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Q. First Olympic Games were held in –
Correct Answer
776 BC
More Questions on Sports
- Q. The Headquarters of the proposed National Sports University (as per the National Sports University Ordinance, 2018) will be set up in –
A)Manipur
B)Kerala
C)Chhattisgarth
D)West Bengal
Answer: Manipur
- Q. First Olympic Games were held in –
A)798 BC
B)876 BC
C)776 BC
D)898 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race?
A)1956
B)1957
C)1955
D)1970
Answer: 1957
- Q. Which of the following was the mascot of the Barcelona Olympic Games?
A)Doves
B)hodori
C)Cobi
D)Panda
Answer: Cobi
- Q. What will be the venue, for the next World Chess Championship to be held in November 2013 ?
A)Jaipur
B)Kolkata
C)Delhi
D)Chennai
Answer: Chennai
- Q. Who among the following is not associated with billiards in India?
A)Ashok Shandilya
B)Manoj Kothari
C)Subash Agrawal
D)Mihir Sen
Answer: Mihir Sen
- 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 county did speedster Javagal Srinath play for in 1995?
A)Glamorgan
B)Gloucestershire
C)Kent
D)Leicestershire
Answer: Gloucestershire
- Q. First Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics ?
A)P.T. Usha
B)Dipa Karmakar
C)Karnam Malleswari
D)Gita Fogat
Answer: Dipa Karmakar
- Q. On which day, the sports day is celebrated every year?
A)29 August
B)12 October
C)07 July
D)02 April
Answer: 29 August
- Q. Name the sportsperson who has been honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ ?
A)Sunil Gavaskar
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Major Dhyan Chand
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Who won the maximum number of gold medals in Hiroshima Asian Games?
A)India
B)South Korea
C)China
D)Japan
Answer: China
- Q. Which team holds the record for the highest run scored in an innings in any cricket world cup tournament?
A)Australia
B)India
C)Sri Lanka
D)England
Answer: Australia
- Q. At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent ?
A)Abhinav Bindra
B)Deepa Karmakar
C)Narsingh Yadav
D)Sania Mirza
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
- Q. Where did Mahendra Singh Dhoni make his ODI debut?
A)Dhaka
B)Hyderabad
C)Chittagong
D)Vishakapatnam
Answer: Chittagong
- Q. Deepika Pallikal is related to which sport ?
A)Handball
B)Badminton
C)Squash
D)Tennis
Answer: Squash
- Q. What was the Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Cash award money?
A)8 Lakh
B)10 Lakh
C)7.5 Lakh
D)5 Lakh
Answer: 7.5 Lakh
- Q. Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?
A)Boland
B)Griqualand West
C)Border
D)Gauteng
Answer: Boland
- Q. Which football hero was nicknamed “The Sundance Kid”?
A)Troy Aikman
B)Brett Favre
C)Jim Kiick
D)Joe Montana
Answer: Jim Kiick
- Q. Where is Brabourne Stadium?
A)Jamshedpur
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Cuttack
Answer: Mumbai