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42 The front-runners 43 Commonwealth Games

Here are records of some people and places in India who were the first of The Commonwealth Games are often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’.

their kind. Can you name them? They were earlier called the British Empire Games.
Tick (ü) the correct option to choose your answer.
1. First Indian writer to win the Man Booker Prize.

_________________ 1. The Commonwealth Games are the third largest multisport event in the
2. First Indian to win the Magsaysay award. world after the Olympic Games and (Asian Games/South American Games).
_________________ 2. The motto of the Commonwealth Games is: Humanity, Equality and

3. First Indian to win the Oscar Award. (Speed/Destiny)
_________________ 3. The first time the games had a mascot was in 1978, in Edmonton Canada.

4. First Indian to swim across the English Channel. What was the mascot? (polar bear/grizzly bear)
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4. How often are the Commonwealth Games held?
5. First woman judge of the Supreme Court. (every 4 years/every 5 years)
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5. When were the first Commonwealth Games held? (1932/1930)
6. First woman locomotive engine (train) driver.
_________________ 6. What does the relay baton of the Commonwealth Games traditionally contain?
(message from the last winner/message from the Queen)
7. First woman speaker of the Lok Sabha.
_________________ 7. In which category did India win the first Commonwealth medal?

8. First state to achieve 100% primary education. (wrestling/fencing)
_________________ 8. In which city were the 2014 Commonwealth Games held?

9. India’s first Wi-Fi city. Mihir Sen (Scotland/Glasgow)
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Kolkata 9. Which of the following was the mascot of the Commonwealth Games 2014?
10. First Indian state to become fully organic. Bhanu Athaiya (Miga/Clyde)
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Arundhati Roy 10. Which city will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games? (London-England/
11. First international cricket stadium in India. Gold Coast-Queensland, Australia)
_________________ Eden Gardens
Sikkim Info-bites
12. First Indian Formula One driver.
_________________ Justice M.Fathima Beevi The 1998 Commonwealth
Vinoba Bhave Games in Kuala Lumpur,
Info-bites Malaysia saw the sporting
Narain Karthikeyan programme grow from
Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker Prize
for her book ‘The God of Small Things’. Kerala 10 to 15 sports as team
The book explores how small things affect Meira Kumar sports were allowed for
people’s behaviour and their lives. It won Surekha Yadav the first time.
the Booker Prize in 1997.

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