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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

'Sunny Days' is a book written by ________.

  1. Kapil Dev

  2. Sachin Tendulkar

  3. Ravi Shastri

  4. Rahul Dravid

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

'Sunny Days' is the autobiography of Sunil Gavaskar, the legendary Indian cricketer. Since Gavaskar is not among the listed options (Kapil, Sachin, Ravi Shastri, Rahul Dravid), 'None of these' is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Name the athelete who was the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in marathon all barefooted (in the Rome Olympics, 1960).

  1. Ben Robinson of USA

  2. Arthur Millet of Guyana

  3. Abebe Bekele of Ethiopia

  4. Kim Reynolds of Brazil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Abebe Bikila (spelled Bekele in the options) of Ethiopia won the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics while running barefoot. He became the first sub-Saharan African to win an Olympic gold medal.

Multiple choice

Who won the lone gold medal for India in 2008 Olympics?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Vijendra

  3. Abhinav Bindra

  4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This was India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medal.

Multiple choice

The Indian who has been awarded the Olympic Order in the 114th Congress of IOC in Lausannee (France) is:

  1. Suresh Kalmadi

  2. Sunita Rani

  3. Milkha Singh

  4. Ashwini Kumar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ashwini Kumar, a former Director General of the BSF and a long-standing member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was awarded the Olympic Order in 2002. He was recognized for his significant contributions to the Olympic movement in India.

Multiple choice

Who proposed the introduction of marathon race in the Olympics?

  1. Micheal Breal

  2. John Done

  3. Julius Rinet

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Michel Breal, a French philologist and friend of Pierre de Coubertin, proposed the inclusion of a long-distance run in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The race was inspired by the legend of Pheidippides running from Marathon to Athens.

Multiple choice

Who was the only player to represent both India and Pakistan at the Olympic Games?

  1. Col. Ali Iqtidar

  2. jack Johnson

  3. Ali jafar

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara was a field hockey player who represented British India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (winning gold) and later represented Pakistan at the 1948 London Olympics after the partition. He is the only player to have represented both nations at the Games.