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NDA 2020 GAT · General Knowledge · Current Affairs · easy

The Tokyo Olympic Games, originally scheduled for 2020, were postponed to 2021 because of

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The Tokyo Olympic Games, originally scheduled for 2020, were postponed to 2021 because of
  1. A. a volcanic eruption
  2. B. the COVID-19 pandemic
  3. C. a terrorist threat
  4. D. a funding crisis
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Answer: (B) the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020 the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese organisers postponed the Tokyo Games by one year because of the spread of COVID-19. It was the first postponement of a modern Olympics in peacetime, and the Games kept the name Tokyo 2020.
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