More Questions on Sports
- 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. 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. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in?
A)1932
B)1936
C)1928
D)1948
Answer: 1928
- 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. Which player has scored the most runs in a single test innings?
A)Matthew Hayden
B)Brian Lara
C)Graham Gooch
D)Ajit Agarkar
Answer: Brian Lara
- 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. Who among the following has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests ?
A)Sachine Tendulkar
B)V.V.S. Laxman
C)Rahul Dravid
D)Virender Sehwag
Answer: Virender Sehwag
- 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. Upon winning Wimbledon Women’s Tennis Tournament 2016, Serena Williams equalled record 22 Grand Slam wins of –
A)Seffi Graf
B)Martina Hingis
C)Martina Navratilova
D)Maria Sharapova
Answer: Seffi Graf
- Q. What is the number of players in Rugby Football?
A)12
B)11
C)16
D)15
Answer: 15
- Q. S. Vijayalakshmi and Nisha Mohita are associated with
A)Tennis
B)Chess
C)Badminton
D)Table Tennis
Answer: Chess
- Q. The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sports ?
A)Hockey
B)Badminton
C)Cricket
D)Tennis
Answer: Hockey
- Q. In which State of India Paragliding World Cup 2015 was held ?
A)Maharashtra
B)Orissa
C)Chhattisgarh
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
- Q. The game of chess was first started in –
A)Persia
B)Arab
C)India
D)Europe
Answer: India
- Q. “Free Throw” is associated with
A)Basketball
B)Badminton
C)Volleyball
D)Cricket
Answer: Basketball
- Q. Who among the following had won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title, 2008 ?
A)Maria Sharapova
B)Serena Williams
C)Ana Ivanovic
D)Venus Williams
Answer: Venus Williams
- Q. Dizzy’ is the nickname of what Australian player?
A)Jason Gillespie
B)Glenn McGrath
C)Adam Gilchrist
D)Brett Lee
Answer: Jason Gillespie
- Q. Which of the following persons was awarded the first Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
A)Vishwanathan Anand
B)Geet Sethi
C)Sachin Tendulkar
D)Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: Vishwanathan Anand
- Q. Fenway Park is the home field of what Major League Baseball team?
A)Chicago White Sox
B)Montreal Expos
C)New York Yankees
D)Boston Red Sox
Answer: Boston Red Sox
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