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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

What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in Kabaddi at the Asian Games?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Phogat

  3. Vinesh Phogat

  4. Sakshi Malik
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Geeta Phogat is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in Kabaddi at the Asian Games, achieving this feat in the 2014 edition held in Incheon, South Korea.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportsperson has won the most Olympic medals?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Abhinav Bindra

  4. Leander Paes
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Abhinav Bindra is the only Indian to have won an individual Olympic gold medal. He achieved this feat in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportsperson has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Dipa Karmakar

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Vijender Singh
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Saina Nehwal has won 11 medals at the Commonwealth Games, more than any other Indian sportsperson.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportsperson has won the most medals at the Olympic Games?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Leander Paes

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Leander Paes has won six medals at the Olympic Games, more than any other Indian sportsperson.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportsperson has won the most medals at the World Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Hima Das

  4. Neeraj Chopra
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P.T. Usha has won five medals at the World Championships, more than any other Indian sportsperson.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 800 meters at the 1960 Rome Olympics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. Leslie Claudius

  4. K. D. Jadhav
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Milkha Singh won the gold medal in the men's 800 meters at the 1960 Rome Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Who was the first heavyweight boxer to win an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title?

  1. Muhammad Ali

  2. Joe Frazier

  3. George Foreman

  4. Lennox Lewis
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Muhammad Ali achieved this remarkable feat in 1960 when he won the light heavyweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics and later went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

Multiple choice

Which Indian women's volleyball team won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games?

  1. Indian National Women's Volleyball Team

  2. Indian Junior Women's Volleyball Team

  3. Indian Youth Women's Volleyball Team

  4. Indian University Women's Volleyball Team
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The Indian National Women's Volleyball Team won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian men's volleyball team won the gold medal at the 2011 South Asian Games?

  1. Indian National Men's Volleyball Team

  2. Indian Junior Men's Volleyball Team

  3. Indian Youth Men's Volleyball Team

  4. Indian University Men's Volleyball Team
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The Indian National Men's Volleyball Team won the gold medal at the 2011 South Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian volleyball player has represented India at the most number of Olympic Games?

  1. Jimmy George

  2. N. Udaya Kumar

  3. Tom Joseph

  4. Hari Mohan
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Jimmy George has represented India at the most number of Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the most successful wrestler in the history of the World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Aleksandr Karelin

  2. Buvaisar Saitiev

  3. Jordan Burroughs

  4. Saori Yoshida
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Aleksandr Karelin of Russia is the most successful wrestler in the history of the World Wrestling Championships, winning 9 gold medals and 1 silver medal.

Multiple choice

Which wrestler won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg category at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Zaurbek Sidakov

  3. Takuto Otoguro

  4. David Taylor
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Bajrang Punia of India won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg category at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.

Multiple choice

Which wrestler holds the record for the most gold medals won in the women's freestyle wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Saori Yoshida

  2. Adeline Gray

  3. Helen Maroulis

  4. Icho Kaori
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Saori Yoshida of Japan holds the record for the most gold medals won in the women's freestyle wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships, with 13 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which wrestler won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg category at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Zurab Datunashvili

  2. Viktor Lőrincz

  3. Denis Kudla

  4. Artur Aleksanyan
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Zurab Datunashvili of Serbia won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg category at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

Multiple choice

Which wrestler won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg category at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Yui Susaki

  2. Sarah Hildebrandt

  3. Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal

  4. Remina Yoshimoto
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Yui Susaki of Japan won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg category at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.