SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 18 September 2024, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 22 of 98

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The third edition of the Khelo India University Games was hosted by which of the following states?

(a)Uttar Pradesh
(b)Punjab
(c)Madhya Pradesh
(d)Haryana

Answer

Why

Correct — A. The third edition of the Khelo India University Games — branded KIUG 2022 and played in 2023 — was hosted by Uttar Pradesh, across venues in the state.

The University Games are the college-age tier of the Khelo India programme, run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for athletes from Indian universities. Option (a) is the host state of that third edition.

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Punjab — Punjab is a strong university-sport state whose teams contend for the medal table, but hosting is what the question asks, and the third edition was staged in Uttar Pradesh.
(c)
Madhya Pradesh — Madhya Pradesh has hosted the Khelo India Youth Games, the school-age tier of the same programme. That is a separate competition from the University Games.
(d)
Haryana — Haryana is a Khelo India medals power, which makes it a tempting guess, but the third University Games were held in Uttar Pradesh.

Concept

Khelo India runs in tiers, and SSC tests whether you can keep them apart: the Youth Games for school-age athletes, the University Games for college athletes and the Winter Games held in the Himalayan region.

The University Games began in 2020 with Odisha as the first host. The third edition, branded KIUG 2022 and played in 2023, went to Uttar Pradesh.

Each edition has its own host state, mascot and logo, and those are precisely the handles SSC uses. File them together.

The year in the name is not the year of play: KIUG 2022 was the third edition and was held in 2023. Answer for the edition number, not the branding year.

Key facts

Uttar Pradesh hosted the third edition of the Khelo India University Games.
That edition was branded KIUG 2022 and was played in 2023.
The first Khelo India University Games were held in Odisha in 2020.
Khelo India is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Study next

Khelo India tiers: Youth Games, University Games and Winter GamesHost states and mascots of recent Khelo India editionsThe Target Olympic Podium Scheme and how it differs from Khelo India

Common traps

Reading the 2022 in the name as the year the Games were actually played.
Mixing the University Games with the Youth Games when recalling host states.
Answering with the state whose university topped the medal table instead of the host state.

SSC asks each edition from a different handle — the mascot of the Khelo India University Games 2022 is asked on 17 Sep 2024, 12:30, GA Q.3, and a trophy item that puts the University Games among its options appears on 18 Sep 2024, 12:30, GA Q.15.

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