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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 won the first gold medal for India at the Paralympic Games?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Devendra Jhajharia

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Mariyappan Thangavelu
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won the first gold medal for India at the Paralympic Games in the men's shot put event at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, Germany.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most Paralympic medals?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  4. Javelin throw
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Explanation

Devendra Jhajharia has won the most Paralympic medals for India, with a total of 4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze).

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Thangavelu Mariyappan

  2. Varun Singh Bhati

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Deepa Malik
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Explanation

Thangavelu Mariyappan won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Deepa Malik won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Manpreet Kaur won the gold medal in the women's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 100m sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Thangavelu Mariyappan
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Thangavelu Mariyappan won the gold medal in the men's 100m sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 400m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Deepa Malik won the gold medal in the women's 400m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 800m sprint at the 2004 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the men's 800m sprint at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 1500m sprint at the 2000 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Manpreet Kaur won the gold medal in the women's 1500m sprint at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 5000m sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Thangavelu Mariyappan
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Explanation

Thangavelu Mariyappan won the gold medal in the men's 5000m sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 10000m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Explanation

Deepa Malik won the gold medal in the women's 10000m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England.

Multiple choice

Who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Explanation

Michael Phelps, the legendary American swimmer, holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual, with an astonishing 28 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the youngest individual gold medalist in Olympic history?

  1. Marjorie Gestring

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Nadia Comaneci

  4. Jesse Owens
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Explanation

Marjorie Gestring, a German diver, became the youngest individual gold medalist in Olympic history at the age of 13 years and 268 days, winning the gold medal in the 3-meter springboard diving event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the record for the most Olympic medals won in a single Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Usain Bolt

  4. Jesse Owens
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Explanation

Michael Phelps holds the record for the most Olympic medals won in a single Games, with an incredible 8 gold medals and 2 bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.