More Questions on Sports
- Q. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in –
A)1932
B)1936
C)1928
D)1948
Answer: 1928
- Q. Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three major sports awards viz. Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta and Arjuna Award ?
A)Sanjeev Kumar Singh
B)Harika Dronavali
C)Prakash Padukone
D)Pullela Gopichand
Answer: Pullela Gopichand
- Q. Which county did Sunil Gavaskar play for?
A)Worcestershire
B)Warwickshire
C)Somerset
D)Glamorgan
Answer: Somerset
- Q. Who holds the record for winning most number of gold medals in Commonwealth games?
A)Susie O'neill
B)Petria Thomas
C)Graham Smith
D)Mitchell Brown
Answer: Susie O'neill
- Q. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the two doubles grand slam titles in 1999, these were
A)French Open and Wimbledon
B)Wimbledon and Australian Open
C)Australian and French Open
D)US Open and French Open
Answer: French Open and Wimbledon
- Q. Who was the first man who took 200 wickets in one day cricket?
A)Imran Khan
B)Richard Hadley
C)Kapil Dev
D)Ian Botham
Answer: Kapil Dev
- Q. The first Asian Games were held in –
A)Tokyo
B)Jakarta
C)Manila
D)New Delhi
Answer: New Delhi
- Q. How long are professional Golf Tour players allotted per shot?
A)25 seconds
B)1 minute
C)45 seconds
D)2 minutes
Answer: 45 seconds
- Q. The first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to whom ?
A)Dhanraj Pillai
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Viswanathan Anand
D)Geet Sethi
Answer: Viswanathan Anand
- Q. Who was named as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980?
A)Bishen Singh Bedi
B)Sunil Gavaskar
C)Madan Lal
D)Abbas Ali Baig
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar
- Q. Who won the Silver medal in women 400m race in Asian athletics championship 2015?
A)M.R.Poovamma
B)Tintu Luka
C)Zhao Yanmin
D)Mayookha Johny
Answer: M.R.Poovamma
- Q. Libero’ is related to which games ?
A)Kho-Kho
B)Basketball
C)Kabaddi
D)Volleyball
Answer: Volleyball
- Q. Which of the following pairs is incorrect Sport Ground?
A)Baseball Court
B)Golf Course
C)Gymnastic Track
D)Wrestling Arena
Answer: Baseball Court
- 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. 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. 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. Who won the US open tennis men’s title in August 2016?
A)Rafael Nadal
B)Mahesh Bhupati
C)Roger Federer
D)Stan Wawrinka
Answer: Stan Wawrinka
- Q. Who got the “Purple Cap” for getting highest wickets in IPL – 9?
A)Malinga
B)Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
C)Harbhajan Singh
D)Yuzvendra Chahal
Answer: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
- Q. Which of the pairs is correctly matched?
A)Saina Nehwal - Badminton
B)Jwala Gutta - Tennis
C)Harbhajan Singh - Wrestling
D)Virat Kohli - Football
Answer: Saina Nehwal - Badminton
- 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
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