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- Q. Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing induction into the U.S. military, Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight championship on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire with an eighth-round knockout of which prizefighter?
A)Joe Frazier
B)Leon Spinks
C)George Foreman
D)Sputnik
Answer: George Foreman
- Q. Who had the distinction of competing in five Olympic games by participating in the 1988 Seoul Olympics ?
A)Pietro Mennea
B)Maureen Conolly
C)Don Budge
D)Gelindo Bordin
Answer: Pietro Mennea
- Q. Name the Indian Chess player who has broken the World Record by finishing the game in first twelve moves?
A)Champa Bose
B)Sakunthala Devi
C)Vishwanathan Anand
D)Praveen Thipsey
Answer: Vishwanathan Anand
- Q. To whom Dronacharya Award is given ?
A)Coach
B)Teacher
C)Player
D)Scientist
Answer: Coach
- Q. World Number 2, Rafael Nadal won the French Open, 2007 defeating –
A)Andy Roddick
B)Roger Federer
C)Stegan Edberg
D)Fred Alexander
Answer: Andy Roddick
- 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 among the following has been named as the ‘White Lightning’ in the cricket ?
A)Allan Dolald
B)Ben Hollioake
C)Adam Parore
D)Dion Nash
Answer: Allan Dolald
- Q. With which sport is Novak Djokovic associated ?
A)Golf
B)Tennis
C)Football
D)Baseball
Answer: Tennis
- Q. Olympic Games after 4th century AD restarted (Under IOC) from –
A)1904
B)1912
C)1896
D)1916
Answer: 1896
- Q. Which one of the following cities hosted the Twelfth South Asian Games 2016 ?
A)Kochi
B)Guwahati
C)Patiala
D)Agartala
Answer: Guwahati
- Q. Consider the following statements about Viswanathan Anand : 1. He has won the World Chess Championship five times. 2. He is the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan award. 3. He is currently the No.1 rating player on the FIDE ratings. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
A)1 and 2 only
B)2 only
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1 and 3 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Who has scored the most runs in a single First-class innings?
A)Brian Lara
B)Sir Donald Bradman
C)Hanif Mohammad
D)Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: Brian Lara
- Q. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
A)P.T.Usha
B)Kamaljit Sandhu
C)M.L.Valsamma
D)K.Malleshwari
Answer: Kamaljit Sandhu
- Q. In how many test matches did Ravichandran Ashwin achieve the feat of becoming the fastest player in the world (in terms of number of matches) to get 300 wickets in test cricket in November, 2017 ?
A)54
B)50
C)56
D)52
Answer: 54
- 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. Which English county did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in the 2003 season?
A)Leicestershire
B)Yorkshire
C)Lancashire
D)Middlesex
Answer: Leicestershire
- Q. Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament in Malaysia in March 2013 ?
A)Australia
B)Malaysia
C)India
D)New Zealand
Answer: Australia
- Q. Who among the following won the Men’s Singles Title in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 2016 ?
A)Bruno Soares
B)Novak Djokovic
C)Jamie Murray
D)Andy Murray
Answer: Novak Djokovic
- Q. Durand Cup’ is associated with the game of –
A)Polo
B)Cricket
C)Football
D)Hockey
Answer: Football
- Q. In which one of the following cities are the Summer Olympics, 2020 going to be held ?
A)Paris
B)Tokyo
C)London
D)Moscow
Answer: Tokyo
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