Previous Year Question
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
Option Name of Player — Medal Won in Tokyo Olympic 2020
P. V. Sindhu — Bronze Medal
Bajrang Punia — Silver Medal
Mirabai Chanu — Silver Medal
Neeraj Chopra — Gold Medal
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The pair Bajrang Punia — Silver Medal is not correctly matched, because Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The question asks for the incorrectly matched pair, so option (b) must be selected.
Bajrang Punia won his medal in the men’s freestyle wrestling 65 kg weight category. In the bronze-medal bout on 7 August 2021, he defeated Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan by 8–0.
The other three pairs are correctly matched. P. V. Sindhu won a bronze medal in women’s singles badminton, Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the women’s 49 kg weightlifting category, and Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in men’s javelin throw.
To avoid confusion between the wrestling medals, remember: Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in the 57 kg category, whereas Bajrang Punia won bronze in the 65 kg category. India won a total of **7 medals—1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze—**at these Games.