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.

Approximately how many years (current year 2017) ago did these games originate?

• A. 776 years
• B. 2279 years
• C. l207 years
• D. 2793 years

Answer 1

The correct option is D 2793 years

Here, we calculate the years by adding 776 to 2017 (BC is before 0 so how many years before will be 776-0-2017, that is, 2017+776) and the answer is 2793 years. Therefore D is the answer.