More Questions on Sports
- 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. A hockey player is supposed to know the meaning of the term:
A)Bouncer
B)LBW
C)Dead ball
D)Penalty corner
Answer: Penalty corner
- Q. Winner of the Women’s Singles event at Wimbledon 2018 ?
A)Simona Halep
B)Serena Williams
C)Venus Williams
D)Kerber
Answer: Kerber
- Q. Which Indian Female pistol shooter has owned the 8th Asian Airgun Championship ?
A)Hina Siddhu
B)Chhunga Hamar
C)Sweta Singh
D)Lallakima
Answer: Hina Siddhu
- Q. World Number 2, Rafael Nadal won the French Open, 2007 defeating –
A)Andy Roddick
B)Roger Federer
C)Stegan Edberg
D)Fred Alexander
Answer: Andy Roddick
- Q. Who became the youngest grand master of India ?
A)Dibyendu Barua
B)Pendyala Harikrishna
C)Viswanathan Anand
D)Praveen Thipse
Answer: Viswanathan Anand
- Q. Which city was set to host an International Puppet Festival from October 26, 2017 ?
A)Chennai
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Delhi
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. Where will the 2014 Commonwealth Games be organized?
A)Delhi
B)Sydney
C)Bengaluru
D)Scotland
Answer: Scotland
- Q. The first Olympic Games were held in which year ?
A)676 BC
B)776 BC
C)766 BC
D)667 BC
Answer: 776 BC
- Q. The official Mascot of Rio Olympic games 2016 was ______.
A)Ostrich
B)Vinicius
C)Kangaroo
D)Peacock
Answer: Vinicius
- 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. 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
- 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. Which of the following players became “Best cricketer of Twentieth Century ” by Wisden along with four other players?
A)Kapil Dev
B)Shane Warne
C)Sunil Gavaskar
D)Brian Lara
Answer: Shane Warne
- Q. Saina Nehwal won the Senior’s Championship match of which of the following games held in Goa in January 2008 ?
A)Tennis
B)Table tennis
C)Golf
D)Archery
Answer: E
- Q. Football (Soccer) is said to have originated in :
A)England
B)China
C)Former USSR
D)Australia
Answer: England
- Q. Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India )?
A)Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda
B)Sikandar Hyat Khan
C)R.E. Grant Govan
D)Anthony S. D'Mello
Answer: R.E. Grant Govan
- Q. In which sports, the term “Bullseye” is used?
A)Basketball
B)Polo
C)Boxing
D)Shooting
Answer: Shooting
- Q. Find the mismatch –
A)Gagan Narang - Shooting
B)Arjun Atwal - Golf
C)Somdev Devvarman - Badminton
D)Anita Sood - Swimming
Answer: Somdev Devvarman - Badminton
- Q. The 22nd edition of the Malabar Trilateral Naval exercise was held in June 2018. Beside India which other two countries took part in this exercise ?
A)Russia and Bangladesh
B)Nepal and Vietnam
C)Russia and Japan
D)Japan and United States of America
Answer: Japan and United States of America
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