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प्रश्न
Indian women who have made it to International Levels in sports and games. Discuss the following points about each of them.
- Name of the sportsperson.
- Sport or Game
- Level reached
- Outstanding achievements.
- Awards/Prizes/Titles
उत्तर
- Name of the sportsperson: P. V. Sindhu
- Sport or Game: Badminton
- Level reached: International level
- Outstanding achievements: Sindhu made her international debut in badminton at the young age of seventeen. She holds the record of being the first Indian to win a silver medal in Badminton at the Olympics.
- Awards/Prizes/Titles: She has won various awards, prizes, and titles. A few of them are as follows:
- 2013 and 2014 World Badminton Championships – Bronze Medals
- 2013 - Arjuna Award
- 2014 Asian Badminton Championship -Bronze Medal
- 2014 FICCI breakthrough sportsperson
- 2014 NDTV Indian of the year
- 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow – Bronze Medal
- 2015 - Padma Shri
- 2016 Rio Olympics – First Indian woman badminton player to bag Silver Medal
- 2016 China Open Super Series Title – Women’s Champion
- 2016 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- 2017 India Open – Women’s Champion
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संबंधित प्रश्न
There had to be one successful story if Indians were to survive in sports
and we have that story now. Enough has been said about this great warrior
who conquered the world. This warrior is none other than Mary Mangte Komthe
Komqueror and the Komrade. She is famed as a five times World Boxing
Champion and the only boxer to win a medal in every one of the six world
championships. In the 2012 Olympics, she became the first Indian woman boxer
to qualify and win a bronze medal in the 51 Kg flyweight category of Boxing.
Kom was born in Kangthei village, Moirang Lamkhai in Churachandpur
district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family. Her
parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who
worked in jhum fields. Kom grew up in humble surroundings, helping her parents
with farm related chores, going to school and learning athletics initially and later
boxing simultaneously. Her father was a keen wrestler in his younger age.
She had an eager interest in athletics since childhood and the success of
Dingko Singh a fellow Manipuri returned from the 1998 Bangkok Asian games
with a gold medal, Kom recollects had inspired many youngsters in Manipur to
try boxing and she too thought of giving it a try.
Mary Kom’s career started in 2000 after her victory in the Manipur State
women’s boxing championship and the regional championship in West Bengal.
In 2001, she started competing at international level. She was only 18 years
old when she made her international debut at the first AIBA Women’s World
Boxing Championship in United States, winning a silver medal in the 48 kg
weight category. Her greatness is reinforced by the way she apoligized to the
whole nation for not being able to win the Gold. She is a legend for sure and
an idol for all the sportswomen to look up to.
(B1) Name the following.
(i) According to the writer the great warrior who conquered the world -
(ii) The State in which Mary Kom was born -
(iii) The kind of farming in which Mary’s parents were working as tenant
farmers -
(iv) The sportsman who inspired many youngsters in Manipur -
(B2) Complete the following.
(B3) Find out antonyms for the following from the passage.
(a) failure × (b) defeat ×
(c) weakened × (d) wealthy ×
(B4)
(i) She is a legend for sure and an idol for all sportswomen to look up to. (Use ‘Not only……….. but also’)
(ii) In the 2012 Olympics, Mary became the first Indian woman boxer to qualify
and win a bronze medal. (Use ‘As well as’)
(B5) What qualities do you think are required to become a good sportsman ?
Choose the correct alternative and underline it.
Who inspired Mary Kom and other youngsters in Manipur to choose boxing as a career?
Choose the correct alternative and underline it.
What does Mary Kom prefer being called?
Go through the text again and find out the name of cities and their importance in Mary Kom’s life. One is given to you.
- Kangthei - Mary Kom’s birth place
- _________ - ______________
- _________ - ______________
- _________ - ______________
Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.
Mary Kom helped her parents with ____________________.
Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.
Mary Kom was able to increase her weight by ____________.
Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.
Mary Kom apologised the nation for _____________.
Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.
Kom’s parents were ____________ Her father was _________________.
Go through the text again and complete the following sentence.
Kom was the first woman boxer to _____________.
Glance through the text and find the special qualities of Mary Kom. Complete the web by putting different qualities of Mary Kom in the boxes.
‘Super Mom’ refers to an excellent mother. Give three reasons why ‘super’ has been added to the word ‘mom’ as in the title.
1._____________________________________________
2._____________________________________________
3._____________________________________________
Answer the following question in your own words.
What prime quality did Mary Kom display during her first attempt in the Olympic games? What was her bad luck?
Write a short paragraph describing the life and work of Mary Kom. Take the help of the points given below. You can take the help of the fact file that you have prepared earlier.
(a) Early life
(b) Training
(c) Achievements
(d) Future Plans
Fill in the table.
| Name of Sport/ Game | Place where played | Individual or Team Event | Sports Equipment |
| 1. Boxing | Ring | Individual | Boxing gloves |
| 2. | |||
| 3. | |||
| 4. | |||
| 5. | |||
| 6. |
Which State does Mary Kom belong to?
What did Mary Kom prefer being called?
What makes the writer call Mary Kom ‘a legend’?
Super Mom’ refers to an excellent mother. Give three reasons why ‘super’ has been added to the word ‘mom’ as in the title.
- __________________
- __________________
- __________________
What does Mary Kom suggest, for India to win more Olympic Gold Medals?
Fill in the flow chart after rearranging the facts below in their proper order, as per the text.
- Mary Kom made her first appearance at an international level.
- She sparred with male boxers in Pune.
- Mary Kom won the Manipur State’s Women’s boxing championship.
- She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.
- Mary Kom decided to take up boxing.
Read the following passage and complete the activities:
B1. Choose the correct alternative: (02)
- Which state does Mary Kom belong to?
a. Mizoram
b. Manipur
c. Gujarat
d. Assam - Who inspired Mary Kom to choose Boxing as a career?
a. Dingko Singh
b. Sushil Kumar
c. Vijendra Singh
d. Adams - What were her parents?
a. Teachers
b. Boxers
c. Tenant farmers
d. Horticulturist - When did Marry Kom make her international debut in Boxing?
a. At 20
b. At 18
c. At 48
d. At 38
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Kom was born in Kangthei village, Moirang Lamkhai in the Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who worked in jhms fields. Kom grew up in humble surroundings, helping her parents with farm-related chores, going to school, and learning athletics initially and later boxing simultaneously. Her father was a keen wrestler at his younger age. She had an eager interest in athletics since childhood and the success of Dingko Singh a fellow Manipuri returned from the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games with a gold medal, Kom recollects had inspired many youngsters in Manipur to try boxing and she too thought of giving it a try. Mary Kom’s career started in 2000 after her victory in the Manipur state women’s boxing championship and the regional championship in West Bengal. In 2001, she started competing at the international level. She was only 18 years old when she made her international debut at the first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in the United States, winning a silver medal in the 48 kg weight category. Her greatness is reinforced by the way she apologized to the whole nation for not being able to win the Gold. She is a legend for sure and an idol for all the sportswomen to look up to. |
B2. What difficulties did Mary Kom face in her childhood? (02)
B3. Find out one word for the following from the passage: (02)
- Shifting cultivation
- Strengthened
- First public appearance
- One who makes history.
B4. Do as Directed: (02)
- Rewrite the sentence using an infinitive:
She started competing at the international level. - Rewrite as an exclamatory sentence:
Her father was a keen wrestler.
B5. “Sports are important in our life.” Elaborate. (02)
Read the following passage and do the activities.
A1. Fill in the blanks:
Mary Korn is an ______ personality. (inspire/inspirational) ______ has been a neglected area in Indian sports. (nutrients/nutrition) ______ played a role in shaping the boxing scene in India. (OCQ/OGQ) Mary Korn gained weight by eating ______. (saturated fat/healthy food)
| Interviewer: | India managed just 6 medals in the 2012 Olympics even though we are a nation of 1.3 billion people. Where do you think a change is required to help us win medals that are proportionate with our population? |
| Mary Kom: | I think more and more people should take up sports as a full-time career if we want more gold medals. More corporates should come in and sponsor players so that the players don't have any financial pressure and can just focus on their games. |
| Interviewer: | Do you think interest in boxing in India will ever go beyond the Olympics? |
| Mary Kom: | Yes, I am sure that in a few years boxing will be very popular among everyone in India, all year round. |
| Interviewer: | How aware are Indian women of their nutritional requirements? Diet and nutrition must've been key factor in your conditioning for the Olympics. Do you think nutrition is a neglected area in Indian sports? |
| Mary Kom: | The awareness is growing now among female athletes when it comes to nutritional requirements. Nutrition has definitely been a neglected area in Indian sports. I had to gain 3 kg since I had to fight in the 51 kg event instead of the usual 48 kg that I fight in. So, I had to focus on what to eat. I gained weight by eating the right kind of healthy food rather than bad saturated fats. |
| Interviewer: | How big a role did OGQ play in shaping the boxing scene in India for the better? |
| Mary Kom: | OGQ really played an important part in my success. They helped me out whenever I needed something. They took care of everything, which helped me focus on my boxing and kept me stress-free. |
A2. Choose the correct alternative.
- How many Olympic medals did India win in 2012?
- 16
- 60
- 66
- 6
- Which one of these is an unhealthy food constituent according to the passage?
- Unsaturated fats
- Saturated fats
- Proteins
- Vitamin C
A3. Complete the given table:
| Noun | Adjective |
| Female | ______ |
| ______ | Successful |
| Achievement | ______ |
| ______ | Favourable |
A4. Do as directed:
- Write the antonyms of the following from the text.
- Ignorance
- Rare
- Write the synonyms of the following from the text.
- Company
- Unattended
A5. Do you think sports can be a successful career? Why or why not?
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OGQ
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IBN
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MTV
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YPA
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AIBA
