Question

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

in 776 BC the First Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greeks chief God Zeus. The Greeks emphasized, physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honoured by having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship. and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. The Greeks attached so much importance to these games that they calculated time in four-year cycles called Olympiads dating from 776 BC.

The values connected with Olympic Games were ________.

• A. physical fitness, education of youth and friendship
• B. health, contests and singing
• C. running, jumping, throwing and boxing
• D. four-year cycles, war-time, young age and friendship

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

physical fitness, education of youth and friendship

"The Greeks emphasized, physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities...Originally these were held as games of friendship. and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. " - these lines from the given passage imply that physical fitness and strength and friendship were the values that were associated with the Olympic Games. Thus A is the best answer.