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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

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Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian woman to win a medal in weightlifting in the ________.

  1. Asiad Games

  2. Olympic Games

  3. Commonwealth Games

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Karnam Malleswari. Karnam Malleswari (born June 1, 1975) is an Indian athlete. She is best known as a weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney. She became the first Indian woman to stand on an Olympic victor's podium, and she was the only Indian to win a medal in the 2000 olympic games.

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P.T. Usha was about to get the _______ but missed it with a little difference of 1/100 second.

  1. Bronze medal

  2. Silver medal

  3. Gold medal

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

In 1984 Los Angeles Olympics P. T. Usha was about to get the Bronze medal but missed it with 1/100 second. This followed after one of her competitors had a false start, which was said to have broken P. T. Usha rhythm. She got off the blocks a bit slower at the restart.

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Milkha Singh wins the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in the year ________.

  1. 1952

  2. 1968

  3. 1958

  4. 1960
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Milkha Singh won a gold medal in the 440m competition at the Commonwealth Games with a time of 46.6 seconds in the year 1958. This achievement made him the first gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games from independent India.

Multiple choice

What is Usain Bolt's nationality?

  1. English

  2. American

  3. South African

  4. Jamaican
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Usain Bolt is a world-renowned sprinter and the fastest man in history. He is a national hero in his home country of Jamaica.

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The silver medalist, white Australian athlete, Peter Norman, wore a human rights badge on his shirt during the medal ceremony of Mexico Olympics ____________________.

  1. To represent black poverty

  2. To support civil rights movement

  3. To show his support to the Afro American athlets

  4. To show his anger for IOA
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Peter George Norman an Australian track athlete won silver medal in 200 meters race at 1968 Summer Olympics, Mexico city. He wore a badge of Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) in support of his fellow African-American athletes. The aim of OPHR was to protest against racial segregation in the United States, South Africa and issue of racism in sports.     

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Name the hockey player from India who won many Olympic gold medals.

  1. Balbir Singh

  2. Dhyan Chand

  3. Dhanraj Pillai

  4. Gagan Ajit Singh
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The brilliance and skill of players like the great Dhyan Chand brought India a string of Olympic gold medals. Between 1928 and 1956, India won gold medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. During this golden age of Indian dominance, India played 24 Olympic matches, and won them all, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only seven goals. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

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How many times has India won the Olympic gold medals in hockey?

  1. One

  2. Four

  3. Six

  4. Eight
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The brilliance and skill of players like the great Dhyan Chand brought India a string of Olympic gold medals. Between 1928 and 1956, India won gold medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. During this golden age of Indian dominance, India played 24 Olympic matches, and won them all, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only seven goals. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the first indian women to win asian gold in 400m run

  1. M L Valsamma

  2. Kamaljit Sandhu

  3. P T Usha

  4. K Malleshwari
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Kamaljit Sandhu became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games in 1970 in the 400m race. P.T. Usha is famous for many achievements, but Sandhu holds this specific historical record.