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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

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a medal in both the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Gagan Narang
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Explanation

P.T. Usha is the only Indian athlete to win a medal in both the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 4x400m relay at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal in athletics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal in athletics in the 110m hurdles event at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Neeraj Chopra
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Explanation

Neeraj Chopra is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. He won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first Asian Athletics Championships gold medal?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first Asian Athletics Championships gold medal in the 110m hurdles event at the inaugural Asian Athletics Championships in 1973 in Manila, Philippines.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a medal in the IAAF World Indoor Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Neeraj Chopra
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Explanation

Anju Bobby George is the only Indian athlete to win a medal in the IAAF World Indoor Championships. She won the bronze medal in the long jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first gold medal for India at the South Asian Games in the 110m hurdles event at the inaugural South Asian Games in 1984 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Neeraj Chopra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. She won the gold medal in the long jump event at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first gold medal for India at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the 110m hurdles event at the inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games in 2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Junior Athletics Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Neeraj Chopra
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Explanation

Neeraj Chopra is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Junior Athletics Championships. He won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2016 World Junior Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in the 110m hurdles event at the inaugural Asian Youth Athletics Championships in 1986 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Neeraj Chopra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George is the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships. She won the gold medal in the long jump event at the inaugural South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in 1999 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first gold medal for India at the Commonwealth Junior Athletics Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the first gold medal for India at the Commonwealth Junior Athletics Championships in the 110m hurdles event at the inaugural Commonwealth Junior Athletics Championships in 1979 in Brisbane, Australia.

Multiple choice

Who won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 2012 London Olympics?

  1. Gagan Narang

  2. Abhinav Bindra

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Ronjan Sodhi
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Explanation

Gagan Narang won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 800m event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. PV Sindhu
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A Correct answer
Explanation

PT Usha won the gold medal in the women's 800m event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

  1. Prakash Padukone

  2. Pullela Gopichand

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. PV Sindhu
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D Correct answer
Explanation

PV Sindhu won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.