Read the passage below-
Commonwealth Games 2022 happened at Birmingham, England from 28th July to 8th August. India competed in 16 sports and 210 competitors participated in the games including 106 men and 104 women. India finished at rank 4th in the games with 22 gold, 16 silver, 23 bronze and total 61 medals. Manpreet Singh and P. V. Sindhu were the Flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony and Nikhat Zareen and Sharath Achanta were the Flag bearer for India in the closing ceremony. 72 Commonwealth nations participated in the games. Australia ranked no. 1 in the medal tally with 67 gold, 57 silver, 54 bronze and total 178 medals. England finished at no. 2 with 57 gold, 66 silver, 53 bronze and total 176 medals. Canada finished at no. 3 with 26 gold, 32 silver, 34 bronze and total 92 medals.
Achievers of gold 🥇 medals for India are -: 1. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu in Women’s 49 kg weighlifting, 2. Jeremy Lalrinnunga in Men’s 67kg weighlifting, 3. Acinta Sheuli in Men’s 73kg weighlifting, 4. Rupa Rani Tirkey ,Nayanmoni Saikia, Lovely Choubey and Pinki Singh in Women’s fours Lawn bowls, 5. Harmeet Desai, Sharath Achanta, Sanil Shetty and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in Men’s team table tennis, 6. Sudhir in Men’s heavyweight Para powerlifting, 7. Bajrang Punia Men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling, 8. Sakshi Malik in Women’s freestyle 62 kg wrestling, 9. Deepak Punia in Men’s freestyle 86kg wrestling, 10. Ravi Kumar Dahiya in Men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling, 11. Vinesh Phogat in women’s freestyle 53kg wrestling, 12. Naveen Malik in Men’s freestyle 74kg wrestling. 13. Bhavina Patel in Women’s singles C3 – 5 table tennis , 14. Nitu Ghanghas in Women’s 48 kg Boxing. 15. Amit Panghal Men’s 51kg boxing, 16. Eldhose Paul in Men’s triple jump, Athletics. 17. Nikhat Zareen in Women’s 50kg boxing. 18. Sarath Achanta , Sreeja Akula in mixed doubles table tennis. 19. P V . Sindhu in women’s single badminton, 20. Lakshya Sen in Men’s badminton, 21. Chirag Shetty and Satwisairaj Rankireddy in Men’s doubles badminton, 22. Sharath Achanta in Men’s singles table tennis.
In team events – Indian badminton team won the silver medal in mixed team event, Indian Women’s cricket team also won the silver medal, Indian Men’s hockey team won the silver medal. Indian Women’s hockey team won the bronze medal.
Other silver medal winners are – Sanket Sagar in Men’s 55kg weighlifting, Bindyarani Devi in women’s 55kg weighlifting, Shushila Likmabam in Women’s 48kg judo, Vikas Thakur in Men’s 96kg weighlifting, Tulika Maan Women’s+78kg judo, Murali Sreeshankar in Men’s long jump, Anshu Malik in women’s freestyle 57kg wrestling, Priyanka Goswami in Women’s 10000 m walk, Avinash Sable in Men’s 3000 m steeplechase, Sunil Bahadur, Chandan Singh, Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar in Men’s fours Lawn bowls, Abdulla Aboobacker in Men’s triple jump, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Achanta in Men’s doubles table tennis, Sagar Ahlawat in Men’s +92kg boxing.
Other bronze 🥉 medal winners for India are – Gururaja Poojary in Men’s 61 kg weighlifting, Vijay Kumar Yadav in Men’s 60kg Judo, Harjinder Kaur in Women’s 71kg weighlifting, Lovepreet Singh in Men’s 109kg weighlifting, Saurav Ghoshal in Men’s singles squash, Gurdeep Singh in Men’s +109kg weighlifting, Tejaswin Shankar in Men’s high jump, Divya Kakran in Women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling, Mohit Grewal in Men’s freestyle 125kg wrestling, Jaismine Lamboria in Women’s lightweight boxing, Pooja Gehlot in Women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling, Pooja Sihag in Women’s freestyle 76kg wrestling, Mohammad Hussamuddin in Men’s featherweight boxing, Deepak Nehra in Men’s freestyle 97kg wrestling, Sonalben Patel in Women’s singles C3-5 table tennis, Rohit Tokas in Men’s welterweight boxing, Sandeep Kumar in Men’s 10000m walk, Annu Rani in Women’s javelin throw, Saurav Ghoshal , Dipika Pallikal in Mixed doubles squash, Srikanth Kidambi in Men’s singles badminton, Gayatri Gopichand, Treesha Jolly in Women’s doubles badminton, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in Men’s singles table tennis.
A. Read the passage above and answers the questions below – 1×4=4
1. How many nations participated in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
2. Which nation achieved most gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
3. How many players participated for India in Commonwealth Games 2022?
4. Who were the Flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022?
B. Complete the sentences with the information from the text – 1×4=4
1. Commonwealth Games 2022 was held at —————————————————.
2. India achieved —————- medals in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
3. —————————————————— were the Flag bearer for India in the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
4. The host nation for the Commonwealth Games 2022 was ————————–.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements – 1×4=4
1. India finished at 4th in the medal tally of Commonwealth Games 2022.
2. India achieved 25 gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
3. The Commonwealth Games 2022 was continued for 15 days.
4. India participated in 16 sports in Commonwealth Games 2022.
D. Write the name of the nation finished at top three in the medal tally of Commonwealth Games 2022. 2
E. Write about the success of India in the team events of the Commonwealth Games 2022. 4
F. Write a suitable title for the passage and give reason to choose title. 2
Writing Skills
1. Write a paragraph on the achievement of India in the Commonwealth Games 2022. 10
2. Write a newspaper report on the achievement of India in the Commonwealth Games 2022. 10
3. Write a Precis based on the passage above. 10
4. Suppose your teacher has arranged a group discussion among five students on the positive affect of India’s success in the Commonwealth Games 2022. Write a script for the Group Discussion.
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5. Express your feelings and excitement on the achievement of India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in a letter to your best friend. 10
