Asian Games 2018(Part-1)

What is an Asian Game? 

Asian Games:-

• Also known as Asiad. 
• Continental multi-sport event.
• Conducted every four years from all over Asia.
• Regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). 
• Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974.
• 2014 :-Asian Games has conducted in Incheon,South Korea

• 2022:- 19th Asian Games is scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, China.

Asian game 2018:-

• Also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018. 
• Held from 18 August to 2 September 2018.
• Indonesia hosted second time after 1962. 
• Lucia Francisca Susy Susanti is a retired Indonesian badminton player who carried torch light at the 18th Asian Games.
• The sport of bridge has been introduced for the first time in the Asian Games 2018.
• There are 45 nations have participated in 18th Asian Games.
• Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2018 Asian Games.

Mascot 2018:-

Cenderawasih, a rare species of a bird in Indonesia had been selected as emblem for the 2018 Asian Games.But later this has been dropped and three new mascots were unveiled.

Bhin Bhin  –  a greater bird of paradise

Atung      –   a Bawean deer 

Kaka        –   a Javan rhinoceros

Motto:- Energy of Asia


Medal Table (2018):-

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	132	92	65	289
2	Japan (JPN)	75	56	74	205
3	South Korea (KOR)	49	58	70	177
4	Indonesia (INA)	31	24	43	98
5	Uzbekistan (UZB)	21	24	25	70
8	India (IND)	15	24	30	69

India in Asian 2018:-

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for India at the opening ceremony of the Games.

• Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony.
• India finished the 18th Asian Games with 69 medals. 
• Wrestler Bajrang Punia  won gold medal in the men’s 65 kg freestyle after defeating Takatani Daichi of Japan 
• Vinesh Phogat from Haryana defeated Yuki Irie of Japan in the 50kg category at the Asian Games 2018. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
• Saurabh Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh won the Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m air pistol.He had earlier won a gold medal and set a new junior world record in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl ,Germany.
• Rahi Sarnobat from Maharashtra became the first Indian woman shooter to win gold at the Asian Games against Naphaswan Yangpaiboon of Thailand in the Women’s 25m Pistol event in Palembang.
• Tejinder Pal Singh from Punjab won Gold medal in Men’s Shot Put throw with 20.75m in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

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Seating Arrangement (Part-1)

Q:If there are 3 chairs on each side of square, then what are the total number of ways in which we can arrange 12 people around the square table?

Ans: Sides of square are equal so a person X can sit around table in 3 ways(Any of the 3 chairs can be put on one side) 

So X can sit either on left chair, in the middle or the right chair. We can arrange other people in 

(N-1)!  i.e. (12-1)!=11!

Hence ways to arrange 12 people in=

3*(12-1)!=3*11! ways

Shortcut: If there are N people to be assigned a square table with  (N/4) seats on one side of it

Total ways=(N/4)*(N-1)!

Q: In how many ways can we arrange 10 people around rectangular table such that there are 3 chairs on longer side and 2 on shorter side? 

Ans. So if we consider the first person X

X can either sit on longer side or shorter side. 

For longer side there are 3 possibilities =left, right and center

For shorter side there are 2 possibilities =left and right

Hence X can sit in 5 ways

Total arrangement =5*(10-1)!

                                      =5*9!

Shortcut:

If we have N people that are needed to be arranged around rectangular table with 'a' seats on the longer side and 'b' seats on shorter side. 

Total ways: (a+b) *(N-1)!

Q:There are 12 people needed to be arranged around an equilateral triangular table, which has 4 seats on each side. How many arrangements are possible? 

Ans:

Equilateral triangle has all sides equal so first person i.e. X may sit on any one side

Ways to sit : 4(any of 4 chairs) 

Hence assignment =4*(12-1)!=4*11!

Shortcut:

N people are arranged around equilateral trangle

Total arrangements:(N/3)*(N-1)!

Q: 11 people arranged around isosceles triangle which has 4 seats each on equal sides and 3 seats on other. How many arrangements are possible? 

Ans:

So  first person.i.e X can either sit on equal side or the unequal sides

For unequal side=3 ways

For equal side=4 ways

So total ways= 7*(11-1)!=7*(10)!

Shortcut:

N people that are around isosceles triangle with 'a' seats on each of equal side and 'b' seats on unequal side

=(a+b) *(N-1)!

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