General Awareness

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 general knowledge
  1. Anju George

  2. P T Usha

  3. Asha Agrawal

  4. Sania Mirza

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

P.T. Usha became the first Indian woman to reach an Olympic final when she placed fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, winning her semifinal to advance. Anju George is a long jumper, Asha Agarwal was a marathon runner, and Sania Mirza is a tennis player.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Nero of Rome

  2. Milo of Kroton

  3. Herodoros of Megara

  4. Leonidas of Rhodes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To solve this question, the user needs to have knowledge of the history of the Olympic Games and the athletes who have participated in the games.

Option A: Nero of Rome is not the correct answer. Nero was a Roman Emperor who never took part in the Olympic Games.

Option B: Milo of Kroton is a possible answer. Milo was a Greek wrestler who won six Olympic titles in the 6th century BC. However, he did not win three events in four consecutive stagings of the Olympic Games.

Option C: Herodoros of Megara is not the correct answer. Herodoros was a runner who won the stadion race in the 78th Olympiad in 468 BC. He did not win three events in four consecutive stagings of the Olympic Games.

Option D: Leonidas of Rhodes is the correct answer. Leonidas was a Greek runner who won three foot races in the Olympic Games of 164 BC, 160 BC, 156 BC, and 152 BC. He is the only athlete to have achieved this feat.

Therefore, the answer is: D. Leonidas of Rhodes.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 1928

  2. 1932

  3. 1936

  4. 1948

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

India won its first Olympic hockey gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, defeating Netherlands 3-0 in the final. This began India's golden era in hockey with six consecutive Olympic gold medals. The team was led by Jaipal Singh and legendary player Dhyan Chand.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Daley Thompson

  2. Steve Overt

  3. Robin Cousins

  4. Sebastian Coe

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sebastian Coe, a former Olympic gold medalist in the 1500m, served as the Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games (LOCOG). Daley Thompson and Steve Ovett were contemporaries but did not hold this administrative role.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. P.T Usha

  2. Norman Pritchard

  3. K.D Jadhav

  4. Leander Paes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Norman Pritchard won India's first individual Olympic medals - two silver medals in athletics (200m hurdles and 200m) at the 1900 Paris Olympics. P.T. Usha is a legendary Indian athlete but she competed much later and won Olympic medals (none). K.D. Jadhav was India's first individual Olympic medalist after independence (bronze in wrestling, 1952), and Leander Paes won bronze in 1996 tennis.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Demetrius Vikelas

  2. Pierre de Coubertin

  3. Henri de Baillet-Latour

  4. J. Sigfrid Edström

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Demetrius Vikelas served as the first President of the IOC from 1894 to 1896. Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the modern Olympic movement, became the second President. Henri de Baillet-Latour and J. Sigfrid Edström were later Presidents in the 20th century.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. India first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900 in Paris, France.

  2. The first athlete from India to participate in the Olympic Games was Norman Pritchard.

  3. India has won a total of 20 medals in the Olympic Games.

  4. India has won more than 1 medal in an Olympic Game only two times.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The statement that India won more than 1 medal only twice is false. India won multiple medals in 1900 (2), 1952 (2), 2008 (3), 2012 (6), 2016 (2), and 2020 (7). Therefore, this statement is 'not true', making it the correct choice for the question's criteria.