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 Press Information Bureau document records India's best-ever performance at the Asian Youth Games 2025: 48 medals—13 gold, 18 silver and 17 bronze. Its gender table attributes 26 medals to female athletes—9 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze—which is 54.17% of India's total. Dividing 26 by 48 gives 54.17%, which rounds to the option value of 54%. The same table shows that female athletes won 9 of India's 13 gold medals, or 69.23%. Thus, the answer is based on the official medal count by gender, not on participation numbers.
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.