RAS question
What percentage of India's total medals at Asian Youth Games 2025 were won by women?
Correct answer: (D) 54%.
At the Asian Youth Games 2025, women won 26 of India's 48 medals, equal to 54.17% and rounded to 54%.
Explanation
The verified PIB PDF records India's best-ever Asian Youth Games performance in 2025 as 48 medals: 13 gold, 18 silver and 17 bronze. Its gender table lists girls at 26 total medals and 54.17% of India's medal haul. Since 26 divided by 48 is 54.17%, the percentage rounds to the option value of 54%. The gold-medal split reinforces this result, because female athletes won 9 of India's 13 golds, or 69.23%. The answer is therefore not an estimate from participation numbers; it comes from the official medal count by gender.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 65% is too high: 65% of a 48-medal tally would require about 31 medals, while the official female count is 26.
- (B) 35% is too low because 26 of 48 medals is over half, and the female share is 54.17%.
- (C) 44% misses the official gender table; the female medal share is 54.17%, not a figure below half.
Concept
This tests Current Affairs through an official sports-performance statistic and the basic conversion of medal counts into percentages. RAS often asks such items because government releases present achievements through totals and shares.