Indian Olympic Association was established in which of the following years?

Correct — C. The Indian Olympic Association was founded in 1927 as India's National Olympic Committee, the body that selects and enters Indian teams for the Games.

India had competed before that, with an individual entrant as early as 1900 and a national team at Antwerp in 1920, but from 1927 those entries ran through a permanent association.

Option (c) is the founding year.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  1929 — 1929 is two years late. By 1928 the association already existed and India was making its Olympic hockey debut at Amsterdam.
• (b)
  1933 — 1933 falls well after the founding. India had contested the 1928 and 1932 Games under a body that was already in place.
• (d)
  1931 — 1931 also comes after the fact. Anchor the date to 1927, one year before the 1928 hockey gold at Amsterdam.

A National Olympic Committee is the organisation the International Olympic Committee recognises in each country to enter athletes for the Games. India's is the Indian Olympic Association, founded in 1927.

The chronology candidates confuse is the one above it. The IOC itself was formed in 1894 and the first modern Olympics were held in 1896, more than thirty years before India's own committee existed.

Indian participation runs ahead of the association. An individual competed as early as 1900, a national team went to Antwerp in 1920, and the hockey team debuted and won gold at Amsterdam in 1928.

Key facts

• The Indian Olympic Association was established in 1927.
• The International Olympic Committee was formed in 1894.
• India made its Olympic hockey debut in 1928 at Amsterdam and won the gold medal.

Common traps

• Answering 1894 or 1896, which belong to the IOC and to the first modern Games.
• Assuming India could not compete before it had an association.

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