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Q99·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2021

Official Motto and New Sports at the 32nd Summer Olympics

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Question

Consider the following statements in respect of the 32nd Summer Olympics:

  1. 1.

    The official motto for this Olympics is 'A New World'.

  2. 2.

    Sport Climbing, Surfing, Karate and Skateboarding, Baseball are included in this Olympics.

Options

a

1 only

b

2 only

Answer
c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect because the official motto for the Tokyo 2020 Games (the 32nd Summer Olympics) was 'United by Emotion' ('A New World' was the motto for the 2016 Rio Olympics). Statement 2 is correct because the International Olympic Committee added sport climbing, surfing, karate, skateboarding, and baseball/softball to the competition schedule for the Tokyo edition. > The Tokyo 2020 Olympics introduced several new sports, including skateboarding and sport climbing, under the motto 'United by Emotion'. Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2021

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q99

Subject

Current Affairs

Sub-topic

Sports

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Easy

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Tokyo Olympics 2020 news updates

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