Sports - General Knowledge Questions

A)
G.R. Viswanath
B)
Mohd. Azaruddin
C)
Vinoo Mankad
D)
S.M. Gavaskar

Correct Answer :   Mohd. Azaruddin

Mohd. Azaruddin made three consecutive centuries in his first three test matches.

A)
Andy Murray
B)
Roger Federer
C)
Novak Djokovic
D)
Rafael Nadal

Correct Answer :   Andy Murray

Andy Murray is the only tennis player to have won two singles gold medals and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title.

A)
Chess
B)
Badminton
C)
Squash
D)
Football

Correct Answer :   Squash

Misha Grewal is associated with squash.

A)
As an Indian tennis player
B)
As an Indian football player
C)
As an Indian badminton player
D)
As an Indian cricket player

Correct Answer :   As an Indian badminton player

Valiyaveetil Diju is an Indian badminton player. Valiyaveetil Diju, also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player. He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men’s doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the 2012 London Olympics, became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside Jwala Gutta.

A)
Weight Lifting
B)
Swimming
C)
Archery
D)
Shooting

Correct Answer :   Shooting

Jaspal Rana is associated with Shooting. Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

A)
Judo
B)
Badminton
C)
Cricket
D)
Table Tennis

Correct Answer :   Badminton

Prakash Padukone, (born June 10, 1955, Bangalore [Bengaluru], India), Indian badminton champion who dominated the national badminton scene for almost a decade (1971–80) and put India on the sport's international map.

A)
A Danish badminton player
B)
A Danish cricket player
C)
A Danish tennis player
D)
A Danish football player

Correct Answer :   A Danish badminton player

Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player. He was the 2017 World Champion and the bronze medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating Korea’s Kang Ji-Wook in the final to become the first-ever European player to hold the title. Axelsen was crowned European men’s singles champion in 2016 and 2018.

A)
Cycling
B)
Cricket
C)
Archery
D)
Skiing

Correct Answer :   Cricket

Cricket is not included in the Olympic Games.

A)
Bridge
B)
Polo
C)
Golf
D)
Badminton

Correct Answer :   Golf

The term 'Tee' is connected with golf.

A)
Dara Singh
B)
Ambika Charan Guha
C)
Sushil Kumar
D)
Jatindra Charan Guha

Correct Answer :   Jatindra Charan Guha

Jatindra Charan Guha, popularly known by his ring name Gobar Guha, was a world-famous Indian wrestler and practitioner of Pehlwani. He was the first Asian to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship in the United States in 1921. When he disposed of the then World Light Heavyweight Champion and catch wrestler Ad Santel on 30 August 1921 at the Coliseum in San Francisco, he became the first Asian to win a World Professional Wrestling Championship in the United States.