More Questions on Sports
- Q. Football (Soccer) is said to have originated in :
A)England
B)China
C)Former USSR
D)Australia
Answer: England
- Q. First Olympic Games were held in –
A)798 BC
B)876 BC
C)776 BC
D)898 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 ?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Brazil
D)Chile
Answer: Brazil
- Q. Which country won the “Copa America 2016”?
A)Chile
B)Venezuela
C)Brazil
D)Peru
Answer: Chile
- Q. What was the theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics ?
A)World peace and Environment
B)Nothing can be achieved without peace
C)Peace for inner soul
D)Live sports, live freedom
Answer: World peace and Environment
- Q. Who was named India’s Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?
A)Sachin Tendulkar
B)Kapil Dev
C)Anil Kumble
D)Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: Kapil Dev
- Q. Rangaswami Cup is associated with –
A)Football
B)Hockey
C)Wrestling
D)Golf
Answer: Hockey
- Q. In recently concluded T-20 World Cup Cricket (Men) 2016, which two teams lost their matches in semifinal ?
A)Australia - South Africa
B)Bangladesh - West Indies
C)Pakistan - Sri Lanka
D)India - New Zealand
Answer: India - New Zealand
- Q. Agha Khan Cup’ is related with which sport event ?
A)Cricket
B)Table Tennis
C)Hockey
D)Foot Ball
Answer: Hockey
- Q. Name the Indian cricketer who is not inducted to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame (till July 2018).
A)Sunil Gavaskar
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Rahul Dravid
D)Anil Kumble
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- 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. Who was awarded the Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2016?
A)Deepa Karmakar
B)Jeetu Rai
C)Sakshi Malik
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. In IPL 2009 the two players who did ‘hat trick’, were –
A)L. Balaji and Harbhajan Singh
B)Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh
C)A. Symonds and A Nehera
D)R.P. Singh and L.Malinga
Answer: Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh
- Q. Which team did Sachin Tendulkar play for in the Ranji Trophy when he made his debut in first class cricket?
A)Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Karnataka
D)Kerala
Answer: Mumbai
- 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. 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. Who among the following is the winner of the Singapore Open Super Series Badminton Men’s Singles title 2017 ?
A)Lin Dan
B)B. Sai Praneeth
C)Kidambi Srikanth
D)Momota
Answer: B. Sai Praneeth
- Q. What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?
A)Sharad
B)Srivatsav
C)Naren
D)Shyam
Answer: Sharad
- 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 is the Indian Cricketer to score three consecutive centuries in his first three test matches?
A)Md. Azharuddin
B)Surendra Amarnath
C)Sourav Ganguly
D)G. Vishvanath
Answer: Md. Azharuddin
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