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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 won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

  1. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Devendra Jhajharia

  4. Varun Singh Bhati
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Mariyappan Thangavelu is an Indian Paralympic high jumper. He won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a jump of 1.89 meters.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2020 Paralympic Games?

  1. Manpreet Kaur

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Ekta Bhyan

  4. Bhavani Devi
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Manpreet Kaur is an Indian Paralympic shot putter. She won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with a throw of 11.51 meters.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Yogesh Kathuniya
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Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower. He won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, United Kingdom, with a throw of 62.15 meters.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

  1. Deepa Malik

  2. Ekta Bhyan

  3. Bhavani Devi

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Deepa Malik is an Indian Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time of 17.18 seconds.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's discus throw at the 2020 Paralympic Games?

  1. Yogesh Kathuniya

  2. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Devendra Jhajharia
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Yogesh Kathuniya is an Indian Paralympic discus thrower. He won the gold medal in the men's discus throw at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with a throw of 44.38 meters.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the 2012 Paralympic Games?

  1. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Ekta Bhyan

  4. Bhavani Devi
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Girisha Nagarajegowda is an Indian Paralympic long jumper. He won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, United Kingdom, with a jump of 4.29 meters.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's 400-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

  1. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  2. Devendra Jhajharia

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Yogesh Kathuniya
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Sundar Singh Gurjar is an Indian Paralympic sprinter. He won the gold medal in the men's 400-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time of 48.26 seconds.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter dash at the 2020 Paralympic Games?

  1. Ekta Bhyan

  2. Bhavani Devi

  3. Manpreet Kaur

  4. Deepa Malik
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Ekta Bhyan is an Indian Paralympic sprinter. She won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter dash at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 25.08 seconds.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter run at the 2012 Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Yogesh Kathuniya
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Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower. He won the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter run at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, United Kingdom, with a time of 3:43.13.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

  1. Deepa Malik

  2. Ekta Bhyan

  3. Bhavani Devi

  4. Manpreet Kaur
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Deepa Malik is an Indian Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter dash at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time of 1:00.73.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter run at the 2020 Paralympic Games?

  1. Yogesh Kathuniya

  2. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Devendra Jhajharia
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Sundar Singh Gurjar is an Indian Paralympic sprinter. He won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter run at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 1:50.71.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter run at the 2012 Paralympic Games?

  1. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Ekta Bhyan

  4. Bhavani Devi
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Girisha Nagarajegowda is an Indian Paralympic long jumper. He won the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter run at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, United Kingdom, with a time of 4:02.48.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian sportsperson who won the gold medal in the men's 5000-meter run at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Yogesh Kathuniya
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Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower. He won the gold medal in the men's 5000-meter run at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a time of 15:28.25.

Multiple choice

What was the name of the famous Greek runner who won multiple Olympic victories and became a legendary figure?

  1. Pheidippides

  2. Leonidas

  3. Miltiades

  4. Pelopidas
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Pheidippides, an Athenian runner, gained fame for his remarkable feat of running from Athens to Sparta and back to deliver a message seeking military aid during the Persian Wars.

Multiple choice

Which event in athletics is known as the "Queen of the Track"?

  1. 100-meter Dash

  2. 200-meter Dash

  3. 400-meter Dash

  4. 800-meter Run
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The 100-meter Dash is often referred to as the "Queen of the Track" due to its prestige and popularity.