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- 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. Identify the odd sports man among the following :
A)Vijay Hazare
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Narain Karthikeyan
D)Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: Narain Karthikeyan
- Q. The Rovers Cup is associated with –
A)Hockey
B)Football
C)Cricket
D)Golf
Answer: Football
- Q. As of February 2018, who owns the Kolkata based IPL team ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ ?
A)Shah Rukh Khan
B)Sourav Ganguly
C)Amir Khan
D)Subrata Roy
Answer: Shah Rukh Khan
- Q. The first ‘disabled athlete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race is –
A)Walter Rallis
B)Raymond Irchovich
C)Oscar Pistorius
D)Gerald Hangovin
Answer: Oscar Pistorius
- Q. The Olympic Games in 2016 will be held in :
A)America
B)Holland
C)London
D)Brazil
Answer: Brazil
- Q. The term ‘Tee’ is connected with
A)Golf
B)Bridge
C)Badminton
D)Polo
Answer: Golf
- 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. The youngest football player to be a part of World Cup winning team is?
A)Pele
B)Lothar Matthuas
C)Norman Whiteside
D)Maradona
Answer: Pele
- Q. Name the sportsperson who has been honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ ?
A)Sunil Gavaskar
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Major Dhyan Chand
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Which player was named as Best Indian Bowler of the 20th century by the Wisden Magazine?
A)B.S.Chandrashekhar
B)B.S.Bedi
C)Kapil Dev
D)Subhas Gupte
Answer: B.S.Chandrashekhar
- Q. Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
A)P.T.Usha
B)Karnam Malleshwari
C)Milkha Singh
D)K.D.Jadhav
Answer: K.D.Jadhav
- Q. To which Sport, the “Federation Cup” is related in India ?
A)Football
B)Basketball
C)Hockey
D)Badminton
Answer: Football
- 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. What is the length of each stump in the cricket?
A)22 inches
B)28 inches
C)35 inches
D)33 inches
Answer: 28 inches
- Q. For which of the following, it is said that this garden is not a garden-
A)Hanging Garden of Mumbai
B)Eden Garden of Kolkata
C)Vrindavan Garden of Mysore
D)Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar
Answer: Eden Garden of Kolkata
- Q. Which of the following women chess player of India became the super grand master by reaching on the second rank in the world?
A)S.Subbalakshmi
B)Humpy Koneru
C)Tania Sachdev
D)None of these
Answer: Humpy Koneru
- 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. When was the first Olympics organized?
A)324 BC
B)212 BC
C)776 BC
D)896 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. Where was the World Badminton Championship 2013, in which P.V. Sindhu won a Bronze medal, held ?
A)Singapore
B)Guangzhou, China
C)Jakarta, Indonesia
D)Bangkok, Thailand
Answer: Guangzhou, China
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