Previous Year Question
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Sushil Kumar — Wrestling
Anand Pawar — Badminton
Arjun Rao — Archery
Pankaj Advani — Shooting
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
Pankaj Advani is not a Shooting player; he is a celebrated Indian Billiards and Snooker player. He was also awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 2005 for his achievements in Billiards & Snooker.
The other three pairs are correctly matched—
Sushil Kumar — Wrestling: Sushil Kumar is one of India's prominent wrestlers. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and later also won a medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Government sports-award records associate him with the discipline of Wrestling.
Anand Pawar — Badminton: Anand Pawar is an Indian badminton player. He was included in the Badminton Core Group prepared by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for Commonwealth Games preparations.
Arjun Rao — Archery: Arjun Rao was an Indian compound archer. He won a bronze medal in the individual compound event at the 2009 Asian Grand Prix, and World Archery records also identify him as an Indian archer.