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 general knowledge sports

What is the full name of Rahul Dravid?

  1. Rahul Sharad Dravid

  2. Rahul Ramesh Dravid

  3. Rahul Raju Dravid

  4. Rahul sahil Dravid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rahul Dravid's full name is Rahul Sharad Dravid, named after his father Sharad Dravid. The other middle names are incorrect, so option A is correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Which awards given to Dravid in 2004?

  1. IPL ODI Player of The Year

  2. ICC Test Player of The Year

  3. Arjuna award

  4. rjuna ward
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rahul Dravid received the ICC Test Player of the Year award in 2004 for his exceptional performance in Test cricket. The IPL ODI Player of the Year did not exist in 2004. The Arjuna award is a different Indian sports honor.

Multiple choice general knowledge

I am the ousted chairman of the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on the popular video sharing website YouTube, which is also the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA. Who am I?

  1. Chirayu Amin

  2. Shashank Manohar

  3. Jagmohan Dalmiya

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

Lalit Kumar Modi was the IPL chairman who was ousted in 2010. The IPL became the first sporting event broadcast live on YouTube in 2010 and is the second highest-paid league after NBA based on player salaries. Chirayu Amin was his successor, Shashank Manohar was BCCI president, and Jagmohan Dalmiya was a former BCCI president.

Multiple choice general knowledge

1.The Oriya-Indian cricketer Pragyan Ojha started his career from whcch Sports Club?

  1. Rakesh Sportings

  2. Rajit Sportings

  3. Sahid Sprting Club

  4. Pragati Spoting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pragyan Ojha, the Oriya-Indian cricketer, began his career at Shahid Sporting Club (the option misspells it as "Sahid Sprting Club"). However, all options have severe spelling errors - "Sahid Sprting Club" should be "Shahid Sporting Club". Option C appears to be the intended answer despite the garbled spelling.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who is the youngest chess grand master in india?

  1. Sandipan Chanda

  2. Krishann Sasikiran

  3. Parimarjan Negi

  4. Vishwanathan Anand

  5. Harikrishna
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Parimarjan Negi became India's youngest Grandmaster at age 13 years and 142 days in 2006. While Viswanathan Anand is India's greatest chess player, he earned his GM title much later. Krishnan Sasikiran and Harikrishna were also older when they achieved the title.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who was the holder of purple cap in 2009

  1. Raina

  2. RP Singh

  3. Hayden

  4. Ojha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rudra Pratap Singh (RP Singh) won the Purple Cap (given to the leading wicket-taker) in IPL 2009. He took 23 wickets that season playing for Deccan Chargers. Raina, Hayden, and Ojha were batsmen or other bowlers but not the leading wicket-taker that year.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

I am a young player, currently ranked 3rd in the world by BWF and have won Indonesia open title recently and made country proud.

  1. Sania Mirza

  2. Zulan Goswami

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Sonia Nehwal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Saina Nehwal was ranked 3rd in the world by BWF (Badminton World Federation) and won the Indonesia Open title. She is a prominent Indian badminton player who has made the country proud with her achievements. The distractors include similar-sounding names (Sonia Nehwal) and other female Indian athletes from different sports.