More Questions on Sports
- Q. Football (Soccer) is said to have originated in :
A)England
B)China
C)Former USSR
D)Australia
Answer: England
- Q. Which famous cricketer co-owns the Pro-Kabaddi team from Tamil Nadu named ‘Tamil Thalaivas’ ?
A)Ravi Shastri
B)Krishnamachari Srikkanth
C)Sunil Gavaskar
D)Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. En Passant’ is related to which games ?
A)Snooker
B)Carrom
C)Billiards
D)Chess
Answer: Chess
- Q. Who is the current (as of February 2018) President of the Indian Olympic Association ?
A)Narinder Dhruv Batra
B)Sharad Pawer
C)Abhinav Bindra
D)Prannoy Roy
Answer: Narinder Dhruv Batra
- Q. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in?
A)1963
B)1971
C)1951
D)1982
Answer: 1951
- Q. Which of the following games is not included in the Olympic Games?
A)Cycling
B)Cricket
C)Skiing
D)Archery
Answer: Cricket
- Q. Which football hero was nicknamed “The Sundance Kid”?
A)Troy Aikman
B)Brett Favre
C)Jim Kiick
D)Joe Montana
Answer: Jim Kiick
- Q. The term “Beamer” is related to which game?
A)Hockey
B)Cricket
C)Football
D)Chess
Answer: Cricket
- Q. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
A)45
B)34
C)23
D)54
Answer: 34
- Q. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 ?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Brazil
D)Chile
Answer: Brazil
- Q. Who is the fourth bowler to take 500 wickets in test cricket?
A)Anil Kumble
B)Shoaib Akhtar
C)Glenn McGrath
D)Jason Gillespie
Answer: Glenn McGrath
- Q. The first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to whom ?
A)Dhanraj Pillai
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Viswanathan Anand
D)Geet Sethi
Answer: Viswanathan Anand
- Q. When did Sourav Ganguly made his ODI debut?
A)11 January 1992
B)1 December 1987
C)20 March 1993
D)1 June 1998
Answer: 11 January 1992
- Q. Which Indian batsman made his ODI debut in the same match in which Kapil Dev did?
A)Surinder Amarnath
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Mohammad Azharuddin
D)Navjot Sidhu
Answer: Surinder Amarnath
- 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. Who is the first Indian to win two Paralympic Gold Medals ?
A)Deepa Malik
B)Mariyappan Thangavelu
C)Devendra Jhajharia
D)Varun Singh Bhati
Answer: Devendra Jhajharia
- Q. The first Indian women to reach Olympic finals in individual track event was –
A)Arti Saha
B)M.D. Valsamma
C)Shiny Abraham
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: P.T. Usha
- Q. The nickname of wicketkeeping great Rod Marsh was what?
A)Swampy
B)Bacchus
C)Billabong
D)Lagoon
Answer: Bacchus
- Q. Which of the following country won the final of the triangular cricket series held in Durban in February 1997?
A)New zealand
B)South africa
C)India
D)Zimbabwe
Answer: South africa
- Q. The winter Olympics came into being in
A)1924
B)1920
C)1912
D)1916
Answer: 1924
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