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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 was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in six different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in seven different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in cycling at the 1996 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in eight different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in cycling at the 1996 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in nine different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in cycling at the 1996 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in boccia at the 2004 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in ten different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in cycling at the 1996 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in boccia at the 2004 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in rowing at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was the first to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in eleven different sports?

  1. Murlikant Petkar

  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

  3. Rajendra Prasad

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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Explanation

Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming at the 1972 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in archery at the 1976 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in athletics at the 1980 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in table tennis at the 1984 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in powerlifting at the 1988 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in shooting at the 1992 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in cycling at the 1996 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in boccia at the 2004 Paralympic Games, a gold medal in rowing at the 2008 Paralympic Games, and a gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Paralympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which athlete's autobiography inspired millions with its message of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity?

  1. Michael Jordan

  2. Muhammad Ali

  3. Serena Williams

  4. Usain Bolt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Muhammad Ali's autobiography, 'The Greatest: My Own Story', inspired millions with its message of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity, both inside and outside the boxing ring.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the first individual gold medal for India at the Olympic Games?

  1. K.D. Jadhav

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

K.D. Jadhav won the gold medal in the freestyle bantamweight category at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian wrestler to have won two Olympic medals?

  1. Sushil Kumar

  2. Yogeshwar Dutt

  3. Bajrang Punia

  4. Sakshi Malik
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Explanation

Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Sushil Kumar

  2. Yogeshwar Dutt

  3. Bajrang Punia

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Explanation

Sushil Kumar won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle category at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win a medal at the Olympic Games?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Kumari

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle category at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in the 65 kg freestyle category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Explanation

Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the 65 kg freestyle category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Multiple choice

Who is the current world champion in the 57 kg freestyle category?

  1. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  2. Bajrang Punia

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Explanation

Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the bronze medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Deepak Punia won the bronze medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Kumari

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Explanation

Geeta Phogat won the gold medal in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.