Harvinder–archery, Jhajharia–javelin.

Why the others are wrong

(2)
A–ii, B–iii, C–i, D–iv — Option (2) gets only C–i (Harvinder Singh, archery) right.
It gives Bhavina Patel the javelin (her sport is table tennis), Nishad Kumar table tennis (he is a high jumper), and Devendra Jhajharia the high jump (he throws the javelin).
(3)
A–iv, B–ii, C–iii, D–i — Option (3) gets none of the four pairs right.
Bhavina Patel is a table tennis player, not a high jumper; Nishad Kumar a high jumper, not a javelin thrower; Harvinder Singh an archer, not a table tennis player; and Devendra Jhajharia a javelin thrower, not an archer.
(4)
A–i, B–ii, C–iii, D–iv — Option (4) simply pairs the lists in printed order and gets none of the four right.
The correct sports are table tennis for Bhavina Patel, high jump for Nishad Kumar, archery for Harvinder Singh and javelin throw for Devendra Jhajharia.

Concept

Paralympic events carry a sport class that groups athletes with similar impairments. In athletics, "T" classes are for track and jump events and "F" classes for field (throwing) events, so Nishad Kumar competed in T47 and Devendra Jhajharia in F46.

Table tennis uses numbered classes; Bhavina Patel won in Class 4. Harvinder Singh's archery event was the men's individual recurve open.

In Nishad Kumar's high jump T47 event, Olympics.com reports that two athletes shared silver, so no bronze was awarded.

RPSC's 2021 syllabus lists "Games and Sports related activities." under Current Affairs.

Olympics.com reported that India won 19 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

Devendra Jhajharia, born in Churu, Rajasthan, added this silver to his javelin golds from Athens 2004 and Rio 2016; Olympics.com called him India's most decorated Paralympian after Tokyo.

Key facts

Bhavina Patel: silver, women's singles table tennis Class 4, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Nishad Kumar: silver, men's high jump T47, with a 2.06 m jump.
Harvinder Singh: bronze, men's individual recurve open archery.
Devendra Jhajharia: silver, men's javelin throw F46; his third Paralympic medal after golds in 2004 and 2016.
India won 19 medals at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

Correct pairs

(A) Bhavina Patel→(iii) Table Tennis — silver, women's singles Class 4

(B) Nishad Kumar→(iv) High jump — silver, men's T47

(D) Devendra Jhajharia→(ii) Javelin throw — silver, men's F46

A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii: option (1). Source: Olympics.com, India's Tokyo 2020 Paralympics medal winners (5 September 2021).

Study next

India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: gold medallistsParalympic sport classesDevendra Jhajharia's Paralympic medalsPara-athletes from RajasthanTarget Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

Common traps

Printed order is not the answer: option (4) pairs A–i, B–ii, C–iii, D–iv and gets every pair wrong.
Two athletics events in one list: Nishad Kumar is the high jumper and Devendra Jhajharia the javelin thrower.
Medal colour is not asked here: Harvinder Singh won bronze and the other three silver, but the match is by sport.

A question can list athletes and ask the sport or event of each, as a match list.

A question can also name an athlete and ask the medal, the sport class, or which athlete won in a named event.

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Rajeshwari Kumari, who stood fifth in the recently held World Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan, has qualified for the Paris Olympics. She is related to which of the following sports ?

(1) Shooting
(2) Archery
(3) Long Jump
(4) Gymnastics

Answer(1)

Same task: an athlete is named and the sport is asked. That question is on Rajeshwari Kumari, who qualified for the Paris Olympics (RPSC's key: Shooting); this one matches four Indian medallists of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with their sports.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Match the Indian gold medallists of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with their sport: (A) Sumit Antil (B) Manish Narwal (C) Pramod Bhagat (D) Avani Lekhara (i) Badminton (ii) Shooting — pistol (iii) Javelin throw (iv) Shooting — rifle
- (a)A–iii, B–ii, C–i, D–iv
- (b)A–ii, B–iii, C–i, D–iv
- (c)A–iii, B–iv, C–i, D–ii
- (d)A–i, B–ii, C–iii, D–iv
Answer(1) — Sumit Antil won the men's javelin throw F64, Manish Narwal the 50m pistol SH1, Pramod Bhagat the men's singles badminton SL3, and Avani Lekhara the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1. Option (2) swaps A and B, option (3) swaps B and D, and option (4) gets A and C wrong.
practice — not a real PYQ
Which Indian won the bronze medal in men's individual recurve open archery at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?
- (a)Harvinder Singh
- (b)Nishad Kumar
- (c)Singhraj Adhana
- (d)Sharad Kumar
Answer(1) — Olympics.com lists Harvinder Singh's bronze in the men's individual recurve open. Option (2) won silver in the high jump T47, option (3) won medals in shooting, and option (4) won bronze in the men's high jump.