More Questions on Sports
- Q. Which of the following is a pair names of the same game?
A)Golf - Polo
B)Billiards - Carrom
C)Soccer - Football
D)Volleyball - Squash
Answer: Soccer - Football
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
A)Pamela Jelimo : Weightligting
B)Sanya Richards : Sprint
C)Barbora Spotakova : Javelin throw
D)Yelena Isinbayeva : Pole Vault
Answer: Pamela Jelimo : Weightligting
- Q. Which player has scored the most runs in a single test innings?
A)Matthew Hayden
B)Brian Lara
C)Graham Gooch
D)Ajit Agarkar
Answer: Brian Lara
- 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. When was the first cricket Test match played?
A)1877
B)1870
C)1873
D)1788
Answer: 1877
- Q. Mark Waugh is commonly called what?
A)Junior
B)Tugga
C)Afganistan
D)Julio
Answer: Junior
- Q. FIFA 2018 will be held in which country ?
A)Russia
B)Austria
C)Qatar
D)Saudi Arab
Answer: Russia
- Q. In what year was the first international cricket match held?
A)1869 between England and Australia
B)1883 between Australia and Wales
C)1892 between England and India
D)1844 between Canada and the USA
Answer: 1844 between Canada and the USA
- Q. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in?
A)1932
B)1936
C)1928
D)1948
Answer: 1928
- Q. Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?
A)Bishen Singh Bedi
B)Nawab Pataudi
C)Ajit Wadekar
D)Vinoo Mankad
Answer: Ajit Wadekar
- 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. The name of the Mascot for 1996 Olympics held at Atlanta was
A)APPU
B)WHATZ IT
C)Matari
D)Uncle Sam
Answer: WHATZ IT
- Q. The term ‘Butterfly Stroke’ is associated with
A)Boxing
B)Kabaddi
C)Wrestling
D)Swimming
Answer: Swimming
- Q. What do African-American football players Ernie Davis, Archie Griffin, and Tony Dorsett have in common?
A)They all won the Heisman Trophy
B)They all led to Super Bowl titles
C)They all played for Pittsburgh
D)They dont have any similarity
Answer: They all won the Heisman Trophy
- Q. Who holds the World record in test cricket for the most number of dismissals by a Wicket keeper?
A)Rodney Marsh
B)Ian Healy
C)Mark Boucher
D)Moin Khan
Answer: Mark Boucher
- Q. In Commonwealth Games, 2010, India won 101 medals. Out of them, how many medals have been received by team events, women and men respectively ?
A)2, 35, 64
B)1, 37, 63
C)0, 37, 64
D)1, 36, 64
Answer: 2, 35, 64
- Q. World Number 2, Rafael Nadal won the French Open, 2007 defeating –
A)Andy Roddick
B)Roger Federer
C)Stegan Edberg
D)Fred Alexander
Answer: Andy Roddick
- Q. Who among the following had won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title, 2008 ?
A)Maria Sharapova
B)Serena Williams
C)Ana Ivanovic
D)Venus Williams
Answer: Venus Williams
- Q. What is the middle name of the world class batsman Sachin Tendulkar?
A)Ramesh
B)Rahul
C)Rohan
D)Ravi
Answer: Ramesh
- Q. Which former national level Volleyball player created history by becoming the first female amputee to conquer Mount Everest in May, 2013 ?
A)Santosh Yadav
B)Arunima Sinha
C)Premlata Agarwal
D)Bachendri Pal
Answer: Arunima Sinha
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