When was the 1st Asian Kabaddi Championship held?

Correct — C. The first Asian Kabaddi Championship was held in 1980, in India, and India won it. That is option (c).

There is nothing to reason out here, so anchor the year to the run that follows it. Kabaddi appeared as a demonstration sport at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, and became a full medal event at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.

The championship comes first in that sequence, two years before the Asiad demonstration.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  1975 — Five years early. The first championship is 1980, and 1975 is there to catch a candidate who remembers only that it was sometime in the seventies or eighties.
• (b)
  1970 — A decade early. The first Asian Kabaddi Championship was held in 1980, so no such championship existed in 1970. The option rewards only a vague sense that kabaddi's calendar starts early.
• (d)
  1985 — Five years late. The first championship was 1980. 1985 catches a candidate who places it after the 1982 Asian Games demonstration instead of two years before it.

Kabaddi's international calendar is short enough to hold in one line. The first Asian Kabaddi Championship in 1980 came first, the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi gave the sport a demonstration slot, and the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing made it a medal event.

Domestic and world-level tournaments came later. Any kabaddi date question therefore resolves into placing the year asked for against those three anchors.

Key facts

• The first Asian Kabaddi Championship was held in 1980 and was won by India.
• Kabaddi featured as a demonstration sport at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.
• Kabaddi became a full medal event at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.
• A kabaddi team fields seven players a side.

Common traps

• Confusing the first Asian Championship with the first Kabaddi World Cup.
• Assuming the Asian Games demonstration came before the Asian Championship.

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