GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -India sent its first contingent at the 1920 Olympics. India’s association with the Olympics goes back to the second-ever edition of the modern Games-the 1900 Paris Olympics. On that occasion, Calcutta (now Kolkata)-born Norman Pritchard became the first Indian to take part in an Olympics.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States won 41 gold, 27 silver, and 27 bronze medals. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, and Belgium rounded out the five most successful medal-winning nations, with France and Belgium being the nations that fielded the most athletes, with the United States being only the third by that statistic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first celebration of the modern Olympic Games took place in its ancient birthplace-Greece. The Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain.