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 sports
  1. David Beckham

  2. Cristiano Ronaldo

  3. Ronaldinho

  4. Kaka

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

David Beckham's career path matches this sequence exactly: he began at Manchester United (1992-2003), transferred to Real Madrid (2003-2007), and was loaned to AC Milan in 2009. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid directly from United, and the others never played for all three clubs.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 9 dec

  2. 11 jan

  3. 5 apr

  4. 24 apr

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

The question asks for Rahul Dravid's birthday. Rahul Dravid, the former Indian cricket captain, was born on January 11, 1978. The claimed answer is '11 jan' which matches the known birth date.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 9/67 & 5/56

  2. 9/83 & 5/43

  3. 8/83 & 5/48

  4. 9/67 & 5/34

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

Kapil Dev's best bowling figures were 9/83 in Tests (vs West Indies, Ahmedabad 1983) and 5/43 in ODIs (vs Pakistan, Sharjah 1985). The 9/83 test performance remains one of India's finest bowling efforts.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. True

  2. False

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

Sourav Ganguly did not play T20 International cricket for India. His international career ended before T20Is became prominent, and he retired from international cricket in 2008, during early T20 development.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 8th July,1972

  2. 16th June,1972

  3. 16th July,1972

  4. 8th June,1972

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

Sourav Ganguly was born on July 8, 1972, in Kolkata, West Bengal. This is a well-documented biographical fact about the former Indian cricket captain. Option A correctly states this date, while other options provide incorrect dates.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Serena Williams

  2. Serena Jolie Williams

  3. Serena Jack Williams

  4. Serena Jameka Williams

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

Serena Williams' full name includes her middle name 'Jameka'. She was born Serena Jameka Williams on September 26, 1981. 'Jolie' and 'Jack' are incorrect middle names that are not part of her legal name.