Which of the following Indian Football Club became country's first ever football club to feature on NASDAQ billboards in New York's Time Square on 29th July, 2020 ?
- (a)East Bengal
- (b)Churchill Brothers
- (c)Mohan Bagan
- (d)Bengaluru Football Club
Correct — C, Mohun Bagan. On 29 July 2020 — 'Mohun Bagan Day', which commemorates the club's historic 1911 IFA Shield victory — the Kolkata giant Mohun Bagan was featured on the NASDAQ billboard at Times Square, New York, becoming the first Indian football club (indeed the first Indian sports entity) to do so.
- (a)East Bengal — East Bengal is Mohun Bagan's great Kolkata rival, but it was not the club featured on the NASDAQ Times Square billboard on 29 July 2020.
- (b)Churchill Brothers — Churchill Brothers (Goa) is an I-League club and had no part in the Times Square NASDAQ billboard feature.
- (d)Bengaluru Football Club — Bengaluru FC is a prominent Indian Super League club, but the first Indian football club on the NASDAQ billboard was Mohun Bagan, not Bengaluru FC.
Mohun Bagan, founded in 1889 in Kolkata, is one of India's oldest and most storied football clubs. Its 1911 IFA Shield triumph — beating the East Yorkshire Regiment — was celebrated as a nationalist milestone, and its anniversary, 29 July, is observed as 'Mohun Bagan Day'. In 2020 the club marked the occasion with a first-of-its-kind feature on the NASDAQ Times Square billboard.
This is a sports current-affairs 'first'. The anchor is that the milestone was tied to Mohun Bagan Day (29 July), the club's own commemorative date, which pins the answer to Mohun Bagan rather than to any other Indian club.
- 29 July 2020: Mohun Bagan became the first Indian football club featured on the NASDAQ Times Square billboard.
- The date, 'Mohun Bagan Day', commemorates the club's 1911 IFA Shield win.
- Mohun Bagan (established 1889, Kolkata) is among India's oldest football clubs.
- In 2020 Mohun Bagan merged with ATK to form ATK Mohun Bagan for the Indian Super League.
- Guessing East Bengal (the famous Kolkata rival) instead of Mohun Bagan.
- Assuming a newer ISL club such as Bengaluru FC rather than the historic Mohun Bagan.
Sports current-affairs 'firsts' — the first Indian club/athlete to achieve X — are common one-liners; the tie to 'Mohun Bagan Day' (29 July) is the giveaway here.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Mohun Bagan Day' (29 July) commemorates the club's 1911 victory in which tournament?
- (a)IFA Shield
- (b)Durand Cup
- (c)Santosh Trophy
- (d)Rovers Cup
Answer(a) IFA Shield — Mohun Bagan won the 1911 IFA Shield, beating the East Yorkshire Regiment, the feat marked on Mohun Bagan Day.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In 2020 Mohun Bagan merged with which franchise to compete in the Indian Super League?
- (a)ATK
- (b)Kerala Blasters
- (c)Chennaiyin FC
- (d)Bengaluru FC
Answer(a) ATK — the merger created ATK Mohun Bagan for the Indian Super League in 2020.