More Questions on Sports
- Q. When was Amateur Athletics Federation of India established?
A)1946
B)1956
C)1936
D)1966
Answer: 1946
- Q. Geet Sethi has made a mark in
A)Shooting
B)Chess
C)Billiards
D)Golf
Answer: Billiards
- Q. Which Indian cricketer has inaugurated his global cricket academy at U.A.E. recently ?
A)M.S. Dhoni
B)Rahul Dravid
C)Sachin Tendulkar
D)Virat Kholi
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Which famous football tournament was started in 1888 from Annadale ?
A)Santosh Trophy
B)Durand Cup
C)Subroto Cup
D)Federation Cup
Answer: Durand Cup
- Q. Which cricket team created history by winning the 2017 Ranji Trophy tournament with a thumping 9-wicket win over Delhi at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on the fourth and penultimate day of their final on 1st January, 2018 ?
A)Gujrat
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Hydrabad
D)Vidarbha
Answer: Vidarbha
- Q. Who was the only Indian to win a man of the match award in the 1975 Cricket World cup?
A)Nawab Pataudi
B)F.M. Engineer
C)Ravi Shastri
D)Kapil Dev
Answer: F.M. Engineer
- Q. The Theatre Olympic, an International festival, was an initiative by the famous Greek director –
A)Theodoros Giannaris
B)Constantine Giannaris
C)Alexis Damianos
D)Theodoros Terzopoulos
Answer: Theodoros Terzopoulos
- 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. As of February 2018, who owns the Kolkata based IPL team ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ ?
A)Shah Rukh Khan
B)Sourav Ganguly
C)Amir Khan
D)Subrata Roy
Answer: Shah Rukh Khan
- Q. The state which declared 1995-1996 as the hockey year is
A)Gujarat
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Punjab
D)New Delhi
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Who was the first Indian woman who owns the gold medal in Asian Games?
A)Sunita Rani
B)Shiny Abraham
C)P.T. Usha
D)Kamaljit Sandhu
Answer: Kamaljit Sandhu
- Q. Which two counties did Anil Kumble play for?
A)Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire
B)Northamptonshire & Leicestershire
C)Nottinghamshire & Lancashire
D)Northamptonshire & Lancashire
Answer: Northamptonshire & Leicestershire
- Q. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
A)Karnam Malleshwari
B)Kunjarani Devi
C)P.T.Usha
D)Bachendri Pal
Answer: Karnam Malleshwari
- Q. Jaspal Rana is associated with which sport?
A)Boxing
B)Shooting
C)Weight Lifting
D)Archery
Answer: Shooting
- Q. Which of the following bowlers has taken the highest number of wickets in one day international?
A)Wasim Akram
B)Kapil Dev
C)Shane Warne
D)Muralidharan
Answer: Muralidharan
- Q. “Layup Shot” is associated with which of the following sports?
A)Throw ball
B)Basketball
C)Volleyball
D)Handball
Answer: Basketball
- Q. Javagal Srinath took no wicket in his last ODI match.What were his bowling figures in that match? [Format : Overs bowled – Maidens – Runs given – Wickets taken]
A)10 - 0 - 87 - 0
B)10 - 0 - 57 - 0
C)7 - 0 - 67 - 0
D)7 - 0 - 39 - 0
Answer: 10 - 0 - 87 - 0
- Q. Which city was set to host an International Puppet Festival from October 26, 2017 ?
A)Chennai
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Delhi
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three major sports awards viz. Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta and Arjuna Award ?
A)Sanjeev Kumar Singh
B)Harika Dronavali
C)Prakash Padukone
D)Pullela Gopichand
Answer: Pullela Gopichand
- Q. How many gold medals have been won by India in the Olympics so far?
A)8
B)9
C)4
D)10
Answer: 10
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