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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The men’s pair who won India’s first-ever gold in bridge event (card game) at the Asian Games:
A
Debabrata Majumder and Arun Kumar Sinha
B
Sapan Desai and Rajeev Khandelwal
C
Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Dey Sarkar
D
Rajeshwar Tewari and Raju Tolani
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar won the men’s pair event in the bridge competition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sachin Nag won the 100m freestyle swimming event to record India’s first gold medal at the Asian Games. The Mr Asia of 1951, a men’s physique competition, was also held as a non-medal event during the First Asian Games.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kamaljeet Sandhu is a female Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman athlete to win gold medal at any Asian games. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -India participated and hosted the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city, New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.

Detailed explanation-5: -A total of 489 athletes representing 11 nations took part in 57 events across eight sports. Japan topped the medals tally, winning 60 medals, including 24 gold, while India came second with 51 medals, including 15 gold and 20 bronze. This is the highest ranking India has ever achieved in the Asian Games.

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