More Questions on Sports
- Q. In which sport, term “Butterfly Stroke” is used?
A)Volleyball
B)Wrestling
C)Tennis
D)Swimming
Answer: Swimming
- Q. Consider the following statements about grand slam tennis tournaments : i. There are four grand slam annual tennis tournaments. ii. The first grand slam of a year tournaments are played on grass court. iii. The Australian and the US Open tournaments are played on grass court. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
A)1 and 2 only
B)1 only
C)1, 2 and 3
D)2 and 3 only
Answer: 1 only
- Q. M.S.Dhoni was selected for which of the following awards of the year 2007?
A)Dronacharya award
B)Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award
C)Arjun award
D)None of these
Answer: Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award
- Q. Saina Nehwal won the Senior’s Championship match of which of the following games held in Goa in January 2008 ?
A)Tennis
B)Table tennis
C)Golf
D)Archery
Answer: E
- Q. Who among the following has created world record in the men’s 100 metres sprint event at 2008 Olympics Games ?
A)Churandy Martina
B)Asafa Powell
C)Usain Bolt
D)Walter Dix
Answer: Usain Bolt
- 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
- Q. Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has had several nicknames over his playing career. Which of the following was not one of them?
A)Stodge
B)Helium Bat
C)Tubby
D)Stumpy
Answer: Helium Bat
- Q. Which one of the following Cricketers has been declared by the ICC as ‘Cricketer of the Twentieth Century’ ?
A)Kapil Dev
B)Rahul Dravid
C)Sachin Tendulkar
D)Anil Kumble
Answer: Kapil Dev
- Q. Modern Olympic Games started in –
A)1896
B)1806
C)1886
D)1916
Answer: 1896
- Q. In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
A)Rajasthan
B)Manipur
C)Meghalaya
D)West Bengal
Answer: Manipur
- Q. In which year did Ajay Jadeja make his ODI debut?
A)1985
B)1992
C)1996
D)1991
Answer: 1992
- Q. Who among the Indian to win the Athletics Gold in 1998 Asian Games?
A)Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
B)Sunita Rani
C)Kapil Dev
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
- Q. Which of the followings is not correctly matched?
A)Krishna Pooniya - Woman Discus Throw
B)Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing
C)Sakshi Malik - Wrestling
D)Aneesa Saiyad - Woman 25m Pistol
Answer: Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing
- 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 holds the record for winning most number of gold medals in Commonwealth games?
A)Susie O'neill
B)Petria Thomas
C)Graham Smith
D)Mitchell Brown
Answer: Susie O'neill
- Q. In 2008 Summer Olympic games, who became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal ?
A)Vikram Rathore
B)Abhinav Bindra
C)Sushil Kumar
D)Vijender singh
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
- Q. Against which team did Rahul Dravid made his ODI debut?
A)Pakistan
B)Sri Lanka
C)Kenya
D)Australia
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. In which game, “Chinaman” is used?
A)Cricket
B)Billiards
C)Judo
D)Golf
Answer: Cricket
- 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. Riyad Mahrez is related to which sports ?
A)Boxing
B)Kabbadi
C)Cricket
D)Football
Answer: Football
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