More Questions on Sports
- 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. In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race?
A)1956
B)1957
C)1955
D)1970
Answer: 1957
- 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. In which sport, term “Butterfly Stroke” is used?
A)Volleyball
B)Wrestling
C)Tennis
D)Swimming
Answer: Swimming
- Q. Name the sportsperson who has been honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ ?
A)Sunil Gavaskar
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Major Dhyan Chand
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. What Major League Baseball player holds the record for all-time career high batting average?
A)Larry Walker
B)Jeff Bagwell
C)Ty Cobb
D)Frank Thomas
Answer: Ty Cobb
- Q. Which of the following players was declared as the “Leading Cricketer of 2016” by Wisden?
A)Bairstow
B)Smith
C)Stokes
D)All of the above
Answer: E
- Q. The winter Olympics came into being in
A)1924
B)1920
C)1912
D)1916
Answer: 1924
- Q. Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport ?
A)Boxing
B)Cricket
C)Billiards
D)Badminton
Answer: Billiards
- Q. Tennis star Roger Federer hails from –
A)Switzerland
B)USA
C)UK
D)France
Answer: Switzerland
- Q. Who won the Women’s Single Wimbledon tournament in 2017 ?
A)Ekaterina Makarova
B)Elena Vesnina
C)Garbine Muguruza
D)Serena Williams
Answer: Serena Williams
- 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. To which of the following sports, Agha Khan Cup is related?
A)Hockey
B)Cricket
C)Table Tannis
D)Football
Answer: Hockey
- Q. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 ?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Brazil
D)Chile
Answer: Brazil
- Q. When was the first cricket Test match played?
A)1877
B)1870
C)1873
D)1788
Answer: 1877
- Q. Who won the first ICC T-20 world cup?
A)Pakistan
B)Australia
C)India
D)England
Answer: India
- 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. Ace athlete Neeraj Chopra is an accomplished player in –
A)Javelin throw
B)Shot put throw
C)Hammer throw
D)Discus throw
Answer: Javelin throw
- Q. Where did Yuvraj Singh make his ODI debut?
A)Mumbai, India
B)London, England
C)Nairobi, Kenya
D)Lahore, Pakistan
Answer: Nairobi, Kenya
- Q. On the name of which of the following players, a road is named after in Germany ?
A)Dhanaraj Pillay
B)Dhyanchand
C)Roop Singh
D)Zafar Iqbal
Answer: Roop Singh
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