Test: Sports of Haryana - Software Development MCQ

The correct answer is Bhim Award.

Key Points

• The Bhim Award is the highest sports honor given by the government of Haryana, India, for "outstanding performance in national and international competitions".
  • Each recipient of the Bhim Award receives a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000.

Important Points

•  Rani Laxmi Bai Award is conducted by the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs under the Government of Haryana. The award will be awarded a cash prize of INR 2,00,000 and other rewards.

The correct answer is Maharana Pratap Award.

Key Points

• Maharana Pratap Award:
  • The Maharana Pratap Award is given by the Government of Haryana. This is the only award in Haryana which is only given to a Male Sportsperson of Haryana for his extraordinary Lifetime achievements at the International, and National Level from India as well as from the state. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
  • The criteria of the Maharana Pratap Award is he must be a Resident of Haryana state. The award consists of a cash prize of 2 lakhs to the Recipient, a Maharana Pratap Statue, a scroll of Honour, Blazer, Tie, and Scarf.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Komal Gurjar.

Key Points

Anita Kundu

• She is a sub-inspector of police and passionate mountaineer, is the first woman to scale Mount Everest from both Nepal and China sides.
• She hails from village Faridpur, Hisar (Haryana).
• She was born in Hisar, Haryana, Kundu joined the Haryana Police in 2008.
• From an early age, she had been drawn to challenging sports - as a pre-teen, she had trained in boxing. Hence, Option 1 is correct.

Mamta Sodha

• She is an Indian sportsperson, known for her successful 2010 attempt to scale Mount Everest.
• She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of mountaineering sport.

Komal Gurjar

• Komal Gurjar is a junior women wrestler.

Santosh Yadav

• She is an Indian mountaineer.
• She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face.
• She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team

• Neeraj Chopra is an Indian athlete who competes in the javelin throw.
• He won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and set a national record of 88.06 m.
• He also clinched a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
• He was also the champion of the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championship and set a world junior record of 86.48 m. 

The correct answer is Neeraj Chopra.

Key Points

• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that a stadium will be built in Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra's native village in Panipat.
  • Neeraj Chopra is a Javelin throw player.
  • Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's native village Khandra is in Panipat.
  • A stadium would be built in Neeraj Chopra's village for ₹10 crores.

Additional Information

The correct answer is 2,00,000/-.

• The amount of prize money that is given to the recipient of the Rani Laxmi Bai Award in Haryana is Rs 2,00,000/-.
• The awardees are also felicitated with Rani Laxmi Bai memento.

Key Points

• Rani Laxmi Bai Award is organized by the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs under the Government of Haryana.
• The main aim of the award is to honor the Sportswomen of Haryana who have done exceptional contributions in the field of sports for over 20 years or more.
• This award is given for excellence in sports and lifetime achievements for the female sportsperson.
• Tie/ Scarf, Scroll, and Blazer are the other rewards for the selected sportswoman.

The correct answer is Rakesh Singh.

Key Points

• Rakesh Koch -
  • He is a resident of Bahadurgarh, Haryana
  • He has been elected General Secretary of the Wrestling Association of Haryana.
  • He has been associated with sports for a long time and is also the director of the Model School located in Bahadurgarh.

Additional Information

• ​Santosh Sharma -
  • This is the head constable of Panipat Police.
  • He has recently brought laurels to the state of Haryana by winning the gold medal in the World Police Sports Competition.
• Preetpal Sangwan -
  • ​He is the Haryana police officer who has been awarded the Police Medal.

The correct answer is Narendra Yadav.

Key Points

• Over four years after two Haryana mountaineers Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani claimed to have reached the top of Mount Everest, Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), cancelled the summit certificate issued to them.
• Narendra Yadav is from village Nehrugarh in Rewari district.
• An investigation by the ministry concluded both Yadav and Rani had lied because the evidence, including photographs, didn’t add up. 
• Last year Yadav was recommended for the Tenzing Norgay Award, the highest adventure sports honour in India.
• Both Yadav and Rani had violated regulations under the Nepal Tourism Act, 1978. 

Additional Information

Other mountaineers from Haryana are:

• Sunita Singh Choken - climbed Mount Everest in 2011.
• Shivangi Pathak - At the age of 16, she became the youngest person to climb the world's highest peak.
• Mamta Sodha - climbed Mount Everest in 2010.
• Santosh Yadav - She is the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice.

The correct answer is Shooting.

Key Points

• Shweta Chaudhry was born on 3 July 1986 in Faridabad, Haryana.
• She is an Indian shooter who competes in the 10-meter air pistol and 25-meter sports pistol events. 
• Chaudhary won the bronze medal in the women's air pistol event, which was the first medal won by India in the games.
• In 2009, at the 2009 Asian Air Gun Championships in Doha.
• At the age of 14, she became the senior national champion with record-breaking results.
• Chaudhary, along with Sheila Kanungo, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester.

Additional Information

• Chief Minister of Haryana is - Manohar Lal Khattar 
• Sex Ratio of Haryana - 879
• Literacy Rate of Haryana - 67.91%
• Lok Sabha seats in Haryana - 10

The correct answer is Milkha Singh.

• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced the opening of a Paragliding club after the name of the late Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, widely regarded as Flying Sikh.
• Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has also announced a Milkha Singh Chair at the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University in Patiala in his memory.
• The legendary athlete held the 400m national record for 38 years.
• Haryana:
  • Chief Minister - Manohar Lal Khattar.
  • Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya.
  • Lok Sabha seats - 10.
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 5.
  • State Animal - Blackbuck.

Santosh Yadav

• Santosh Yadav is a female mountaineer from India
• She was born in Rewari district of Haryana in 1967
• She was the first Indian woman to climb Everest twice.
• She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.
• She has been awarded the Padma Shree by the government of India in 2000
• She has also been awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award in 1994

Additional Information

• Padma Shree is the fourth highest civilian award in India
• The first three are Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan
• It is awarded to citizens as well as non-citizens of India
• The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is the highest adventure sports honour in India
• It was formerly known as the National Adventure Awards
• Tenzing Norgay along with Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Everest
• Bacchendri Pal is the first Indian woman to climb Everest

⇒ Santosh Yadav belongs to Haryana

The correct answer is golf.

Key Points

• Tvesa Malik is an Indian golf player.
• She is from Gurugram, Haryana.
• She has won the 4th leg of the Hero Women’s Golf Tour.
• Gursimar Badwal is also an Indian golf player. 

Additional Information

The correct answer is Option 1,

Key PointsSports Player -

Bhavina Patel -

• Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat.
• She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
• She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the 2011 PTT Thailand Open.
• In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women’s singles Class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.

​Nishad Kumar -

• Nishad is from Una, Himachal Pradesh.
• Nishad Kumar (born 3 October 1999) is an Indian Paralympian and high jumper.
• He made his maiden Paralympic Games appearance in 2020 Tokyo representing India and went on to claim the silver medal in the men's high jump T47 category with a new Asian record of 2.06m.

Harvinder Singh  -

• Harvinder Singh is an Indian paralympic archer from Haryana.
• He won a bronze medal in the men's singles recurve archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. 
• It is the first-ever Paralympic medal in archery for India.

Devendra Jhajharia -

• Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events from the Churu District in Rajasthan.
• He is the first Indian Paralympics player to win two gold medals at the Paralympics.
• He won his first gold in the javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, becoming the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for his country.

The correct answer is Rani Rampal.

Important Points

• Rani Rampal is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana.
• She was the first female hockey player to have won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Key Points

• She is currently the Captain of the Indian Women's Hockey Team.
• The Indian women’s Hockey team captain Rani Rampal is the World Games Athlete of the Year 2019, thus becoming the first-ever hockey player to win the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year Award.
• In 2020 the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri.
• Rani played in the Champion's Challenge Tournament held in Kazan, Russia in June 2009 and powered India to a win by scoring 4 goals in the finals.
• At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup.

Additional Information

• List of all the sportsperson​ 2021

The correct answer is Wrestling.

Key Points

• Satyawart Kadian is associated with wrestling sports.
  • He was born on 9th November 1993, in Rohtak, Haryana, India.  
• The Achievements of Satyawart Kadian:
  • A bronze medal in the 100 kg category at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore.
  • Earned a bronze medal in the 96 kg category at the World Junior Championships in 2013 that took place in Sofia.
  • Bagged silver and a bronze medal in the 97 kg category at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships of 2014.
  • Won the title at the 1st Rustam-e-International tournament which was held at Jammu in 2015.
  • Clinched a gold medal in the 97 kg category at the Commonwealth Championships of 2016, held in Singapore.
  • Claimed a bronze medal in the 97 kg category at the 2019 Asian Championships.

Additional Information

The correct answer is 52.

Key Points

• In 2022, Bandaru Dattatraya conferred Bhim Awards to 52 players of Haryana.
  • Bandaru Dattatraya is the Governor of Haryana.
  • He conferred Bhim Award for their outstanding achievements in sports.
• The Bhim Award is the highest sports honour given by the government of Haryana, India, for "outstanding performance in national and international competitions".
  • It began in 2001.
  • It is to recognize the achievement of those sportspersons who have brought honours to the Haryana State in their games and sports at recognized international championships/cup/games and senior national championships/cups/games
• The Bhim Award Felicitation ceremony was organised on the occasion of International Olympic Day at Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula.
  • ​Each Awardee was given Rs. 5 lakh as a cash award along with Bhim Statue, tie, blazer and citations.
  • They will also be given Rs. 5000 per month as an honorarium. 

The correct answer is Sumit Antil.

Key Points

• Sumit Antil from Haryana received the Padma Shri award in 2022 in the field of sports.
• Sumit Antil
  • He was born in Khewra, Sonipat, Haryana.
  • He ​is an Indian paralympian and javelin thrower.
  • He won a gold medal in men's javelin throw F64 category at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
  • He holds the current world record, having thrown 68.55 metres in the Paralympic final.
  • He also received the Khel Ratna award in 2021.

Important Points

• 128 people have been honoured for 2022 with the awards that are conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
• The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honors of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.
• The Awards are given in three categories:
  • Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service)
  • Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and
  • Padma Shri (distinguished service)
• It is pertinent to note that Bajrang Punia received Padma Shri Award in 2019.

The correct answer is Shot put.

Key Points

• Deepa Malik
  • She was born on 30 September 1970 in Bhaiswal, Haryana.
  • She started her career at the age of 30.
  • She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a Silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the shot put. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
  • She has also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic Grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. 
  • She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category. 
  • She is a member of the working group in the formulation 12th five-year plan (2012–2017) on sports and physical education.
  • She was honoured with the Arjuna award in 2012, at the age of 42 years.
  • She has also been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2017.
  • She has won 58 national & 23 International medals across all disciplines to date.

The correct answer is Sarabjot Singh.

Key Points

• Haryana’s Sarabjot Singh won double gold at the 65th National Shooting Championship on 2 December 2022.
• Sarabjot defeated Gaurav Rana of the Air Force 16-4 in the gold medal match for the individual crown and also partnered with Sumit Raman and Anmol Jain to pick up the team gold in the event.
• The championship is being held at the MP Shooting Academy range in Bhopal.

Additional Information

• Other Sports News:
  • ​In Badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bagged the biggest title of their career, claiming the French Open Super 750 crown.
  • In ISSF World Championship, Sagar Dangi bagged Gold and Silver in the Junior Men’s 10m Air Pistol team and individual events in Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2022.
  • Indian javelin thrower DP Manu won Gold medal in the men’s competition with a best throw of 81.23m at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on 18th Oct 2022.

 The correct answer is Haryana.
Key Points

• Haryana’s Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Sandeep Singh launched ‘ Khel Nursery Scheme 2022- 23 ’ to promote sports in the state 
• The players of Haryana have given a new identity to the state at the transnational position with their sports gift. The state government is always seeking to develop new sports bents in the state. 
• The scheme promotes sports nurseries that will be started in government, private educational institutions, and private sports institutions. 
• The minister said players of Haryana have given a new identity to the state at the transnational position with their sports gift. 
• The state government is always seeking to develop new sports bents in the state. He said the Haryana government is reaching out to similar youths who can bring orders. 
• Resources related to sports are being expanded in the state. 

Additional Information

• Scheme Name- Khel Nursery Scheme. 
• Scheme Under- Haryana Government. 
• Blazoned By- State Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sandeep Singh. 
• Start Date- 2022 
• Perpetration By- Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Haryana. 
•  Major Ideal- To expand the sport's coffers and nurture the youthful sports gift in the state.