SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 18 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 11 of 100

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Which Indian fencer secured the bronze medal in the women’s Cadet Epee category at the 2022 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships?

(a)Bhavani Devi
(b)Prachi Lohan
(c)C.A. Bhavya
(d)Kushi Chaudhary

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Prachi Lohan won the bronze medal in the women's cadet épée event at the 2022 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships → option (b).

The stem gives two filters: the weapon, épée, and the age group, cadet (under-17).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Bhavani Devi — Bhavani Devi fences sabre, not épée, and competes as a senior. She was the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, at Tokyo 2020.
(c)
C.A. Bhavya — C.A. Bhavya is not the medallist: the key credits Prachi Lohan. Do not confuse the name with C. A. Bhavani Devi, a senior sabre fencer.
(d)
Kushi Chaudhary — Kushi Chaudhary is not the fencer credited with this medal. The Indian bronze in 2022 women's cadet épée is credited to Prachi Lohan.

Concept

Fencing has three weapons, foil, épée and sabre, each with its own blade and rules. In épée the entire body is a valid target.

International age groups are separate too: cadet is the under-17 category and junior the under-20. A cadet épée medal points to a young épée fencer, not to a senior sabre star.

Bhavani Devi's records are in sabre. She was the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics (Tokyo 2020), and in 2023 she won bronze at the Asian Championships in Wuxi, the first Indian fencer to medal there.

Key facts

Prachi Lohan won bronze in women's cadet épée at the 2022 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships.
C. A. Bhavani Devi, a sabre fencer, was the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics (Tokyo 2020).
In épée, the entire body is a valid target.

Study next

Fencing weapons: foil, épée and sabreBhavani Devi's 2023 Asian Championships bronzeFencing age categories: cadet, junior, senior

Common traps

Picking Bhavani Devi because she is India's best-known fencer: she fences sabre and was already a senior Olympian by 2022.
Ignoring the weapon in the stem: épée rules out a sabre specialist at once.

Here a medal is pinned to a weapon, an age group and a year, so each word in the stem narrows the field.

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