Consider the following statements : Towards the close of 1995, the fortunes of Indian Hockey were believed to be on the upswing because I. > India had won the Azlan Shah Cup in 95. II. > India beat Pakistan in the South Asian Federation games final. III.

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Q: 93 (IAS/1996)
Consider the following statements : Towards the close of 1995, the fortunes of Indian Hockey were believed to be on the upswing because
I. India had won the Azlan Shah Cup in ‘95’.
II. India beat Pakistan in the South Asian Federation games final.
III. India had by then qualified for the Atlanta Olympics.
Of these statements

question_subject: 

Current Affairs

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,5,16,12,5,4,0

keywords: 

{'indian hockey': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'azlan shah cup': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'south asian federation games': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'atlanta olympics': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'pakistan': [3, 0, 1, 2]}

The question provides three statements about the state of Indian hockey in 1995 and asks to identify which are correct.

Option 1 suggests all three statements - India winning the Azlan Shah Cup, beating Pakistan in the South Asian Federation games final and qualifying for the Atlanta Olympics - are correct.

Option 2 agrees with only the first two - winning the Azlan Shah Cup and beating Pakistan in the South Asian Federation games final, suggesting India had not yet qualified for the Olympics.

Option 3 considers only statement I and III as correct, implying India had not beaten Pakistan in the South Asian Federation games final but had won the Azlan Shah Cup and qualified for the Olympics.

Option 4 supports only statements II and III, suggesting India had not won the Azlan Shah Cup but had beaten Pakistan and qualified for the Olympics.

The correct answer is option 2, indicating that India indeed won the Azlan Shah Cup and beat Pakistan in 1995, but had not yet qualified for the Atlanta Olympics.