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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 table tennis player won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. G. Sathiyan

  4. Harmeet Desai
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Achanta Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in table tennis.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra

  2. G. Sathiyan and Mouma Das

  3. Harmeet Desai and Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar
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Explanation

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian pair to do so.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra, Mouma Das, and Poulomi Ghatak won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. G. Sathiyan

  3. Harmeet Desai

  4. Sanil Shetty
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Achanta Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Manika Batra

  2. Mouma Das

  3. Poulomi Ghatak

  4. Madhurika Patkar
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Manika Batra, Mouma Das, and Sreeja Akula won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which athlete's autobiography is titled 'Unstoppable: My Life So Far'?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Michael Phelps

  3. Simone Biles

  4. Tom Brady
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Usain Bolt's autobiography, titled 'Unstoppable: My Life So Far', was published in 2013 and chronicles his journey to becoming one of the greatest sprinters of all time.

Multiple choice

Who wrote the autobiography 'The Greatest: My Own Story'?

  1. Muhammad Ali

  2. Mike Tyson

  3. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

  4. Manny Pacquiao
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Muhammad Ali's autobiography, titled 'The Greatest: My Own Story', was published in 1975 and is considered one of the most influential sports autobiographies ever written.

Multiple choice

Who is the only athlete to have won the Olympic gold medal in both the summer and winter games?

  1. Eddie Eagan

  2. Eric Heiden

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Usain Bolt
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Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to have won the Olympic gold medal in both the summer and winter games. He won the gold medal in boxing in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in bobsleigh in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Multiple choice

The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal is:

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, which she achieved in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the Olympic Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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No Indian table tennis player has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player was the first to win a medal at the World University Games?

  1. Kamlesh Mehta

  2. Udayan Bose

  3. Vasant Bharadwaj

  4. Ramanathan Krishnan
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Kamlesh Mehta was the first to win a medal at the World University Games (bronze in 1957).

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete was the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Saina Nehwal
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian female athlete won the gold medal in the 200m race at the 2002 Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Explanation

Anju Bobby George made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the 200m race at the 2002 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Explanation

Anju Bobby George achieved another milestone by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, securing a bronze in the long jump at the 2003 edition.