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

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the silver medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Deepak Punia won the silver medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Geeta Phogat

  2. Babita Kumari

  3. Sakshi Malik

  4. Vinesh Phogat
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Geeta Phogat won the bronze medal in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle category at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle category at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2016 South Asian Games?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Anshu Malik
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Deepak Punia won the gold medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sportsperson won the first-ever individual Olympic gold medal for India?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

  4. Gagan Narang
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Abhinav Bindra won the first-ever individual Olympic gold medal for India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10-meter air rifle event.

Multiple choice

Which player won the LPGA Championship in 2022?

  1. Chun In-gee

  2. Lexi Thompson

  3. Nelly Korda

  4. Lydia Ko
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Chun In-gee won the LPGA Championship in 2022, becoming the first South Korean player to win the tournament.

Multiple choice

Which player has won the LPGA Championship at the youngest age?

  1. Lexi Thompson

  2. Lydia Ko

  3. Brooke Henderson

  4. Ariya Jutanugarn
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Lexi Thompson won the LPGA Championship in 2014 at the age of 19 years and 11 months, making her the youngest player to win the tournament.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the greatest boxer of all time?

  1. Muhammad Ali

  2. Joe Louis

  3. Sugar Ray Robinson

  4. Jack Dempsey
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Muhammad Ali is widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time due to his exceptional skills, charisma, and social activism.

Multiple choice

Which Indian military unit has won the most medals at the Olympics?

  1. Indian Army

  2. Indian Navy

  3. Indian Air Force

  4. Central Reserve Police Force
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The Indian Army has won the most medals at the Olympics, with a total of 10 medals.

Multiple choice

Which Indian military officer won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

  4. Leander Paes
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Abhinav Bindra won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian military officer won the first Olympic medal for India?

  1. Norman Pritchard

  2. Khashaba Jadhav

  3. Dhyan Chand

  4. Leslie Claudius
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Norman Pritchard won the first Olympic medal for India in the 200m hurdles event at the 1900 Paris Olympics.