More Questions on Sports
- Q. For which of the following, it is said that this garden is not a garden-
A)Hanging Garden of Mumbai
B)Eden Garden of Kolkata
C)Vrindavan Garden of Mysore
D)Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar
Answer: Eden Garden of Kolkata
- Q. Which of the following cricketer was the first to take 500 wickets in test matches?
A)Courtney Walsh
B)Kapil Dev
C)Richard Hadley
D)Shane Warne
Answer: Courtney Walsh
- Q. Ben Johnson, the well known athlete belongs to which of the following countries?
A)Canada
B)Germany
C)South Africa
D)Cuba
Answer: Canada
- Q. Cricketer Ricky Ponting belongs to:
A)Australia
B)England
C)South Africa
D)New Zealand
Answer: Australia
- Q. Who was the host nation of 2014 FIFA World Cup ?
A)Netherlands
B)Germany
C)Argentina
D)Brazil
Answer: Brazil
- Q. Who holds the record for scoring highest run score in an inning of test match?
A)Don Bradman
B)Mahela Jayawardhane
C)Matthew Hayden
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)B.C. Roy Trophy - Lawn Tennis
B)Holkar Trophy - Bridge
C)Nehru Trophy - Table Tennis
D)Ruia Trophy - Kabbadi
Answer: Holkar Trophy - Bridge
- Q. Name the Indian Chess player who has broken the World Record by finishing the game in first twelve moves?
A)Champa Bose
B)Sakunthala Devi
C)Vishwanathan Anand
D)Praveen Thipsey
Answer: Vishwanathan Anand
- Q. The xxvii (1996) Summer Olympic games were held in –
A)Moscow
B)Atlanta
C)Los Angles
D)Tokyo
Answer: Atlanta
- Q. Who became the first Indian women to win the Korea open series in Badminton ?
A)Jalwa Gutta
B)Ashwini Ponnappa
C)Saina Nehwal
D)P.V. Sindhu
Answer: P.V. Sindhu
- Q. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in –
A)1932
B)1936
C)1928
D)1948
Answer: 1928
- Q. Name of the captain of German team for the FIFA 2014 held in Brazil –
A)Thomas Muller
B)Manuel Neuer
C)Fernando Torres
D)Xabi Alonso
Answer: Manuel Neuer
- Q. Who won the silver medal for the Women’s 400 metres race in the Asian Athletic Championships 2013 ?
A)Mayookha Johny
B)Zhao Yanmin
C)Tinku Luka
D)M.R. Poovamma
Answer: M.R. Poovamma
- Q. Who is the only cricketer to score three double centuries in One-day Cricket ?
A)Rohit Sharma
B)Virendra Shwag
C)Chris Gayle
D)Ricky Pointing
Answer: Rohit Sharma
- Q. The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sports ?
A)Hockey
B)Badminton
C)Cricket
D)Tennis
Answer: Hockey
- Q. Which is the first title among four Grand slams played in every year?
A)US Open
B)Wimbledon
C)French Open
D)Australian Open
Answer: Australian Open
- Q. Which cities of New Zeland and Australia hosted the inaugural ceremony of ICC cricket world cup 2015?
A)Hamilton and Perth
B)Napier and Adelaide
C)Christchurch and Melbourne
D)Wellington and Sydne
Answer: Christchurch and Melbourne
- Q. Which one of the following teams was defeated by India to win the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017 ?
A)China
B)South Korea
C)Japan
D)Pakistan
Answer: China
- Q. Which award is given for excellence in sports ?
A)Arjuna Award
B)Tagore Award
C)Jamnalal Bajaj Award
D)Moortidevi Award
Answer: Arjuna Award
- Q. Which among the following sports involves use of Rackets ? 1. Squash 2. Lawn Tennis 3. Badminton 4. Table Tennis
A)Only 3 and 4
B)Only 1, 2 and 3
C)Only 1 and 2
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
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