Q. Consider the following statements regarding the Commonwealth Games:
1.The Commonwealth Games are organized every four years among the members of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1930.
2.India has hosted the Games once, in New Delhi, where it achieved its best-ever medal tally.
3.India has participated in every edition of the Commonwealth Games since independence without any boycott or absence.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: 1 and 2 only
Statement 1 is correct: The Commonwealth Games began in 1930 as the British Empire Games and are held every four years among countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Statement 2 is correct: India debuted in 1934, winning its first medal through wrestler Rashid Anwar, and has hosted the Games once in 2010 in New Delhi, where India recorded its best-ever tally of 101 medals and finished second overall.
Statement 3 is incorrect: India did not participate in the 1930, 1950, 1962, and 1986 editions. The 1986 boycott was over South Africa’s apartheid policy and the UK’s refusal to condemn it.
Source: IE
