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A Coach With a Midas Touch Questions & Answers
Question 1: Singh is famous in his hometown for his ability to transform underprivileged, differently abled youngsters into medal magnets.
(a) Name the two students of R.D. Singh who won medals at the Paralympics.
Answer: The two students of R.D. Singh who won medals at the Paralympics are Davendra Jhajharia and Deepa Malik.
(b) Did Bhalaram win a medal at the Paralympics?
Answer: No, Bhalaram did not win a medal at the Paralympics.
(c) What are Bhalaram’s achievements?
Answer: Bhalaram won a gold medal for long jump in the 2016 National Para Athletics Championships and two bronze medals for 200 m and 400 m in the 2015 Ghaziabad competition.
Question 2: Choose the correct option:
R.D. Singh started training differently abled athletes from
(a) 1997
(b) 1999
(c) 2013
Answer: (a) 1997
Question 3: Complete the sentences:
Jhajharia’s gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics
(a) changed the face of para sports in India
(b) brought the coach R.D Singh the Dronacharya Award in 2006.
(c) attracted a stream of poor but talented able-bodied and para athletes to his free training academy and boarding house.
Question 4: Complete the sentence:
R. D. Singh’s free training academy and boarding house was called Dronacharya hostel.
Question 5: Choose the correct option:
Deepa Malik describes R.D Singh as a coach with a Midas touch because
(a) he is a successful coach whose students have won several medals.
(b) the glass cabinet in his house is filled with trophies and photographs.
(c) all the students he has trained have won ‘gold’ medals.
(d) his trainee Jagseer Singh won a gold medal at the Asian para-games.
Answer: (a) he is a successful coach whose students have won several medals.
Question 6: Write True or False:
R. D Singh’s training techniques are rather unusual.
Answer: True
Question 7: Mention any three inexpensive training techniques R. D Singh uses for training differently abled athletes.
Answer: Singh’s inexpensive training techniques vary from making athletes race up and down sand hills – a tyre tied to their waist – to making them bend and drag a tiny stick continuously along the ground to strengthen their thigh muscles. He also used this technique where the athlete had to hack down dry shrubs with an axe to strengthen his arms. Another technique includes a modified bench press (an exercise in which a person lies on a raised surface with feet on the floor and raises a weight with both arms) – his stub tied to the barbell.
Question 8: When and where did Deepa Malik and Singh meet? What are Deepa’s achievements?
Answer: Deepa Malik and Singh met at a Gandhinagar Sports Authority of India camp in 2009. Deepa Malik created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in women’s shot put event at the Rio Paralympics.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.