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- Q. Who made the history in test cricket by chasing 418 in second innings against Australia?
A)England
B)Pakistan
C)New Zealand
D)West Indies
Answer: West Indies
- Q. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in?
A)1963
B)1971
C)1951
D)1982
Answer: 1951
- Q. India’s first and Asia’s longest cycle highway has been opened in which State of India ?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Assam
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Who was the first Indian to win the 52th Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Cuba ?
A)Krishnan Sasikiran
B)Adhiban Baskaran
C)Pentala Harikrishna
D)K Srikanth
Answer: Krishnan Sasikiran
- Q. What is the middle name of V.V.S. Laxman?
A)Vishwanatha Venkata Sai
B)Vaidyanatha Venkata Sai
C)Vangipurapu Venkata Sai
D)None of the above
Answer: Vangipurapu Venkata Sai
- 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. Who was the captain of Indian hockey team that won the first Olympic gold medal in Amsterdam in 1928 ?
A)Jaipal Singh
B)Laibon Khan
C)Dhyanchand
D)Krishna Lal
Answer: Jaipal Singh
- Q. Arrange the following countries in ascending order on the basis of the total medals earned in Rio Olympic 2016. I. U.S.A, II. China, III. U.K., IV. Russia Select the correct answer using the code given below :
A)I. U.S.A, III. U.K., II. China, IV. Russia
B)IV. Russia, III. U.K., II. China, I. U.S.A
C)I. U.S.A, II. China, III. U.K., IV. Russia
D)IV. Russia, III. U.K., I. U.S.A, II. China
Answer: IV. Russia, III. U.K., II. China, I. U.S.A
- Q. Identify the odd sports man among the following :
A)Vijay Hazare
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Narain Karthikeyan
D)Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: Narain Karthikeyan
- Q. Who among the following is the first Indian sportsperson to reach the finals in the World Badminton Championship (Women) in 2015 ?
A)Saina Nehwal
B)P.V. Sindhu
C)Jwala Gutta
D)Madhumita Bisht
Answer: Saina Nehwal
- Q. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Men’s Singles in August, 2008 ?
A)Rafael Nadal
B)Mahesh Bhupati
C)Roger Federer
D)None of the above
Answer: Roger Federer
- Q. The 13th Asian Games were held in
A)Bangok
B)Manila
C)China
D)Singapore
Answer: Bangok
- Q. Which player was named as Best Indian Bowler of the 20th century by the Wisden Magazine?
A)B.S.Chandrashekhar
B)B.S.Bedi
C)Kapil Dev
D)Subhas Gupte
Answer: B.S.Chandrashekhar
- Q. In which event in the Asian Athletic Championships, 2013 Vikas Gowda won a gold medal ?
A)400 mts. Running Race
B)Shot Put
C)Long Tennis
D)Discus Throw
Answer: Discus Throw
- Q. In IPL 2009 the two players who did ‘hat trick’, were –
A)L. Balaji and Harbhajan Singh
B)Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh
C)A. Symonds and A Nehera
D)R.P. Singh and L.Malinga
Answer: Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh
- Q. Who is the youngest number 1 tennis player of the world?
A)Monica Seles
B)Chris Evert
C)Steffi Graf
D)Martina Hingis
Answer: Martina Hingis
- 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. Who won the World Youth Chess Championship 2016?
A)Kimi Raikkonen
B)Scot Fleming
C)Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
D)O. Subbalaxmi
Answer: Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
- Q. Name the athletic event in which Manpreet Kaur won a gold medal in the first leg of Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet ?
A)Shot Put
B)Discus throw
C)Long Jump
D)High Jump
Answer: Shot Put
- Q. What is the length of each stump in the cricket?
A)22 inches
B)28 inches
C)35 inches
D)33 inches
Answer: 28 inches
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