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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 42

SSC CHSL - 26 May 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q42

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 The Asian Games 2022 will be organised in which of the following countries?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. China.

  • Hangzhou was chosen to host the 2022 Asian Games by the OCA at its General Assembly in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2015.

  • The event has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will now take place in 2023.

  • Hangzhou is scheduled to be the third Chinese city to host the event, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.

  • The programme features 61 sporting disciplines, including the 33 which featured at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as well as six from Paris 2024, two put forward by the Local Organising Committee, and a sport from each of Asia's five regions