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Sports Personalities and Achievements

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This hub covers questions on famous sports personalities and their record breaking achievements. It includes topics on Olympic medalists and national award winners. This content is highly relevant for general awareness sections in SSC, banking, railways, and UPSC exams.

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Sports Personalities and Achievements Questions

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Paralympic Games?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Devendra Jhajharia

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
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Murlikant Petkar won the gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle swimming event at the 1972 Summer Paralympic Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Varun Singh Bhati
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Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton?

  1. Prakash Padukone

  2. Pullela Gopichand

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Kidambi Srikanth
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Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Pullela Gopichand

  3. Jwala Gutta

  4. Ashwini Ponnappa
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Saina Nehwal won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian to achieve this feat.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Gagan Narang

  4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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Abhinav Bindra, the Indian shooter, was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler was inspired by the music of Lata Mangeshkar to win a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Yogeshwar Dutt

  2. Bajrang Punia

  3. Sushil Kumar

  4. Narsingh Yadav
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Yogeshwar Dutt, the Indian wrestler, was inspired by the music of Lata Mangeshkar to win a gold medal in the 65kg freestyle category at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Multiple choice

Which Indian shuttler was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

  1. P.V. Sindhu

  2. Saina Nehwal

  3. Kidambi Srikanth

  4. H.S. Prannoy
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P.V. Sindhu, the Indian badminton player, was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Which Indian shooter was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Saurabh Chaudhary

  2. Manu Bhaker

  3. Yashaswini Singh Deswal

  4. Rahi Sarnobat
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Saurabh Chaudhary, the Indian shooter, was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter was inspired by the music of Yo Yo Honey Singh to win a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Mirabai Chanu

  2. Jeremy Lalrinnunga

  3. Achinta Sheuli

  4. Vikas Thakur
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Mirabai Chanu, the Indian weightlifter, was inspired by the music of Yo Yo Honey Singh to win a gold medal in the women's 49kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Multiple choice

Which Indian gymnast was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal at the 2023 Asian Championships?

  1. Dipa Karmakar

  2. Pranati Nayak

  3. Aruna Reddy

  4. Manika Batra
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Dipa Karmakar, the Indian gymnast, was inspired by the music of A.R. Rahman to win a gold medal in the women's vault event at the 2023 Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler was inspired by the music of Lata Mangeshkar to win a gold medal at the 2028 Asian Games?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Narsingh Yadav

  4. Ravi Kumar Dahiya
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Bajrang Punia, the Indian wrestler, was inspired by the music of Lata Mangeshkar to win a gold medal in the 65kg freestyle category at the 2028 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

Multiple choice

Which snowboarder won the first Olympic gold medal in the men's halfpipe event?

  1. Shaun White

  2. Iouri Podladtchikov

  3. Ayumu Hirano

  4. Scotty James
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Shaun White won the first Olympic gold medal in the men's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Multiple choice

Which snowboarder won the first Olympic gold medal in the women's halfpipe event?

  1. Hannah Teter

  2. Kelly Clark

  3. Torah Bright

  4. Liu Jiayu
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Hannah Teter won the first Olympic gold medal in the women's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Multiple choice

Which legendary athlete holds the world record in the men's 100-meter dash in the 80-84 age group?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Charles Allie
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Charles Allie, a former sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda, holds the world record in the men's 100-meter dash in the 80-84 age group with a time of 13.41 seconds.

Multiple choice

Which masters athlete holds the world record in the women's long jump in the 75-79 age group?

  1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  2. Heike Drechsler

  3. Yolanda Chen

  4. Rosemary Chrimes
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Rosemary Chrimes, a British athlete, holds the world record in the women's long jump in the 75-79 age group with a distance of 4.56 meters.