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 athlete has won the most gold medals in athletics at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha has won 11 gold medals in athletics at the Commonwealth Games, including four gold medals in the 400 meters and three gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in athletics at the World Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha won the bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals in athletics at the World Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George has won three medals in athletics at the World Championships, including a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

Milkha Singh won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha has won 14 gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games, including six gold medals in the 400 meters and five gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Who is widely regarded as the first Indian boxer to gain international recognition?

  1. Hawa Singh

  2. K. C. Dey

  3. Padam Bahadur Mall

  4. B. K. Nehru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hawa Singh, known as the 'Punjab Lion', was the first Indian boxer to compete in the Olympics in 1936 and also won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer was the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Vijender Singh made history by winning a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a gold medal at the World Championships?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Sarita Devi

  3. Laishram Sarita Devi

  4. Jenny R. L.

  5. Kavita Chahal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mary Kom, also known as 'Magnificent Mary', is the only Indian boxer to have won a gold medal at the World Championships, achieving this feat in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer was the first to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. Dingko Singh

  2. Devendro Singh

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dingko Singh, also known as 'Dingko the Magnificent', won the first gold medal for India in boxing at the Asian Games in 1998, held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Commonwealth Games in three consecutive editions?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

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

Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Commonwealth Games in three consecutive editions, securing a bronze in 2010, a silver in 2014, and a gold in 2018.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Asian Championships in three consecutive editions?

  1. Shiva Thapa

  2. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  3. Manoj Kumar

  4. Amit Panghal

  5. Gaurav Bidhuri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Asian Championships in three consecutive editions, securing a bronze in 2013, a silver in 2015, and a gold in 2017.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won the Arjuna Award in two consecutive years?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Vijender Singh

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mary Kom is the only Indian boxer to have won the Arjuna Award in two consecutive years, receiving the honor in 2003 and 2004.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Vijender Singh

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mary Kom is the only Indian boxer to have been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, receiving the honor in 2023.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the World Junior Championships?

  1. Shiva Thapa

  2. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  3. Manoj Kumar

  4. Amit Panghal

  5. Gaurav Bidhuri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the World Junior Championships, securing a bronze in 2010, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record for the men's 400-meter hurdles?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. Sriram Singh

  4. Makhan Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Makhan Singh holds the national record for the men's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 48.64 seconds, set in 1998.