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- Q. Which Indian badminton player won the silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics ?
A)P.V. Sindhu
B)Saina Nehwal
C)Sania Mirza
D)Rituparna Das
Answer: P.V. Sindhu
- 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. Sourav Ganguly made his Test debut in 1996. How many runs did he score in the 1st innings of that match?
A)131
B)32
C)132
D)99
Answer: 132
- Q. The 2014 Shooting World Championship will be held in –
A)New Delhi in India
B)Toronto in Canada
C)Granada in Spain
D)Moscow in Russia
Answer: Granada in Spain
- 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 county signed Yuvraj Singh to play for them in 2003?
A)Lancashire
B)Hampshire
C)Nottinghamshire
D)Yorkshire
Answer: Yorkshire
- Q. Olympic Games of 2016 will be organized in which city?
A)Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
B)Los Angeles in USA
C)Madrid in Spain
D)Toronto in Canada
Answer: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
- Q. Geet Sethi has made a mark in
A)Shooting
B)Chess
C)Billiards
D)Golf
Answer: Billiards
- 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. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women’s cricket team and has been awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award for contribution to cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Identify the woman.
A)Shikha Pandey
B)Mona Meshram
C)Deepti Sharma
D)Harmanpreet Kaur
Answer: Harmanpreet Kaur
- Q. Which team holds the record for the highest run scored in an innings in any cricket world cup tournament?
A)Australia
B)India
C)Sri Lanka
D)England
Answer: Australia
- Q. Doping test is done in players –
A)By Urine
B)By MRI
C)By Blood
D)None of these
Answer: By Blood
- Q. The xxvii (1996) Summer Olympic games were held in –
A)Moscow
B)Atlanta
C)Los Angles
D)Tokyo
Answer: Atlanta
- Q. Which country has won the COPA America 2011 final ?
A)Uruguay
B)Venezuela
C)Brazil
D)Peru
Answer: Uruguay
- Q. Grand Slam in Tennis means a player has to win
A)Australian open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon
B)Australian open, French open and Wimbledon
C)Australian open, French open, U.S. open and Wimbledon
D)French open, Wimbledon
Answer: Australian open, French open, U.S. open and Wimbledon
- 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. Name the Indian cricketer who is not inducted to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame (till July 2018).
A)Sunil Gavaskar
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Rahul Dravid
D)Anil Kumble
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Queensbury rules’ is code of rules that directly influences which of the following sports ?
A)Boxing
B)Polo
C)Tennis
D)Billiards
Answer: Boxing
- Q. Who had the distinction of competing in five Olympic games by participating in the 1988 Seoul Olympics ?
A)Pietro Mennea
B)Maureen Conolly
C)Don Budge
D)Gelindo Bordin
Answer: Pietro Mennea
- Q. Who was the first man who took 200 wickets in one day cricket?
A)Imran Khan
B)Richard Hadley
C)Kapil Dev
D)Ian Botham
Answer: Kapil Dev
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