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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 table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Explanation

Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Explanation

Manika Batra, Mouma Das, and Sreeja Akula won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the youngest dancer to ever win the Prix de Lausanne?

  1. Sergei Polunin

  2. Marianela Nuñez

  3. Alina Cojocaru

  4. Polina Semionova
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Explanation

Sergei Polunin made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Prix de Lausanne at the age of 13 in 2006.

Multiple choice

Which athlete's autobiography is titled 'Unstoppable: My Life So Far'?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Michael Phelps

  3. Simone Biles

  4. Tom Brady
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Explanation

Usain Bolt's autobiography, titled 'Unstoppable: My Life So Far', was published in 2013 and chronicles his journey to becoming one of the greatest sprinters of all time.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won the Olympic gold medal in both the summer and winter games?

  1. Eddie Eagan

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Usain Bolt
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Explanation

Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to have won the Olympic gold medal in both the summer and winter games. He won the gold medal in boxing in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in bobsleigh in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Multiple choice

The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal is:

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, which she achieved in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Olympic Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

No Indian table tennis player has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the World University Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Explanation

Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the World University Games (bronze in 1957).

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete was the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Saina Nehwal
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete won the gold medal in the 200m race at the 2002 Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the 200m race at the 2002 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George achieved another milestone by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, securing a bronze in the long jump at the 2003 edition.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete won the gold medal in the 800m race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Explanation

Shiny Wilson made her mark at the 2010 Commonwealth Games by winning the gold medal in the 800m race.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Athletics Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Explanation

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar holds the distinction of being the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Athletics Championships, claiming a bronze in the 100m race in 1973.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete won the gold medal in the 400m race at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Shiny Wilson continued her success by winning the gold medal in the 400m race at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Explanation

P.T. Usha made history again by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships, securing a bronze in the 200m race in 1986.