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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

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games?

  1. Manu Bhaker

  2. Lakshya Sen

  3. Saurabh Chaudhary

  4. Divya Kakran
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Explanation

Manu Bhaker has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games. She has won a total of 4 medals, including 2 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Asian Youth Games?

  1. Deepika Kumari

  2. Atanu Das

  3. Jyothi Surekha Vennam

  4. Lalita Babar
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Explanation

Deepika Kumari is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Asian Youth Games. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual recurve archery event at the 2009 Asian Youth Games in Singapore.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the South Asian Games?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Saina Nehwal

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Leander Paes has won the most medals at the South Asian Games. He has won a total of 14 medals, including 7 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which athlete became the first person to win gold medals in both the summer and winter Olympics?

  1. Jesse Owens

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Michael Phelps

  4. Usain Bolt
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Explanation

Michael Phelps achieved this feat at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won eight gold medals in swimming.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Ed Coan

  2. Andrey Malanichev

  3. Konstantin Konstantinovs

  4. Yuri Belkin
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Explanation

Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a total of 1,135 kg (2,502 lb) in the 120 kg weight class in 2015.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest squat in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Ray Williams

  2. Don Reinhoudt

  3. Blaine Sumner

  4. Andrey Malanichev
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Explanation

Blaine Sumner of the United States holds the record for the heaviest squat in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a squat of 484 kg (1,067 lb) in the 105 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Eric Spoto

  2. Konstantin Konstantinovs

  3. Kirill Sarychev

  4. Yuri Belkin
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a bench press of 335 kg (739 lb) in the 120 kg weight class in 2015.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Benedikt Magnusson

  2. Eddie Hall

  3. Hafthor Bjornsson

  4. Konstantin Konstantinovs
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hafthor Bjornsson of Iceland holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the World Powerlifting Championships, with a deadlift of 501 kg (1,105 lb) in the 105 kg weight class in 2020.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Belinda Castaneda

  2. Larysa Soloviova

  3. Amanda Lawrence

  4. Jennifer Thompson
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Larysa Soloviova of Ukraine holds the record for the heaviest total lifted in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships, with a total of 720 kg (1,587 lb) in the 75 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest squat in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Belinda Castaneda

  2. Larysa Soloviova

  3. Amanda Lawrence

  4. Jennifer Thompson
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Amanda Lawrence of the United States holds the record for the heaviest squat in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships, with a squat of 327.5 kg (722 lb) in the 84 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Belinda Castaneda

  2. Larysa Soloviova

  3. Amanda Lawrence

  4. Jennifer Thompson
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Explanation

Jennifer Thompson of the United States holds the record for the heaviest bench press in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships, with a bench press of 227.5 kg (501.5 lb) in the 84 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which lifter holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships?

  1. Belinda Castaneda

  2. Larysa Soloviova

  3. Amanda Lawrence

  4. Jennifer Thompson
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Larysa Soloviova of Ukraine holds the record for the heaviest deadlift in the Women's World Powerlifting Championships, with a deadlift of 277.5 kg (611.8 lb) in the 75 kg weight class in 2019.

Multiple choice

Which Dalit athlete became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Girisha Nagarajegowda
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Explanation

Devendra Jhajharia, a Dalit athlete from Rajasthan, became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in 2004.

Multiple choice

Which Dalit athlete won a silver medal in the men's 1500m race at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

  1. Manjit Singh

  2. Lalita Babar

  3. Tintu Luka

  4. Sudha Singh
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Explanation

Manjit Singh, a Dalit athlete from Punjab, won a silver medal in the men's 1500m race at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Dalit footballer was the first Indian to play in the English Premier League?

  1. Bhaichung Bhutia

  2. Sunil Chhetri

  3. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

  4. Manvir Singh
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Explanation

Manvir Singh, a Dalit footballer from Punjab, became the first Indian to play in the English Premier League when he signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2019.