Fill in the blanks: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was officially formed in _____, with Sir Dorabji Tata as its founding President and Dr. A.G. Noehren as Secretary.

Correct — D. The Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927, with Sir Dorabji Tata as its first president and Dr A.G. Noehren as its first secretary.

From that year the International Olympic Committee recognised it as India's National Olympic Committee, the body that enters Indian teams for the Games: option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  1920 — 1920 is when India sent a team to Antwerp. The committee formed after those Games, with Dorabji Tata as president, was only provisional.
• (b)
  1922 — 1922 falls in the provisional years. A provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed in 1923–24, and the IOA itself only in 1927.
• (c)
  1930 — 1930 is too late. The IOA had already selected India's team for the 1928 Amsterdam Games.

The IOA grew out of India's early Olympic entries. A provisional committee formed after the 1920 Games, a provisional All India Olympic Committee followed in 1923–24, and the All India Olympic Games of February 1924 later became the National Games.

The IOA was set up in 1927 at the initiative of Noehren and Harry Crowe Buck of the YMCA College of Physical Education, Madras.

Key facts

• The Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927, with Sir Dorabji Tata as president and Dr A.G. Noehren as secretary.
• The All India Olympic Games of February 1924 later became the National Games of India.
• Eight athletes chosen at those 1924 games represented India at the Paris Olympics that year.

Common traps

• Picking 1920 because Dorabji Tata was already involved: the body formed after the 1920 Games was provisional.
• Assuming India could not compete before the IOA existed: Indian teams went to the 1920 and 1924 Games.

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