More Questions on Sports
- Q. Who was the youngest athlete in Rio Olympics, 2016 ?
A)Virginia Thrasher
B)Gaurika Singh
C)Deepa Karmakar
D)Emily Seebohn
Answer: Gaurika Singh
- Q. Who among the following has been appointed the new Coach of the Indian Cricket team by the BCCI recently ?
A)Anil Kumble
B)Rahul Dravid
C)Saurav Ganguly
D)S.R. Kulkarni
Answer: Anil Kumble
- 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. Which wood is used to make the cricket bat?
A)Sandrus
B)Linum Usitatissimum
C)Morus Alba
D)Salix Purpurea
Answer: Salix Purpurea
- Q. When Leander Peas won the “Mixed Doubles” at the US Open in the year 2008, who of the following was his partner ?
A)Cara Black
B)Dinara Safina
C)Ana Ivaovic
D)Jankovic
Answer: Cara Black
- Q. Which award is given for excellence in sports ?
A)Arjuna Award
B)Tagore Award
C)Jamnalal Bajaj Award
D)Moortidevi Award
Answer: Arjuna Award
- Q. Which team did Sachin Tendulkar play for in the Ranji Trophy when he made his debut in first class cricket?
A)Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Karnataka
D)Kerala
Answer: Mumbai
- 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. Which of the following cricketer has been declared the “Cricketer of the Twentieth Century” by the ICC ?
A)Kapil Dev
B)Shane Warne
C)Sunil Gavaskar
D)Brian Lara
Answer: Kapil Dev
- 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. Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three major sports awards viz. Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta and Arjuna Award ?
A)Sanjeev Kumar Singh
B)Harika Dronavali
C)Prakash Padukone
D)Pullela Gopichand
Answer: Pullela Gopichand
- Q. Which one of the following was Indian cricketer of 2008, by Wisden ?
A)Virendra Sehwag
B)Anil Kumble
C)M.S. Dhoni
D)Saurav Ganguly
Answer: Virendra Sehwag
- Q. Consider the following statement about a famous football player : “He was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency during his childhood but went on to win three European Golden Shoes in his career.” Who is that player ?
A)Lionel Messi
B)Cristiano Ronaldo
C)Andres Iniesta
D)Zinedine Zidane
Answer: Lionel Messi
- Q. Who among the following is the official sponsors of the Indian team at the Asian Games to be held in Busan, South Korea ?
A)Sahara
B)LG
C)Phillips
D)Samsung
Answer: Samsung
- Q. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
A)45
B)34
C)23
D)54
Answer: 34
- Q. Who among the following tennis players has won the ‘Grand Slam’ titles for the maximum number of times ?
A)Serena Williams
B)Venus Williams
C)Margared Court
D)Steffi Graf
Answer: Margared Court
- Q. At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent ?
A)Abhinav Bindra
B)Deepa Karmakar
C)Narsingh Yadav
D)Sania Mirza
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
- Q. What is the award money of the Dronacharya award?
A)2 lakh
B)3 lakh
C)1.50 lakh
D)5 lakh
Answer: 5 lakh
- Q. When was the first Cricket World Cup organized ?
A)1976
B)1983
C)1975
D)1980
Answer: 1975
- Q. Which county did the outspoken Spin great Bishen Singh Bedi play for?
A)Surrey
B)Northamptonshire
C)Essex
D)Sussex
Answer: Northamptonshire
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