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Here we are providing new series of English Language Questions for upcoming exams, so the aspirants can practice it on a daily basis.

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Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), formerly Khelo India School Games (KISG), means Play India Youth Games, held annually in January or February, are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held for two categories, namely under-17 years school students and under-21 college students. Every year best 1000 kids will be given an annual scholarship of ₹5 lakh (US$7,000) for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events.

The Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme will be held in December 2018- January 2019 in the first phase. Here total of 160 trainers will be trained in 4 batches of 40 each in December-January period. This TOT Programme will be carried out semi-annually or quarterly to include all the interested teachers, principals, vice-principals and physical education trainers.

Haryana (102 medals including 38 golds, 26 silvers and 38 bronzes) which is considered a sports powerhouse was the top team in 2018, followed by Maharashtra (111 medals including 36 golds) and Delhi (94 medals including 25 golds).

On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena. From the 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Youth Games after Indian Olympic Association came on board earlier in September 2018.The second edition of the event was kicked off in Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, a sports complex situated in Balewadi, Pune, by Sports Minister, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, and, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis.On February 27, 2019, PM Narendra Modi launched the Khelo India App at the Youth Indian Parliament in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi to promote sports and fitness.On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first edition of the Khelo India University Games in Cuttack to give athletes the exposure of multi-disciplinary events at the university level.

The inaugural 2018 games had students competing for 209 gold medals across 16 sports.Badminton, basketball, boxing (26 gold medals), gymnastics (20 gold medals), judo (16 gold medals), kabaddi, volleyball and wrestling (30 gold medals) were held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex. Athletics (36 gold medals), football, khokho and weightlifting (16 gold medals) were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Swimming at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex (35 gold medals), hockey at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium and shooting at the Dr.Karni Singh Shooting Range were other venues.

Only selected school kids below the age of 17 years are eligible to compete. In the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, 4 nominations from federation, one from Central Board of Secondary Education, one from the host State and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected. In team sports, the top 4 from the National School Games, 2 nominations by the federation, 1 from the host State and one from the organising committee will be selected. For archery, badminton and shooting, the top 16 from the National School Games, 8 nominations by the federation, 1 from CBSE, 1 from host State, 1 from organising committee, and 6 from wild cards will be selected.

To identify the talent at grassroot level, each sports has a dedicated talent hunt committee, who will identify top 2 sportsperson for each sports and they will be given an annual scholarship of INR500,000 for 8 years.

1) From the 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed_________________________?

a) KheloBharat Youth Games

b) Khelo India YuvaGames

c) Khelo India Games

d) Khelo India Youth Games

e) None of these

2) In the individual sports, how many sportspersons from the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, will be selected?

a) top 9 sportsperson

b) top 7 sportsperson

c) top 8 sportsperson

d) top 5 sportsperson

e) None of these

3) To identify the talent at grassroot level, each sports has a dedicated talent hunt committee, who ___________________________for each sports and they will be given an annual scholarship of__________________________.

a) will identify top 2 sportsperson; INR500,000 for 8 years

b) will identify top 3 sportsperson; INR500,00 for 8 years

C) will identify top 2 sportsperson; INR500,00 for 8 years

d) will identify top 4 sportsperson; INR500,000 for 8 years

e) None of these

4) Who inaugurated Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena, and what was the date?

a) On 30 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,

b) On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,

c) On 31 January 2019, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,

d) On 31 February 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,

e) None of these

5) Which of the following words is the synonym of the word “exposure” given in bold in the passage?

a) revelation

b) disclosure

c) exhibition

d) All of these

e) None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: D

It is mentioned in the 4th paragraph “From the 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Youth Games after Indian Olympic Association came on board earlier in September 2018.”.

Hence (d) is correct.

2) Answer: C

It is mentioned in the 6th paragraph “In the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, 4 nominations from federation, one from Central Board of Secondary Education, one from the host State and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected.”

Hence (c) is correct.

3) Answer: A

It is mentioned in the last paragraph “To identify the talent at grassroot level, each sports has a dedicated talent hunt committee, who will identify top 2 sportsperson for each sports and they will be given an annual scholarship of INR500,000 for 8 years.”

Hence (a) is correct.

4) Answer: B

It is mentioned in the 4th paragraph “On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena.”

Hence (b) is correct.

5) Answer: D

Exposure- revelation/ disclosure/ exhibition.

Hence (d) is correct.