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

Who owns the Force India team at F1?

  1. Anil Ambani

  2. Vijay Mallya

  3. Mukesh Ambani

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

Vijay Mallya owned the Force India Formula 1 team from 2008 to 2018. The team was later sold to a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll and renamed Racing Point. Mallya's ownership is well-documented in F1 history.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Rajiv Shukla - Treasurer of Board for Control of Cricket in India

  2. Asif Ismail - Training partner of Sania Mirza

  3. John Gloster - Physical Trainer of Indian Cricket Team

  4. V. Bhaskaran - Coach of Indian Hockey Team
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This question asks which pairing is incorrect. Rajiv Shukla was never the Treasurer of BCCI (he held other positions). The other options correctly identify Asif Ismail as Sania Mirza's training partner, John Gloster as Indian cricket's physical trainer, and V. Bhaskaran as Indian hockey coach.

Multiple choice

Abhinav Bindra is famous in which sport:

  1. Long Jump

  2. Boxing

  3. Track field

  4. Shooting

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra is India's first individual Olympic gold medalist, winning in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Long Jump, Boxing, and Track & Field are different athletic disciplines. The 'None of these' option is incorrect since Shooting is the right answer.

Multiple choice

When did India take part in the Olympic Games?

  1. 1920

  2. 1948

  3. 1950

  4. 1935
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

India first participated in the Olympic Games in 1920 at the Antwerp Olympics. India has participated in every Summer Olympics since then, except 1928.

Multiple choice

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

G.S. Randhawa was the first athlete to receive the Arjuna Award in 1961, when the honor was instituted by the Government of India to recognize outstanding sporting achievement.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Sultan Khan

  2. Pravin Thipsey

  3. Manuel Aaron

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

Sultan Khan won the British Open Chess Championship in 1932, becoming the first Indian to achieve this feat. Vishwanathan Anand came much later and won the World Chess Championship, not the British Open.

Multiple choice

Who among the following became the second Indian after Geet Sethi to win World Professional Billiards Championship?

  1. Rupesh Shah

  2. Yasin Merchant

  3. Pankaj Advani

  4. Ashok Shandilya
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pankaj Advani won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 2009, becoming the second Indian after Geet Sethi to achieve this feat. Advani is a multiple-time world champion in both billiards and snooker. Geet Sethi had first won this title in 1992, paving the way for Indian success in cue sports.