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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

Sushil Kumar, who is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals, won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics in which of the following events?

  1. Archery

  2. 66 kg freestyle wrestling

  3. 60 kg freestyle wrestling

  4. 10 in air rifle event
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 66 kg weight division, he won the 2010 world title, a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals.

Multiple choice

Who won the First Gold Medal in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for India in the individual category 10 metre rifle shooting?

  1. Vijayendra Kumar

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Abhinav Bindra

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

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His historic victory ended India's 28-year wait for an individual Olympic gold and marked a significant milestone in Indian sports history.

Multiple choice

Who had become the first amputee to qualify for Olympics in Beijing?

  1. Natalie du Toit

  2. Natalia Partyka

  3. Dinara Safina

  4. Bruce Vaughan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

South African swimmer Natalie du Toit became the first amputee to qualify for the Olympics, competing in the 10km marathon swim in Beijing. She lost her left leg in a 2001 scooter accident but continued her elite swimming career, also winning Paralympic gold.

Multiple choice

Who won the 100 metres final in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Micheal Phelps

  3. Yohan Blake

  4. Carl Lewis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Usain Bolt won the 100m gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a then-world record time of 9.69 seconds. Michael Phelps is a swimmer who won 8 gold medals at the same Olympics, not a sprinter. Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter who came later (2011 World Champion), and Carl Lewis was a legendary American sprinter from the 1980s-90s.

Multiple choice

Who among the following is the President of Indian Olympic Association?

  1. Suresh Kalmadi

  2. Akhil Kumar

  3. Prakash Padukone

  4. Deva Dath
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Suresh Kalmadi was a prominent President of the Indian Olympic Association, serving from 1996 to 2012. However, this information may be dated as IOA leadership has changed. The question likely reflects historical data from Kalmadi's tenure, though current leadership differs. Students should verify current officeholders.

Multiple choice

First man to run a mile under 4 minutes.

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. British Athlete Sir Roger Bannister

  3. Johnson

  4. Grain Smith
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes on May 6, 1954, at Oxford's Iffley Road track. He broke the 4-minute barrier with a time of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

Multiple choice

Who won the women's singles title at the All England Badminton-Championship held in Birmingham, England in 2010?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. Lena Frier Kristiansen

  3. Helene Kirkegaard

  4. Tine Rasmussen

  5. Jesper Helledie
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won the Men's Singles title at the All England Badminton-Championship with a 21-19, 21-19 victory over Japan's Kenichi Tago in Birmingham, England on March 14, 2010

Women's Singles title was won by Tine Rasmussen of Denmark who beat China's Wang Yihan 21-14,18-21, 21-19 in the final. India's Saina Nehwal's campaign at the 100th All England badminton championship came to an end when she lost to Denmark's Tine Rasmussen 21-19, 21-17 in a women's singles semifinal that lasted 37 minutes. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the last four of the tournament which is in its centenary year.