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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 badminton player has won the most Olympic medals?

  1. Prakash Padukone

  2. Pullela Gopichand

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Kidambi Srikanth
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Explanation

Saina Nehwal has won two Olympic medals, a bronze in 2012 and a silver in 2016.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian wrestler to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Guru Hanuman

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

Guru Hanuman, a renowned wrestler from India, achieved this milestone at the 1958 Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, Wales.

Multiple choice

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

  1. K.D. Jadhav

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

K.D. Jadhav made history by winning a bronze medal in the 1954 World Wrestling Championships, marking a significant achievement for Indian wrestling.

Multiple choice

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

  1. K.D. Jadhav

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

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

Multiple choice

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

  1. Guru Hanuman

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. K.D. Jadhav
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Explanation

Guru Hanuman, a pioneering Indian wrestler, achieved this feat at the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian wrestler to have won a gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships?

  1. K.D. Jadhav

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

Bajrang Punia, a prodigious Indian wrestler, achieved this milestone at the 2013 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships?

  1. Guru Hanuman

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Yogeshwar Dutt

  4. Bajrang Punia
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Explanation

Guru Hanuman, a trailblazing Indian wrestler, accomplished this feat at the inaugural Commonwealth Wrestling Championships held in 1973.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games?

  1. Eddie Eagan

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Explanation

Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in bobsledding at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the world record for the most Olympic gold medals won in a single edition of the Summer Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Usain Bolt
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Explanation

Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic gold medals won in a single edition of the Summer Games, with 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won the decathlon gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games?

  1. Bob Mathias

  2. Bruce Jenner

  3. Daley Thompson

  4. Ashton Eaton
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Explanation

Ashton Eaton is the only athlete to have won the decathlon gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games (2012, 2016, and 2020).

Multiple choice

Who played the role of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in the 2019 biographical sports drama film Jersey?

  1. Shahid Kapoor

  2. Ranbir Kapoor

  3. Hrithik Roshan

  4. Akshay Kumar
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Explanation

Shahid Kapoor played the role of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in the 2019 biographical sports drama film Jersey.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer became the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the only one to have won a medal at six consecutive World Championships?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akhil Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Mary Kom, often referred to as 'Magnificent Mary', is the only Indian boxer to have won medals at six consecutive World Championships.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer became the first to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Akash Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Akash Kumar won the gold medal in the lightweight category at the 2018 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian boxer to achieve this feat.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer is the current Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the men's light heavyweight category?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Satish Kumar

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Explanation

Satish Kumar won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.