SPORTSTAR ACES AWARDS 2025

• Sportstar of the Year (Male) - PR Sreejesh (Hockey)

• Sportstar of the Year (Female) - Manu Bhaker (Shooting)

• Coach of the Year - Jaspal Rana (Shooting)

• Inspirational Icon Award - PV Sindhu (Badminton)

• Sportsman of the Year (Olympic Sport) - Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh (Shooting)

• Sport Women of the Year (Olympic Sport) - Manu Bhaker (Shooting)

• Lifetime Achievement Award (Male) - Gurbux Singh (Hockey)

• Lifetime Achievement Award (Female) - Mary D’Souza Sequeira (Hockey)

• Club/State Team of the Year - Mumbai Cricket Team (2023-24 Ranji Trophy Champions)

• National Team of the Year - Indian Men’s & Women’s Chess Teams (Gold at 45th Chess Olympiad)

The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Sunil refused to / attend the meeting / of association on Saturday.

(A) of association on Saturday

(B) No error

(C) attend the meeting

(D) Sunil refused to

The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

I had all / the comforts to life / in my childhood.

(A) No error

(B) the comforts to life

(C) I had all

(D) in my childhood

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted one word.

We, as human beings, have a tendency of believing in the things (that can be seen and touched).

1. spiritual

2. impalpable

3. inexpressible

4. tangible

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

Fear of snakes

1. Claustrophobia

2. Syngenesophobia

3. Ophidiophobia

4. Xenophobia

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit a brick wall

(A) Fight a powerful foe

(B) Demolish a brick wall

(C) Not able to make any progress

(D) Use physical force

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hold water

(A) A diluted argument

(B) Appear to be of no value

(C) Stop emphasising a point

(D) Appear to be valid or reasonable

Today's Word

🔰Penalize /ˈpiːn(ə)lʌɪz/ (verb):

🌸to punish or to treat unfairly.

🔅heavily/deliberately/wrongly/unfairly penalized.

💢penalize someone for something

Last year, the head teacher unfairly penalized me for knocking him accidentally.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree.

(A) Drey

(B) Hole

(C) Lair

(D) Burrow