General Awareness

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 table tennis player won the first-ever Asian Games gold medal in 1958?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Kamlesh Mehta won the first-ever Asian Games gold medal in 1958.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the first-ever Asian Championships gold medal in 1959?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta won the first-ever Asian Championships gold medal in 1959.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the first-ever National Championships gold medal in 1939?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Vasant Bharadwaj won the first-ever National Championships gold medal in 1939.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the most number of National Championships gold medals?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Kamlesh Mehta won the most number of National Championships gold medals (15).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was ranked world number one in 1954?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Kamlesh Mehta was ranked world number one in 1954.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships (bronze in 1952).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships (bronze in 1952).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships (bronze in 1957).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Asian Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the Asian Games (gold in 1958).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games (gold in 1954).

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Asian Junior Championships?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the Asian Junior Championships (gold in 1953).

Multiple choice

Who is known as the 'Golden Girl' of Indian athletics?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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P.T. Usha is widely regarded as the 'Golden Girl' of Indian athletics due to her exceptional achievements and dominance in track and field events during the 1980s and 1990s.

Multiple choice

Which web series explores the world of kabaddi and follows the journey of a young kabaddi player named Monu?

  1. Kabaddi

  2. Pataal Lok

  3. Sacred Games

  4. Mirzapur
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Kabaddi is a sports drama web series that revolves around Monu, a talented kabaddi player from a rural village, as he navigates the challenges of professional kabaddi and personal relationships.

Multiple choice

Which web series revolves around the lives of young wrestlers from Haryana and their pursuit of success in the sport?

  1. Dangal

  2. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Gold
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Dangal is a biographical sports drama web series that tells the story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler, who trains his daughters Geeta and Babita to become world-class wrestlers, breaking societal norms and stereotypes.

Multiple choice

Which web series is based on the life of Indian sprinter Milkha Singh?

  1. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Dangal

  4. Gold
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a biographical sports drama web series that chronicles the life and achievements of Milkha Singh, a legendary Indian sprinter known as the 'Flying Sikh'.