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- Q. First Indian to win the ICC ODI player of the year {2008} was
A)Virendra Sehwag
B)C.Kapugedera
C)Saurav Ganguly
D)M.S.Dhoni
Answer: M.S.Dhoni
- Q. What is the angle of bowing to throw the ball for maximum distance?
A)45° horizontal
B)30° horizontal
C)60° horizontal
D)15° horizontal
Answer: 45° horizontal
- Q. Which Indian cricketer has bagged a deal with ESPN ?
A)Yuvraj Singh
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Md. Kaif
D)Anil Kumble
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open 2008 Women’s singles by defeating –
A)Ana Ivanovic
B)Sania Mirza
C)Shahar Peer
D)Victoria Azarenka
Answer: Ana Ivanovic
- Q. Which of the following country won the final of the triangular cricket series held in Durban in February 1997?
A)New zealand
B)South africa
C)India
D)Zimbabwe
Answer: South africa
- Q. The former Indian cricket team captain Mohd. Azharuddin represented which of the following constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha?
A)Muradabad
B)Meerut
C)Mirzapore
D)Mathura
Answer: Muradabad
- Q. Who won the World Youth Chess Championship 2016?
A)Kimi Raikkonen
B)Scot Fleming
C)Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
D)O. Subbalaxmi
Answer: Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
- Q. The term “Pitcher” is associated with-
A)Boxing
B)Baseball
C)Wrestling
D)Basketball
Answer: Baseball
- Q. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which registered its victory in tri-series ODI matches against Australia Played in March 2008 ?
A)Anil Kumble
B)Rahul Dravid
C)M.S. Dhoni
D)Saurav Ganguly
Answer: Saurav Ganguly
- Q. At which of the following stadium Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century ?
A)Sher-e-Bangla Stadium
B)Shahid Stadium
C)Wankhede Stadium
D)Barabati Stadium
Answer: Sher-e-Bangla Stadium
- Q. The 13th Asian Games were held in
A)Bangok
B)Manila
C)China
D)Singapore
Answer: Bangok
- Q. The first Olympic Games were held in which year ?
A)676 BC
B)776 BC
C)766 BC
D)667 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. Which of the following heavy weight boxers had never suffered a defeat in his lifetime?
A)Lee Apperson
B)Larry Holmes
C)Rocky Marciano
D)Michael Spinks
Answer: Rocky Marciano
- Q. How many ODI matches had Farokh Engineer played throughout his career?
A)10
B)15
C)5
D)9
Answer: 5
- Q. Who was the first Indian to qualify for Olympics ?
A)P.T. Usha
B)Karman Malleshwari
C)Shiny Abraham
D)Jyotirmony Sikdar
Answer: P.T. Usha
- Q. The first ‘disabled athlete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race is –
A)Walter Rallis
B)Raymond Irchovich
C)Oscar Pistorius
D)Gerald Hangovin
Answer: Oscar Pistorius
- Q. Which country won the “Copa America 2016”?
A)Chile
B)Venezuela
C)Brazil
D)Peru
Answer: Chile
- Q. How many squares are there on a chessboard ?
A)55
B)64
C)49
D)72
Answer: 64
- Q. Which batsman started his international cricketing career at the age of 16?
A)Sachin Tendulkar
B)Piyush Chawla
C)Suresh Raina
D)Rahul Dravid
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Tennis star Roger Federer hails from –
A)Switzerland
B)USA
C)UK
D)France
Answer: Switzerland
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