Mirabai Chanu, who won the Silver medal at the last Tokyo Olympic Games,…

Concept: State-wise General Awareness questions test whether you can correctly link a sportsperson in the news to the Indian state they represent — this identity is fixed by the state association the athlete is registered under and normally matches their place of birth/domicile.

Application: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was born in Nongpok Kakching, Imphal East district, Manipur. Competing in the women's 49 kg weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020, held in 2021), she won the Silver medal — India's first Olympic weightlifting medal since 2000. Throughout her career she has represented the Manipur State Weightlifting Association, and the Manipur state government has publicly felicitated her for this achievement.

Why the other states are ruled out:

• Meghalaya has produced its own well-known sportspersons, but this weightlifter's state association and domicile are not Meghalaya.

• Assam regularly hosts major national sporting events and has its own GK-quizzed athletes, but it is not the state this weightlifter is registered under.

• Nagaland is home to other sportspersons who appear in General Awareness questions, but it has no connection to this weightlifter's domicile or state registration.

Cross-check: The official Tokyo 2020 Olympics results archive and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) athlete profile both independently record her state as Manipur, confirming the link asked for in the question.

Answer: Manipur.