More Questions on Sports
- Q. The term ‘Gambit’ is associated with –
A)Tennis
B)Basketball
C)Chess
D)Baseball
Answer: Chess
- 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 won the US open tennis men’s title in August 2016?
A)Rafael Nadal
B)Mahesh Bhupati
C)Roger Federer
D)Stan Wawrinka
Answer: Stan Wawrinka
- Q. In which game, “Chinaman” is used?
A)Cricket
B)Billiards
C)Judo
D)Golf
Answer: Cricket
- Q. The first hand glider was designed by?
A)The Wright brothers
B)Francis Rogallo
C)Leonardo Da Vinci
D)Galileo
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
- 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 Indian player has won the Gold Medal in Olympics ?
A)Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B)Abhinav Bindra
C)Gagan Narang
D)Sushil Kumar
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
- Q. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1999?
A)South Africa
B)Pakistan
C)Australia
D)England
Answer: Australia
- 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. Find the person who does not belongs to the group –
A)Vishwanathan Anand
B)Saina Nehwal
C)Pentala Harikrishna
D)Koneru Hampi
Answer: Vishwanathan Anand
- Q. The winner of Ranji Trophy Cricket Championship held in January 2009, was ?
A)Mumbai
B)Punjab Eleven
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Delhi Eleven
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. When was the first Cricket World Cup organized ?
A)1976
B)1983
C)1975
D)1980
Answer: 1975
- Q. The player who was awarded with Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Shri is –
A)Sachine Tendulkar
B)Prakash Padukone
C)Abhinav Bindra
D)Pullela Gopichand
Answer: Pullela Gopichand
- Q. Who was the first captain of Indian Test team?
A)C K Nayudu
B)Lala Amarnath
C)Vijay Hazare
D)Vijay Merchant
Answer: C K Nayudu
- 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. He is the world’s only person who has climbed all the 14 peaks of the mountains without using oxygen cylinders –
A)Reinhold Messner
B)Jhon Hen
C)Henry Ford
D)Bachhendri Pal
Answer: Reinhold Messner
- Q. Gambit’ is associated with which of the following sport ?
A)Chess
B)Boxing
C)Basketball
D)Golf
Answer: Chess
- Q. How many squares are there on a chessboard ?
A)55
B)64
C)49
D)72
Answer: 64
- Q. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 ?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Brazil
D)Chile
Answer: Brazil
- Q. Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in Tests?
A)Sourav Ganguly
B)Bishen Singh Bedi
C)Sachin Tendulkar
D)Virender Sehwag
Answer: Virender Sehwag
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