Question

Read the passage given below carefully and answers the questions that follow.
(a) One more Olympics has gone by. A total of 974 medals were won by 87 countries. 54
countries won at least one Gold. The U.S flew home with the best medal tally of all time for
that country with 121 medals. Now with standing the individual brilliance and the face saving
medals of P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, India’s performance is the poorest among all big
countries.
The discourse on this is an unhappy one: there has been a lot of hand-writing, blame on the
sports ministry and sports administrators, complaints about lack of facilities, grumbles about
corruption being the villain, and so on. India says the same things, once is four years, during
and after every Olympics. It should instead look for simple lessons, develop a strategy to win
medals and execute it diligently. No,! I don’t believe that India should be planning for the
Olympics scheduled eight or twelve years from now. While long term thinking is good. Any
leader will tell you that it is too slow. We should aim to win a lot more medals in Tyoko in
2020. But how?
The final medals tally by country tells all sorts of stories. The top 22 countries-those with a
double - digit medals tally with a minimum of three gold medals- took home a total of 702
medals, or 72 percent of all medals. The top ten suggests that only the established west. (The
U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Australia) along with Russia, Japan, and South
Korea will countries to dominate. The emergence of China is explained as “you know the
Chinese can dictate anything, so they are not comparable.” It is often implied that wealth and
size are the reasons for the success of these countries. They have the facilities and programmes
in place. They are bound to win. So goes the argument and acceptance.
This logic should be probed further, Olympics medals are won by people between the ages of
15 to 29 with a few exceptions on either side of this age band. I looked at the number of medal
wins in relation to the population in the age group 15 to 29 in each country for which data is
available. It was juxtaposed with medals won. To calculate the numbers of medals won per
lakh of population in this age group. The story changes dramatically.
(a) What was the result of Olympics?
(b) How can India stand at the strong position in Olympics?
(c) How do the other countries dominate in Olympics?
(d) What are the short comings for the poor position in Olympics?
(e) Identify the word which means the same as ‘a plan of action’ (Para 2)
(a) Discourse (b) Wringing (c) Complain (d) Strategy
(f) Identify the word which means the same as ‘carry out’ (Para 2)
(a) Strategy (b) Execute (c) Grumbles (d) Diligently
(g) Identify the word which means the same as ‘suggested’. (Para 3)
(a) Implied (b) Established (c) Dominate (d) Explained
(h) Identify the word which means the same as ‘Investigated’. (Para 4)
(a) Exception (b) Juxtaposed (c) Calculate (d) Probed

Answer 1

Answer:

974 medals won by87 countries