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GK (Sports)

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Where was the World Chess Federation (FIDE) formed in 1924?

  1. Madrid

  2. Paris

  3. Bonn

  4. London


Correct Option: B

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located in

  1. Chicago

  2. New York

  3. Los Angeles

  4. San Francisco


Correct Option: B

With which game is the term “trolling” associated?

  1. Fishing

  2. Archery

  3. Swimming

  4. Water polo


Correct Option: A

Who was India's first captain in Test cricket?

  1. Vijay Merchant

  2. Lala Amarnath

  3. Vijay Hazare

  4. C. K. Nayudu


Correct Option: D

Which of the following tennis players has won the maximum number of championships in the 20th century?

  1. Martina Navratilova

  2. Chris Evert

  3. Steffi Graf

  4. Monica Seles


Correct Option: A

With which game is the term “angling” associated?

  1. Yatching

  2. Fishing

  3. Canoeing

  4. Swimming


Correct Option: B

Who was the first cricketer to score 5000 runs and take 400 wickets in Test matches?

  1. Kapil Dev

  2. Ian Botham

  3. Richard Hadlee

  4. Imran Khan


Correct Option: A

Who is the author of the coaching manual, The Art of Cricket?

  1. Sunil Gavaskar

  2. Donald Bradman

  3. John Eddowes

  4. Stephen Berg


Correct Option: B

Who was the first athlete to be given the Arjuna Award?

  1. G.S.Randhawa

  2. P.T.Usha

  3. Sriram Singh

  4. Milkha Singh


Correct Option: A

Who was the first Indian girl to win two world titles in chess in the under-12 and under-10 categories?

  1. Aarthie Ramaswamy

  2. Nisha Mohota

  3. Tania Sachdev

  4. Koneru Humpy


Correct Option: D

Where is the world’s highest golf course located?

  1. Shillong

  2. Darjeeling

  3. Nainital

  4. Gulmarg


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The world’s highest golf course is located in Gulmarg.

Who among the following equalled Gary Sobers' record of hitting six sixes in an over in first class cricket?

  1. Mohammed Azharuddin

  2. Ravi Shastri

  3. Sunil Gavaskar

  4. Manoj Prabhakar


Correct Option: B

With which game is the term “mankading” associated?

  1. Hockey

  2. Football

  3. Tennis

  4. Cricket


Correct Option: D

Which country hosted the first ever Afro-Asian Games?

  1. India

  2. Myanmar

  3. Singapore

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: A

Who is the first Indian lady Grandmaster?

  1. Anuparna Ghokle

  2. Aarthi Ramaswamy

  3. Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman

  4. Pallavi Shah


Correct Option: C

In which year was FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) formed?

  1. 1925

  2. 1919

  3. 1904

  4. 1915


Correct Option: C

Against which team did India play its first official cricket Test match?

  1. Australia

  2. South Africa

  3. England

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: C

Which game is also known as “Rathera”?

  1. Kabbadi

  2. Archery

  3. Hockey

  4. Kho-kho


Correct Option: D

Who was the first Indian to win the British Open in chess?

  1. Sultan Khan

  2. Pravin Thipsey

  3. Manuel Aaron

  4. Vishwanathan Anand


Correct Option: A

Who was the first Asian and also the first Indian, to have won a medal in the Olympics?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Norman Pritchard

  3. Karnam Malleswari

  4. Milkha Singh


Correct Option: D

How many hurdles are there in the 3000 m steeplechase?

  1. 30

  2. 25

  3. 28

  4. 10


Correct Option: C

Who among the following took the most number of wickets in his debut Test match?

  1. Anil Kumble

  2. Jasu Patel

  3. Narendra Hirwani

  4. Ravi Shastri


Correct Option: C

Who was the first Indian women to reach the finals of an Olympic athletics event?

  1. P.T.Usha

  2. Karnam Malleshwari

  3. Kamaljit Sandhu

  4. Aparna Popat


Correct Option: A
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