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Much to the relief of its huge population of cricket fans, India is enjoying yet anothersuccessful cricket World Cup campaign. Success so far reinforces the country’s well-established status as one ofthe world’s best cricketing nations. The sport might not have the global appeal of, say, football but to people onthe subcontinent names like MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar are as powerful as Messi or Ronaldo.For India’s cricket success, read economic performance. As one of the much-heralded BRIC nations, India isviewed by many as having one of the world’s most important economies. Reports suggest Indian growth haseven started to outpace that of Brazil and China. It is a reflection of India’s growing economic strength and itslove of sport that the country is host to one of world sport’s most compelling competitions – the Indian PremierLeague. The IPL is a commercial cricket extravaganza that matches both the Superbowl and the UEFAChampions League for money and spectacle. The IPL has radically changed the way nations around the worldplay the sport, and placed cricket on the sub-continent at the nexus of the entertainment and media industries.And yet, for all of India’s cricketing passion, economic strength and for that matter its population size, thecountry is arguably the world’s most under-achieving sporting nation. Take away the cricket, and most of theworld is left to ask: why does India underperform? A closer look at the 2010 Commonwealth Games holds someof the answers. The games were controversial, even before India won the right to host them. Intense differencessplit politicians on the subject of whether or not staging a sporting mega-event was the right way to spend publicmoney and therefore address pressing public health and education needs.As preparations got underway, people living on intended construction sites were forcibly evicted. Meanwhile,the treatment of workers building the venues could have been described as exploitative at best, with routinebreaches of safety and labour rights. To some, none of this was a surprise and fit the narrative of a countrycharacterised by narrow agendas that cater solely to the wealthier sections of Indian society. Corruption too wasshown to be rife. Massively inflated contracts were signed and sometimes awarded to ineligible companies, andprojects often failed to meet even the most basic of standards.It would be easy to dismiss these problems as being associated with this event alone, but they are not. Cricketaside, Indian sport punches well below its weight and should have an impact far greater than it currently does.Perhaps even the success of cricket is misleading, portraying an uncharacteristic image of a unified India. Andtherein rests the biggest challenge facing Indian sport: there is no one, single India. It is hard for a country tobuild a sustainable, coherent approach to sport when the country itself consists of so many disparate elements –geographic, religious, social and otherwise. So, when it comes to, for instance, geography, athletics might bestrong in Kerala but in Haryana wrestling is stronger and in Delhi shooting prevails.85. According to the passage, what could have been the reason behind India’s good performance at Cricket?(a) Cricket is preferred by everyone over non-Cricket sports.(b) India's good performance at cricket could be its economic strength.(c) sustainable, coherent approach to the sport at pan-India level.(d) Cricket is the most important sport in the world

In India, cricket's dominion is unassailable, a fact underscored by the Indian Premier League (IPL)'s status as the world's second-most lucrative sports league, after America's National Football League. Following closely, the Women's Premier League (WPL) and the Indian Street Premier League signal cricket's unwavering appeal. Yet, intriguingly, the IPL's colossal success is catalysing a renaissance in domestic sports leagues across a spectrum of disciplines, from hockey and football to indigenous pursuits like kabaddi and kho kho.Despite cricket devouring a lion's share of sports-related financial inflows-87% of expenditures on advertising, sponsorships, and endorsements last year, a slight dip from 88% in 2021-the landscape is gradually diversifying. This shift is partly due to initiatives by conglomerates like JSW Sports, which is diversifying its portfolio to include non-cricket leagues, betting on the expanding pie for alternative sports.However, the burgeoning sports league ecosystem faces formidable challenges. The paramount necessity for a league's success is the calibre of its talent pool; Indian leagues struggle to match the allure of their international counterparts, with notable exceptions like kabaddi, where the premier league represents the pinnacle of the sport. Furthermore, the governance of these leagues and their economic viability-manifested through salary caps, production quality, and marketing-are critical to their endurance and appeal.Another pivotal aspect for the sustained growth of non-cricket sports is the creation and nurturing of a culture of physical activity. Disparities between the fervour for viewing sports and actual participation are stark, with a survey revealing a significant gap between cricket enthusiasts and active players. This discrepancy extends to other sports, exacerbated by the worrying statistic that three-quarters of Indian adolescents lead sedentary lives. For the non-cricket sports boom to be more than a fleeting phenomenon, India must foster a generation that not only reveres its sports heroes from the comfort of their homes but also actively engages in physical pursuits. The challenge lies not just in elevating the profile of diverse sports but in cultivating a culture that celebrates and partakes in them.Q 8.   Which of the following words can best replace the word "unassailable" in the first sentence of the passage?a)  Inviolableb)  Irreplaceablec)  Indomitabled)  Immutable

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