Solution:
The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August, on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand . This day marks the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936.
254. What is the angle of bowing to throw the ball for maximum distance?
Solution:
There have been several rigid-wing hang gliders flown since Otto Lilienthal took his first flights in the 1890s. The first two high-performing modern hang gliders, however, were the Mitchell Wing and the Icarus.
257. In which event in the Asian Athletic Championships, 2013 Vikas Gowda won a gold medal ?
Solution:
Viswanathan Anand was the first and youngest grand master of India. Sergey Karjakin (12 years 7 months) of Russia is the youngest grandmaster in the world.
259. Vinod Kambli on his Test debut made 28 runs having a strike rate of :