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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 shooter won the first Olympic gold medal for India in shooting?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Jitu Rai
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Abhinav Bindra won the first Olympic gold medal for India in shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter won the first Olympic gold medal for India in weightlifting?

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Mirabai Chanu

  4. Saikhom Mirabai Devi
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Karnam Malleswari won the first Olympic gold medal for India in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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Which Indian athlete won the first Paralympic gold medal for India?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Devendra Jhajharia

  3. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  4. Deepa Malik
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Murlikant Petkar won the first Paralympic gold medal for India at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg.

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Which Indian athlete won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for India?

  1. K. D. Jadhav

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P. T. Usha

  4. Leander Paes
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K. D. Jadhav won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for India at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

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Which Indian athlete won the first Asian Games gold medal for India?

  1. Balbir Singh Sr.

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P. T. Usha

  4. Leander Paes
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Balbir Singh Sr. won the first Asian Games gold medal for India at the 1951 Asian Games in Delhi.

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Which Indian athlete won the first World Championships gold medal for India?

  1. P. T. Usha

  2. Leander Paes

  3. Viswanathan Anand

  4. Saina Nehwal
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P. T. Usha won the first World Championships gold medal for India at the 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki.

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Which Indian athlete won the first World Cup gold medal for India?

  1. Kapil Dev

  2. Sachin Tendulkar

  3. Sourav Ganguly

  4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Kapil Dev led the Indian cricket team to victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, winning the first World Cup gold medal for India.

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Which Indian athlete won the first Olympic medal for India in a team sport?

  1. Dhyan Chand

  2. Leslie Claudius

  3. Roop Singh

  4. Balbir Singh Sr.
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Dhyan Chand led the Indian hockey team to victory in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, winning the first Olympic medal for India in a team sport.

Multiple choice

Which sportscaster became the first openly transgender person to cover the Olympics in 2021?

  1. Christine Brennan

  2. Caitlyn Jenner

  3. Hannah Storm

  4. MJ Lee
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MJ Lee, a sportscaster for ESPN, became the first openly transgender person to cover the Olympics in 2021, breaking barriers and promoting LGBTQ visibility in sports media.

Multiple choice

Which male figure skater came out as gay in 2018, becoming the first openly gay male figure skater to compete in the Olympics?

  1. Johnny Weir

  2. Evan Lysacek

  3. Scott Hamilton

  4. Adam Rippon
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Adam Rippon, a figure skater, came out as gay in 2018, becoming the first openly gay male figure skater to compete in the Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which boxer was involved in the infamous "Bite Fight" during a heavyweight title bout in 1997?

  1. Mike Tyson

  2. Evander Holyfield

  3. Lennox Lewis

  4. George Foreman
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Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight, leading to one of the most controversial moments in boxing history.

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

  1. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  2. Devendra Jhajharia

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Deepa Malik
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Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold medal in the men's high jump event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Paralympics.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

  4. Sundar Singh Gurjar
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Deepa Malik won the gold medal in the women's shot put event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.

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What is the name of the Indian athlete who won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Mariyappan Thangavelu
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Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first Indian athlete to win two gold medals at the Paralympics.

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Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  2. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Devendra Jhajharia
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Sundar Singh Gurjar won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games.