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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s largest Hockey Stadium will be named after which freedom fighter?
A
Tilak Manjhi
B
Birsa Munda
C
Shibu Soren
D
B Pradhan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium has a seating capacity of 20, 846 spectators and is one of the largest hockey stadiums in India. In fact, it the largest seated hockey stadium in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rourkela SHINES - The new hockey stadium today named after Shri Birsa Munda and it will be known as Birsa Munda Hockey stadium Rourkela Shines | Facebook.

Detailed explanation-3: -Odisha is all decked up to host the men’s hockey World Cup 2023. This time, some of the matches would be held at the newly-inaugurated Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, which is claimed to be the world’s largest stadium. The stadium was built during the pandemic, especially for the hockey world cup.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 200-crore stadium has been built on an area of 35 acres inside the 120-acre campus of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology at the outskirts of Rourkela.

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