More Questions on Sports
- Q. Which of the following places is known as ‘Mecca of Indian Football’?
A)Bombay
B)Haryana
C)Kolkata
D)Delhi
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. Which one of the following teams was defeated by India to win the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017 ?
A)China
B)South Korea
C)Japan
D)Pakistan
Answer: China
- Q. Find the mismatch –
A)Gagan Narang - Shooting
B)Arjun Atwal - Golf
C)Somdev Devvarman - Badminton
D)Anita Sood - Swimming
Answer: Somdev Devvarman - Badminton
- Q. In November 2017, India’s MC Mary Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championship, 2017 held at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. In which one of the following categories was she declared winner ?
A)51 kg
B)54 kg
C)45 kg
D)57 kg
Answer: 45 kg
- Q. Which country had hosted the football World Cup 2014?
A)France
B)Chile
C)Spain
D)Brazil
Answer: Brazil
- 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. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
A)45
B)34
C)23
D)54
Answer: 34
- 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 was the youngest Athlete at the Rio Olympics ?
A)Virginia Thrasher
B)Gaurika Singh
C)Deepa Karmakar
D)Emily Seebohn
Answer: Gaurika Singh
- Q. Which of the following is wrongly matched ?
A)Badminton (Single) : 10 ft x 44 ft
B)Lawn Tennis : 78 ft x 36 ft
C)Hockey : 100 yards x 55 yards
D)Volleyball : 30 ft x 30 ft
Answer: Badminton (Single) : 10 ft x 44 ft
- Q. Name of the captain of German team for the FIFA 2014 held in Brazil –
A)Thomas Muller
B)Manuel Neuer
C)Fernando Torres
D)Xabi Alonso
Answer: Manuel Neuer
- Q. Which country won the ICC Women’s World Cup held in February, 2013 ?
A)India
B)New Zealand
C)Australia
D)England
Answer: Australia
- Q. S. Vijayalakshmi and Nisha Mohita are associated with
A)Tennis
B)Chess
C)Badminton
D)Table Tennis
Answer: Chess
- Q. Where will the 2014 Commonwealth Games be organized?
A)Delhi
B)Sydney
C)Bengaluru
D)Scotland
Answer: Scotland
- Q. Who among the following sports personalities was the first to received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards ?
A)Viswanathan Anand
B)Geet Sethi
C)Sachin Tendulkar
D)Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: Viswanathan Anand
- Q. Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket?
A)Brian Lara
B)Courtney Walsh
C)Shane Warne
D)Muttiah Muralitharan
Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan
- Q. How many fours had Yograj Singh hit throughout his Test career?
A)9
B)4
C)10
D)1
Answer: 1
- Q. The country Tuvalu participated with how many members in the Rio Olympics ?
A)3
B)1
C)5
D)9
Answer: 1
- Q. Which of the following president of MCC was not a professional cricketer?
A)Christopher Martin-Jenkins
B)Ted Dexter
C)Peter Mey
D)Colin Cowdrey
Answer: Christopher Martin-Jenkins
- Q. The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in _____
A)1948
B)1952
C)1936
D)1956
Answer: 1948
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