General Awareness
Indian Sports and Sportspersons
2,064 Questions
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
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He is the captain of the India's National Football team
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He is currently with East Bengal Club
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He is a winner of the reality television programme 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' in May 2009
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He boycotted the Olympic torch relay last year
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He became the first Indian player to reach the milestone of 100 international matches during the Nehru Cup in September 2009
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Gagan Narang
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Chetan Anand
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Pankaj Advani
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Jeev Milkha Singh
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Jeev Milkha Singh, a prominent Indian professional golfer, won the Nippon Series JT Cup in Japan in 2008.
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Chetan Anand
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Rithu Sharma
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Rohan Andrews
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Jain Shaw
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Chetan Anand became the first Indian to win a Grand Prix badminton title when he won the Bitburger Open in Germany in 2008.
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Lala Amarnath
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Gopi Chand
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Marat Safin
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Michael Owen
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Pullela Gopi Chand is a famous Indian badminton player and coach. The other options are associated with cricket, tennis, and football respectively.
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Lala Amarnath
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Gopi Chand
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Marat Safin
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Michael Owen
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Marat Safin is a former professional tennis player from Russia. The other names are associated with cricket, badminton, and football.
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Rohan Bopanna
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Ignace Turkey
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Shikha Tandon
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Pankaj Advani
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Pankaj Advani is a renowned Indian professional player of snooker and billiards, having won multiple world championships.
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Rohan Bopanna
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Ignace Turkey
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Shikha Tandon
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Pankaj Advani
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Ignace Tirkey is a well-known Indian field hockey player. The other options are associated with tennis, swimming, and billiards respectively.
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Rohan Bopanna
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Ignace Turkey
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Shikha Tandon
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Pankaj Advani
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Rohan Bopanna is a professional Indian tennis player known for his doubles career. The others are associated with hockey, swimming, and billiards.
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Jeev Milkha Singh
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Brendan Jones
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Kenichi Kuboya
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Makoto Inoue
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Jeev Milkha Singh won the Nippon Series JT Cup in December 2008. This victory was a significant achievement in his professional golf career.
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Sunil Gavaskar
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Kapil Dev
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Sachin Tandulkar
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Azharuddin
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Kapil Dev, the former captain of the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 World Cup, hails from Chandigarh, which is the capital of Haryana.
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Dilip Vengasarkar
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Sunil Gavaskar
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Kapil Dev
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None of these
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Dilip Vengsarkar served as the Chairman of the BCCI selection committee and stepped down from the role in 2008. The other listed players were not the outgoing selectors at that specific time.
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Pankaj Advani
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Saurav Ghosal
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Chetan Anand
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None of these
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Pankaj Advani won the World Billiards Championship in 2008, achieving a grand double by winning both the time and points formats.
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I only
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I and II only
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II and III only
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III and I only
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I, II and III
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Force India drivers are Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Indian Karun Chandhok driver for US team Hispania
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Yuki Bhambri
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Leander Paes
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Somdev Devvarman
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Vishnu Vardhan
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Mahesh Bhupati
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Somdev Devvarman is ranked 109 while Vishnu Vardhan and Yuki Bhambri are ranked 362 and 404 respectively in the latest ATP singles ranking list issued on May 17, 2010. There was no change in the doubles rankings of Leander Paes (6) and Mahesh Bhupathi (7). Devvarman on May 21, 2010 became the first Indian in 13 years to qualify for the men's singles event of the French Open after scoring a win in the qualifying rounds.
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Amir Khan
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Manmohan Singh
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G Madhavan Nair
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Abhinav Bindra
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G. Madhavan Nair, the former chairman of ISRO, was selected as the Newsmaker of 2008 by Manorama News for his contributions to the Chandrayaan-1 mission.