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- Q. As of February 2018, who owns the Kolkata based IPL team ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ ?
A)Shah Rukh Khan
B)Sourav Ganguly
C)Amir Khan
D)Subrata Roy
Answer: Shah Rukh Khan
- Q. “Ryder Cup” is given to players of which sport?
A)Cards
B)Golf
C)Basket ball
D)Baseball
Answer: Golf
- 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. Who holds the record for the maximum number of men’s single Grand Slam titles?
A)Bjorn Borg of Sweden
B)Pete Sarnpras of US
C)Roy Emerson of Australia
D)Roger Federer of Switzerland
Answer: Roger Federer of Switzerland
- Q. What is the length of each stump in Cricket ?
A)32 inches
B)2 feet
C)28 inches
D)4 feet
Answer: 28 inches
- Q. Consider the following statements about grand slam tennis tournaments : i. There are four grand slam annual tennis tournaments. ii. The first grand slam of a year tournaments are played on grass court. iii. The Australian and the US Open tournaments are played on grass court. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
A)1 and 2 only
B)1 only
C)1, 2 and 3
D)2 and 3 only
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which county did Javagal Srinath sign for in 2003?
A)Durham
B)Sussex
C)Surrey
D)Essex
Answer: Durham
- Q. Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games?
A)Three
B)Four
C)Two
D)Eight
Answer: Four
- Q. Which amongst the following cricket teams won the Ranji Trophy in 2017 ?
A)Chennai
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Vidarbha
D)Delhi
Answer: Vidarbha
- Q. Skeet’ is associated with which sport ?
A)Cycling
B)Shooting
C)Running
D)Swimming
Answer: Shooting
- Q. How many times India has won the Asia Cup ODI Trophy ?
A)4 times
B)5 times
C)3 times
D)6 times
Answer: 6 times
- Q. What is the meaning of term ‘Ace’ in Tennis ?
A)Successful serve that the opponent fails to touch
B)A situation when the ball has landed up
C)The serve has made a double fault
D)A state of score when either party must gain two consecutive points to win the game
Answer: Successful serve that the opponent fails to touch
- 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. How many fours had Yograj Singh hit throughout his Test career?
A)9
B)4
C)10
D)1
Answer: 1
- Q. In the first week of October 2009, I.C.C. announced its World ODI team of the year. Who among the following Indians is not included in the team ?
A)Yuvraj Singh
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Virendra Sehwag
D)M.S. Dhoni
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Q. Who among the following is not associated with billiards in India?
A)Ashok Shandilya
B)Manoj Kothari
C)Subash Agrawal
D)Mihir Sen
Answer: Mihir Sen
- Q. Which track and field star overcame childhood polio to become one of the greatest athletes of her time ?
A)Gail Devers
B)Florence Griffith Joyner
C)Wilma Rudolph
D)Jackie Robinson
Answer: Wilma Rudolph
- Q. Which one of the following is wrongly paired ?(Sports – Ground)
A)Base Ball - Court
B)Golf - Course
C)Athletics - Track
D)Wrestling - Ring
Answer: Base Ball - Court
- Q. Bangladesh has won the Women’s Cricket Asia Cup Trophy (Twenty-20 Tournament) held in Malaysia in June 2018. Which team was defeated in the finals ?
A)India
B)Sri Lanka
C)Pakistan
D)Thailand
Answer: Pakistan
- 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
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