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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 won the first Olympic gold medal for India in personal category?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. R. Rathore

  4. Abhinav Bindra
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Leander Paes won bronze in 1996 (but in men's doubles), P.T. Usha won Olympic medals (none gold), and Rajyavardhan Rathore won silver in 2004.

Multiple choice

M.S. Dhoni captain of the Indian cricket team belongs to

  1. Jharkhand

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Haryana
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, which is the capital city of Jharkhand state. He captained the Indian cricket team from 2007-2017 and led India to multiple ICC tournament victories.

Multiple choice

Who won the men's 100m and 200m Gold medal at Beijing Olympics?

  1. Asafa Powell

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Tyson Gay

  4. Michael Johnson
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Usain Bolt of Jamaica won both the men's 100m and 200m gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting world records in both events (9.69s in 100m, 19.30s in 200m). Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay were elite sprinters but didn't win gold in Beijing. Michael Johnson was a retired 400m specialist by 2008, having won 200m/400m gold in 1996.

Multiple choice

Who is the hero of olympics?

  1. Micheal Fred phelps

  2. Sushil kumar

  3. Abhinav bindra

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics, the most by any athlete in a single Games. His dominant performance earned him the title of Olympic hero.

Multiple choice

How many medals India won?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 1
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B Correct answer
Explanation

India won 3 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: 1 gold (Abhinav Bindra in shooting) and 2 bronze (Vijender Kumar in boxing and Sushil Kumar in wrestling).

Multiple choice

First Indian win an individual gold medal?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijendra Kumar

  3. Sushil Kumar

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra became India's first individual Olympic gold medalist in 2008, winning the 10m air rifle event. This was a historic moment for Indian sports.

Multiple choice

Abhinav won gold medal in which event?

  1. 10m air rifle

  2. 20m air rifle

  3. 30m air rifle

  4. 40m air rifle
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra won his gold medal in the 10m air rifle shooting event. This is a precision shooting competition requiring extreme focus and steady hands.

Multiple choice

Vijendar kumar won bronze medal in which event?

  1. Boxing

  2. Wrestling

  3. short put

  4. swimming
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Vijender Kumar won India's first Olympic boxing medal, claiming bronze in the 75kg middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Multiple choice

Sushil kumar won bronze medal in which event?

  1. Boxing

  2. chess

  3. swimming

  4. freestyle wrestling
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling (66kg category) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He later won silver in 2012 London Olympics.

Multiple choice

How many gold medals won by Micheal Phelps?

  1. 7

  2. 9

  3. 8

  4. 6
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which remains the record for most gold medals in a single Olympic Games. The other options (6, 7, 9) do not match this historic achievement.

Multiple choice

Sushil kumar won bronze medal in …… kg wrestling?

  1. 65

  2. 66

  3. 67

  4. 6
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal in the 66kg freestyle wrestling category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This was India's second wrestling medal at that Olympics after Vijender Kumar's bronze.