SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 18 September 2024, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 17 of 99

Text as printed on a candidate's response sheet for this shift; answer per SSC's tentative key as marked on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 6 September 2026.

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Which of the following states was the overall champion in both men and women categories in the first Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav?

(a)Jharkhand
(b)Odisha
(c)Chhattisgarh
(d)Maharashtra

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Odisha took the overall championship in both the men's and the women's categories at the first Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav, a national tribal sports meet.

There is nothing to derive here. The item is recall of a single result, and all four options are states with large tribal populations, so no option can be argued away on general grounds.

Hold it as one fact: at the first edition, Odisha won both categories — option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Jharkhand — Jharkhand is the option most candidates reach for first, because it is the state most closely associated with tribal India. The championship in both categories went to Odisha.
(c)
Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh has a large tribal population but did not top the overall standings at the first edition.
(d)
Maharashtra — Maharashtra did not take the overall title in either the men's or the women's category at this meet.

Concept

The Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav is a national tribal sports meet, held to bring athletes from tribal communities onto a national competitive stage.

SSC's key fixes one fact about the first edition — that Odisha was overall champion in the men's and the women's categories alike — and that single fact is the whole of what this item tests.

Current-affairs recall carries no internal logic to fall back on. Either the result is in your notes or the question is a guess between four plausible states.

Similar names collide here. Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, observed on 15 November for Birsa Munda's birth anniversary, is a commemoration and not a competition, and the Khelo India Games are a separate programme altogether.

Key facts

Odisha was overall champion in both the men's and the women's categories at the first Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav.
The Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav is a sporting competition, not a commemorative observance.
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas is observed on 15 November, the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda.

Study next

Janjatiya Gaurav Divas and Birsa MundaKhelo India Youth Games and the National Games, and their overall championsRecent national sporting events hosted by Indian states

Common traps

Guessing Jharkhand or Chhattisgarh because they are the states most associated with tribal sport.
Mixing this meet up with Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, which is an observance.

Tribal-affairs current affairs reaches this corpus in both a sporting and a commemorative form — also asked 25 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q8, which keys Janjatiya Gaurav Divas to Birsa Munda's birth anniversary.

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