CBSE Class 5 General Knowledge The Olympic Games History and India Worksheet Set 01

Answer: Ancient Greece.

Teacher's Note:
1. The games were held to honour the Greek gods.
2. They were revived many centuries later.

Answer: 1896 in Athens, Greece.

Teacher's Note:
1. Thirteen countries took part in the first modern games.
2. The games have been held every four years since.

Answer: Every four years.

Teacher's Note:
1. The Summer and Winter Games alternate, each at two-year gaps.
2. Games can be postponed or cancelled in rare cases.

Answer: Any two of cycling, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, track and field, weight lifting, wrestling.

Teacher's Note:
1. Nine sports were on the programme.
2. Track and field is also called athletics.

Answer: 1916, 1940 and 1944.

Teacher's Note:
1. World War I and World War II caused the cancellations.
2. The games are counted even in cancelled years.

Answer: 1928 at Amsterdam.

Teacher's Note:
1. The Indian hockey team won many golds after that.
2. India won hockey gold six times in a row from 1928 to 1956.

Answer: Abhinav Bindra in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Teacher's Note:
1. He won the 10 m air rifle event.
2. Before him India had won only team golds.

Answer: Neeraj Chopra, in the men's javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021.

Teacher's Note:
1. The Tokyo games were postponed by a year.
2. He also won a silver medal in Paris in 2024.

Answer: Sushil Kumar.

Teacher's Note:
1. He was the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.
2. He won in Beijing and London.

Answer: Seven medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze), India's best tally so far.

Teacher's Note:
1. The earlier best was six medals in London 2012.
2. The games were played in 2021 after a delay.

Answer: Five interlocking rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white background.

Teacher's Note:
1. The rings stand for five continents joined together.
2. The flag has a white background.

Answer: Paris, France.

Teacher's Note:
1. It was the third time Paris hosted the games.
2. The Olympics returned to Paris after 100 years.

Answer: Miraitowa.

Teacher's Note:
1. The name combines the Japanese words for future and eternity.
2. Its Paralympic partner was Someity.

Answer: At Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the games.

Teacher's Note:
1. The flame travels to the host city by a torch relay.
2. This ceremony is a tradition.

Answer: They are the Olympic motto in Latin: Citius, Altius, Fortius.

Teacher's Note:
1. It encourages athletes to do their best.
2. 'Together' was added to the motto in 2021.