National Sports Awards 2024: Khel Ratna for Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker
The Sports Ministry also named 32 Arjuna Award winners; the President will present the awards on 17 January 2025.
Summary
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024 on 2 January 2025, naming four Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees: Gukesh D (chess), Harmanpreet Singh (hockey), Praveen Kumar (para-athletics) and Manu Bhaker (shooting). The National Sports Awards 2024 list includes 32 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance, among them Jyothi Yarraji and Annu Rani (athletics), Salima Tete (hockey), Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Sarabjot Singh (shooting) and Aman (wrestling). The awardees will receive the awards from the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17 January 2025.
Key facts
- Announced
- 2 January 2025, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Khel Ratna 2024
- Gukesh D (Chess), Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey), Praveen Kumar (Para-Athletics), Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
- Arjuna Awards 2024
- 32 sportspersons, including 17 in para-sports disciplines
- Some Arjuna awardees
- Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani (Athletics); Nitu, Saweety (Boxing); Vantika Agrawal (Chess); Salima Tete (Hockey); Abhay Singh (Squash); Sajan Prakash (Swimming); Aman (Wrestling)
- Presentation
- By the President, Rashtrapati Bhavan, 17 January 2025
- Khel Ratna criterion
- Most outstanding performance over the previous four years
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Which chess player was named for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 announced on 2 January 2025?
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Correct answer: A â Gukesh D
PIB (Sports): the Khel Ratna 2024 awardees are Gukesh D (Chess), Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey), Praveen Kumar (Para-Athletics) and Manu Bhaker (Shooting).
Praveen Kumar, one of the four Khel Ratna 2024 awardees, represents which discipline?
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Correct answer: B â Para-Athletics
PIB (Sports): Shri Praveen Kumar was named for the Khel Ratna 2024 in Para-Athletics.
On which date were the National Sports Awards 2024 to be presented by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
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Correct answer: C â 17 January 2025
PIB (Sports): the awardees will receive their awards from the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17 January 2025 (Friday) at 1100 hours.
Consider the following pairs of Arjuna Award 2024 winners and their disciplines: 1. Jyothi Yarraji â Athletics 2. Abhay Singh â Squash 3. Sajan Prakash â Swimming How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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Correct answer: D â All three
PIB (Sports): the Arjuna list has Jyothi Yarraji (Athletics), Abhay Singh (Squash) and Sajan Prakash (Swimming), so all three pairs are correct.