SSC Stenographer 2026 – 15 September 2026 Shift 2 · Venues and hosts
Q1. Where were the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 held?
- (a) Hyderabad
- (b) Gandhinagar
- (c) New Delhi
- (d) Ahmedabad
Answer & solution
Answer: (b) Gandhinagar
Answer: Option 2 — Gandhinagar
The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 were held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, in May 2026 — the first time India hosted the continental senior championships.
Option 4 is the trap: Ahmedabad is Gujarat's largest city and the venue of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, but the lifting took place in the state capital, Gandhinagar.
Revision note — Weightlifting and India
• The Asian Championships are run by the Asian Weightlifting Federation; the 2025 edition was held at Jiangshan, China, and the 2024 edition at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• World weightlifting is governed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which moved its headquarters from Budapest to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2020–21.
• Olympic weightlifting has only two lifts — the snatch and the clean and jerk; the clean and press was dropped after 1972.
• Karnam Malleswari won India's first women's Olympic medal — bronze in the 69 kg class at Sydney 2000; Mirabai Chanu won silver in the 49 kg class at Tokyo 2020.
• Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games; Sanket Sargar won its first medal there, a silver in 55 kg.
• Gujarat hosted the 36th National Games in 2022, and Ahmedabad was confirmed as host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in November 2025.
Do not mix these up
• Gandhinagar vs Ahmedabad — Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat (Mahatma Mandir, Sabarmati); Ahmedabad is the largest city and the Commonwealth Games 2030 host.
• Asian Championships vs Commonwealth Championships — the 2026 Commonwealth Youth and Junior weightlifting championships were held in Apia, Samoa, not in India.
Also asked from this topic: the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Samoa); India's first woman Olympic medallist (Karnam Malleswari); the IWF headquarters (Lausanne).
The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 were held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, in May 2026 — the first time India hosted the continental senior championships.
Option 4 is the trap: Ahmedabad is Gujarat's largest city and the venue of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, but the lifting took place in the state capital, Gandhinagar.
Revision note — Weightlifting and India
• The Asian Championships are run by the Asian Weightlifting Federation; the 2025 edition was held at Jiangshan, China, and the 2024 edition at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• World weightlifting is governed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which moved its headquarters from Budapest to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2020–21.
• Olympic weightlifting has only two lifts — the snatch and the clean and jerk; the clean and press was dropped after 1972.
• Karnam Malleswari won India's first women's Olympic medal — bronze in the 69 kg class at Sydney 2000; Mirabai Chanu won silver in the 49 kg class at Tokyo 2020.
• Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games; Sanket Sargar won its first medal there, a silver in 55 kg.
• Gujarat hosted the 36th National Games in 2022, and Ahmedabad was confirmed as host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in November 2025.
Do not mix these up
• Gandhinagar vs Ahmedabad — Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat (Mahatma Mandir, Sabarmati); Ahmedabad is the largest city and the Commonwealth Games 2030 host.
• Asian Championships vs Commonwealth Championships — the 2026 Commonwealth Youth and Junior weightlifting championships were held in Apia, Samoa, not in India.
Also asked from this topic: the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Samoa); India's first woman Olympic medallist (Karnam Malleswari); the IWF headquarters (Lausanne).