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- Q. Tennis star Roger Federer hails from –
A)Switzerland
B)USA
C)UK
D)France
Answer: Switzerland
- Q. Two sets of wickets in cricket are ______ distant.
A)18 yards
B)20 yards
C)24 yards
D)22 yards
Answer: 22 yards
- Q. Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as “Captain Grumpy”. What was his other nickname?
A)Captain Junior
B)AB
C)Abe
D)Groucho
Answer: AB
- Q. Who among the following has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests ?
A)Sachine Tendulkar
B)V.V.S. Laxman
C)Rahul Dravid
D)Virender Sehwag
Answer: Virender Sehwag
- Q. What Australian player was known as ‘Fruitfly’ amongst the rest of the team?
A)Merv Hughes
B)Mike Veletta
C)Geoff Lawson
D)Mike Whitney
Answer: Merv Hughes
- 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
- Q. The first Indian women to reach Olympic finals in individual track event was –
A)Arti Saha
B)M.D. Valsamma
C)Shiny Abraham
D)P.T. Usha
Answer: P.T. Usha
- Q. Vishal Uppal and Harsh Mankad won the Doubles of the ITF Men’s Futures Tournament in
A)Tennis
B)Football
C)Badminton
D)Volleyball
Answer: Tennis
- Q. To which of the followings, the term “Jump Ball” is associated
A)Netball
B)Basketball
C)Baseball
D)Softball
Answer: Basketball
- Q. The Rovers Cup is associated with
A)Mauritius
B)Hockey
C)Cricket
D)Football
Answer: Football
- Q. Which cricketer has scored 400 runs in single innings of test match?
A)Virendra Sehwag
B)Rahul Dravid
C)Brain Lara
D)Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: Brain Lara
- Q. 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland will be organized in
A)November 2014
B)July 2014
C)December 2014
D)February 2014
Answer: July 2014
- Q. Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has had several nicknames over his playing career. Which of the following was not one of them?
A)Stodge
B)Helium Bat
C)Tubby
D)Stumpy
Answer: Helium Bat
- Q. Where did Yashpal Sharma play his last ODI match?
A)Indore
B)Delhi
C)Chandigarh
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Chandigarh
- Q. Which of the following bowlers has taken the highest number of wickets in one day international?
A)Wasim Akram
B)Kapil Dev
C)Shane Warne
D)Muralidharan
Answer: Muralidharan
- Q. Which of the following cricketer was the first to take 500 wickets in test matches?
A)Courtney Walsh
B)Kapil Dev
C)Richard Hadley
D)Shane Warne
Answer: Courtney Walsh
- Q. Which Indian batsman made his ODI debut in the same match in which Kapil Dev did?
A)Surinder Amarnath
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Mohammad Azharuddin
D)Navjot Sidhu
Answer: Surinder Amarnath
- Q. Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open 2008 Women’s singles by defeating –
A)Ana Ivanovic
B)Sania Mirza
C)Shahar Peer
D)Victoria Azarenka
Answer: Ana Ivanovic
- Q. Sergei Bubhka, an athlete of international repute, belongs to which of the following countries?
A)Brazil
B)Russia
C)Ukraine
D)U.S.A
Answer: Russia
- Q. What is the angle of bowing to throw the ball for maximum distance?
A)45° horizontal
B)30° horizontal
C)60° horizontal
D)15° horizontal
Answer: 45° horizontal
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