Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched? (Name of Player) — (Medal Won in Tokyo Olympic 2020)
- (a)P. V. Sindhu — Bronze Medal
- (b)Bajrang Punia — Silver Medal
- (c)Mirabai Chanu — Silver Medal
- (d)Neeraj Chopra — Gold Medal
Correct — B, 'Bajrang Punia — Silver Medal'. This pairing is wrong: at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) Bajrang Punia won a BRONZE medal in men's 65 kg freestyle wrestling, not silver. The other three are correctly matched — P. V. Sindhu won bronze (badminton women's singles), Mirabai Chanu won silver (weightlifting, women's 49 kg) and Neeraj Chopra won gold (men's javelin throw). Hence Bajrang Punia's pairing with 'Silver' is the incorrectly matched one.
- (a)P. V. Sindhu — Bronze Medal — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Sindhu won the badminton women's singles bronze at Tokyo 2020, her second Olympic medal after Rio 2016 silver.
- (c)Mirabai Chanu — Silver Medal — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Mirabai Chanu won silver in women's 49 kg weightlifting, India's first medal of the Tokyo Games.
- (d)Neeraj Chopra — Gold Medal — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Neeraj Chopra won gold in men's javelin throw, India's first Olympic athletics gold.
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) India won a record 7 medals — 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, its best-ever haul. Gold: Neeraj Chopra (javelin). Silver: Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting) and Ravi Kumar Dahiya (wrestling). Bronze: P. V. Sindhu (badminton), Lovlina Borgohain (boxing), Bajrang Punia (wrestling) and the men's hockey team.
The trap swaps Bajrang Punia's bronze for silver. Note that a different wrestler, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, won the wrestling silver, so it is easy to mis-assign the wrestling silver to Bajrang — but Bajrang's medal was bronze in the 65 kg freestyle category.
- India's Tokyo 2020 tally: 7 medals — 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze (its best Olympic performance).
- Bajrang Punia — BRONZE in men's 65 kg freestyle wrestling.
- Neeraj Chopra — GOLD (javelin, India's first Olympic athletics gold); Mirabai Chanu — SILVER (weightlifting 49 kg).
- P. V. Sindhu — BRONZE (badminton), her second Olympic medal after the Rio 2016 silver.
- Swapping medal colours — Bajrang Punia won wrestling bronze while Ravi Kumar Dahiya won wrestling silver
- Confusing P. V. Sindhu's Tokyo 2020 bronze with her Rio 2016 silver
UPPSC and UPSC ask current-affairs match-the-following pairing a player with medal colour or event — know India's Tokyo 2020 medallists precisely.
Consider the following statements in respect of the 32nd Summer Olympics: 1. The official motto for this Olympics is 'A New World'. 2. Sport Climbing, Surfing, Skateboarding, Karate and Baseball are included in this Olympics. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer(b) 2 only
Same event — this UPSC 2021 question is also on the Tokyo 2020 (32nd Summer) Olympics, testing the Games' motto and newly-added sports (climbing, surfing, skateboarding, karate, baseball), while the UPPSC question tests India's medal winners at the same Games.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Who won India's only GOLD medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
- (a)Bajrang Punia
- (b)Ravi Kumar Dahiya
- (c)Neeraj Chopra
- (d)Mirabai Chanu
Answer(c) Neeraj Chopra — gold in the men's javelin throw.
- practice — not a real PYQ
How many medals did India win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
- (a)5
- (b)6
- (c)7
- (d)8
Answer(c) 7 medals — 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, India's best-ever Olympic performance.