How many gold and bronze medals has Rajasthan won in 5th National Para Shooting Championship held at Pune in November 2024 ?
- (1)16 gold and 11 bronze
- (2)11 gold and 7 bronze
- (3)16 gold and 7 bronze
- (4)11 gold and 16 bronze
Answer
Why
Correct — option (3), 16 gold and 7 bronze.
The 5th National Para Shooting Championship was held at Balewadi, Pune, in November 2024. A report on IndianShooting.com dated 20 November 2024 says Rajasthan led the medal tally with 34 medals: 16 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze.
The stem asks for two colours only. Gold is 16 and bronze is 7, which is option (3).
The same report puts the field at 298 para shooters from 22 states, with 105 medals awarded across individual and team events.
The idea to remember: 16 gold, 11 silver, 7 bronze, 34 in all. All three wrong options use 11, the silver count, as a gold or bronze figure.
Why the others are wrong
- (1)16 gold and 11 bronze — The gold count is right; the bronze count is not. Eleven is Rajasthan's silver count at the championship, and its bronze count was 7.
The stem asks only about gold and bronze, so the silver figure does not belong in the answer.
- (2)11 gold and 7 bronze — The bronze count is right; the gold count is not. Eleven is Rajasthan's silver count, while its gold count was 16.
This option keeps Rajasthan's true bronze figure and puts the silver figure in the gold slot.
- (4)11 gold and 16 bronze — Both figures are misplaced. Sixteen is Rajasthan's gold count and 11 its silver count; its bronze count was 7.
This option moves the gold figure into the bronze slot and the silver figure into the gold slot.
Concept
Para shooting is shooting sport for athletes with physical impairments. Athletes compete in sport classes, which appear in event names such as the men's 10m air rifle standing SH1.
The 5th National Para Shooting Championship was organised by the Para Target Shooting Association, Pune, and supported by the STC Para Shooting and the Paralympic Committee of India, as the November 2024 report records.
A medal tally counts gold, silver and bronze separately. A state's total is the sum of the three: for Rajasthan at Pune, 16 + 11 + 7 = 34.
RPSC's 2024 syllabus lists "Games and Sports related activities" under Current Affairs.
Earlier in 2024, at the Paris Paralympics, Jaipur's Avani Lekhara won gold in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1. The IndianShooting.com report calls her a two-time Paralympic gold medallist.
The Pune championship also produced national records, according to the same report: 629.3 by Avani Lekhara in the women's 10m air rifle, and 625.4 by 11-year-old Kavin Kenglankar in the men's 10m air rifle.
Key facts
- The 5th National Para Shooting Championship was held from 11 to 16 November 2024 at Balewadi, Pune.
- Rajasthan topped the championship's medal tally with 34 medals: 16 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze, per a report of 20 November 2024.
- 298 para shooters from 22 states took part, and 105 medals were awarded across individual and team events.
- The championship was organised by the Para Target Shooting Association, Pune, supported by the STC Para Shooting and the Paralympic Committee of India.
- At the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Avani Lekhara won gold and Mona Agarwal bronze in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1.
Options (1), (2) and (4) each put the silver count, 11, in a gold or bronze slot.
Study next
Common traps
- Putting the silver count in a gold or bronze slot: Rajasthan's 11 medals at Pune were silver.
- Reading a gold-and-bronze pair as the full tally: 16 plus 7 is 23, while Rajasthan's total was 34.
- Confusing the championship's total medals (105) with one state's haul (34).
A question can name a national championship, its venue and month, and ask how many medals of one or two colours a state won. A question can also ask for the state's total, its place on the tally, or the host city.
A question can offer options that swap one colour's count into another colour's slot.
Related PYQs
UnlockIAS will link similar questions from RAS Pre 2018 and 2016 here once those papers are published on this site.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
How many medals in all did Rajasthan win at the 5th National Para Shooting Championship held in Pune in November 2024?
- (a)23
- (b)27
- (c)34
- (d)105
Answer(3) — 16 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze add up to 34. Option (1) is gold plus bronze only; option (2) is gold plus silver only; option (4) is the number of medals awarded at the whole championship, not Rajasthan's share. - practice — not a real PYQ
The 5th National Para Shooting Championship, in which Rajasthan topped the medal tally, was held in November 2024 at which city?
- (a)Pune
- (b)Jaipur
- (c)Bhopal
- (d)New Delhi
Answer(1) — The championship was held at Balewadi, Pune. Option (2) is the home city of Paralympic champion Avani Lekhara, not the venue; options (3) and (4) were not this championship's venue.