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Indian Sports and Sportspersons

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Indian sports and sportspersons cover national achievements across chess, boxing, wrestling, and other athletic events. This includes major national awards like the Padma Shri and Khelo India recognition. Such facts are essential for the general awareness section of banking and SSC exams.

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Indian Sports and Sportspersons Questions

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current WBC Asia Silver Featherweight Champion?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akash Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Shiva Thapa is the current WBC Asia Silver Featherweight Champion, having won the title in 2021.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current IBF Asia Lightweight Champion?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akash Kumar

  4. Manish Kaushik
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Manish Kaushik is the current IBF Asia Lightweight Champion, having won the title in 2022.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight Champion?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akash Kumar

  4. Nikhat Zareen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Nikhat Zareen is the current WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight Champion, having won the title in 2022.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Asian Championships gold medalist in the men's welterweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Manish Kaushik
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Shiva Thapa won the gold medal in the men's welterweight category at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current World Championships bronze medalist in the men's middleweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Ashish Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ashish Kumar won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 2021 World Championships.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Manjit Dua

  3. Chetan Baboor

  4. Sharath Kamal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in Bombay.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. Mouma Das

  4. Poulomi Ghatak
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal has won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games, including 4 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player became the first Indian to reach the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Olympics?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Manjit Dua

  3. Chetan Baboor

  4. Sharath Kamal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sharath Kamal reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first Indian to do so.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak

  2. G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra

  3. Harmeet Desai and Mouma Das

  4. Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. G. Sathiyan

  3. Harmeet Desai

  4. Sanil Shetty
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. G. Sathiyan

  3. Harmeet Desai

  4. Sanil Shetty
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Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak

  2. G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra

  3. Harmeet Desai and Mouma Das

  4. Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

In the traditional Indian sport of Kabaddi, what is the name of the player who tries to tag members of the opposing team without being caught?

  1. Raider

  2. Defender

  3. Umpire

  4. Captain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In Kabaddi, the player who attempts to tag members of the opposing team without being caught is called the Raider.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1954?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta won the first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1954.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian table tennis player to win a medal at the World Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1957 World Championships.