Question

Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestions thatfollow.

( 2x4+1x4=12 marks)

OnemoreOlympics hasgone by.Atotalof974 medals werewonby87

countries; 54 countries won at least one Gold. The U.S flew home with the best

medal tally ofalltimes forthat country with 121 medals. Notwithstandingthe

individual brilliance and the face-saving medals of P.V.Sindhu and Sakshi

Malik, India's performance is thepoorest among allbig countries.

The discourse on this is an unhappy one: there has been a lot of hand-

wringing, blame on the Sports Ministry and sports administrators, complaints

aboutlackoffacilities,grumblesaboutcorruption beingthevillain,andsoon.

India says the same things, once in four years, during and after every

Olympics. Itshould insteadlookforsimplelessons, developastrategytowin

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-termthinkingisgood,anyleaderwilltellyouthatitistooslow.Weshould

aim to win a lotmore medals inTokyo in 2020. But how?

The final medals tally by country tells all sortsof stories. The top 22 countries

— thosewithadouble -digitmedals tallywithaminimum ofthree goldmedals

— took home a total of 702 medals, or 72 per cent 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

continue 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. This 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 ofOlympics?

(b) How can India stand at a strong position inOlympics?

(c) How do the other countries dominate inOlympics?

(d) What are the short comings for the poor position inOlympics?

(e) Identify the word which means the same as’a plan ofaction’(Para2)

(i) discourse (ii) wringing

(iii) complain (iv) strategy

(f) Identify the word which means the same as ’carry out’.(Para2)

(i) strategy (ii) execute

(iii) grumbles (iv) diligently

(g) Identify the word which means the same as’suggested’.(Para3)

(ii) implied (ii) established
(iii) dominate (iv) explained
(h) Identify the word which means the same as

’investigated’.(Para4)

(i) exception (ii) juxtaposed

(iii) calculate (iv) probed

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Answer 1

Answer:

1. The u.s. athletes tommie and Carlos protested by raising black gloved clinched fists with no shoes to show black poverty. They were punished by international Olympic association by taking their medal aback. Norman who protested by wearing a human right badge was not included in the Australian team.

2.likewise, India can stand at strong position in Olympics. The top 22 those witha double - digit medals tally with a minimum of three gold medals took home a total of 702 medals or 72% of all medals.

3.many countries are very good at this or that Olympic sport . Russia has a repution for weightlifting.

4. ( ATTACHED)

5. strategy

6.IMPLIED

7.PROBED