Direction: You have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
In 776 BC the First Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greek’s chief God Zeus. The Greeks emphasized, physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honoured by having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. The Greeks attached so much importance to these games that they calculated time in four-year cycles called ‘Olympiads’ dating from 776 BC.
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The values connected with Olympic Games were
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- physical fitness, education of youth and friendship.
- health, contests and singing.
- running, jumping, throwing and boxing.
- four-year cycles, war-time, young age and friendship.
Correct Option: A
physical fitness, education of youth and friendship