General Awareness

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

First Indian to win an individual Olympic Gold is

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. KD Jadhav

  3. Virnder Sehwag

  4. CK Nayudu
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold.

Multiple choice

Who is selected as the 2008 woman athlete of the year by the international media?

  1. Yelena Isinbayeva

  2. Chalena Maliekkal

  3. Galena Vasina

  4. Praja Monei
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian pole vaulter, was named the 2008 Female Athlete of the Year after winning Olympic gold in Beijing and setting multiple world records that year. She dominated pole vaulting for over a decade and was widely recognized as the greatest female pole vaulter in history. This question appears to be from around 2008-2009.

Multiple choice

Athletes of the year won by

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Yelena Isinbayeva

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Paul Vaulter

  5. all of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In 2008, both Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva were named the IAAF World Athletes of the Year. Therefore, option C is the correct choice.

Multiple choice

Zhan Zhigang is famous for

  1. winning the Marathon race

  2. winning the maximum gold medals in the Beijing Olympics

  3. famous for spending 20 minutes walking in the space

  4. winning the first medal in the Beijing Olympics

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Multiple choice

Which Australian player had undergone the knee surgery recently?

  1. Rickey Ponting

  2. Michael Clerk

  3. Andrew Symonds

  4. Paul Walsh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Andrew Symonds, the Australian cricketer, underwent knee surgery during the relevant time period. This question tests knowledge about sports injuries and medical procedures undergone by famous cricketers.

Multiple choice

Who won the men's 100 m and 200 m gold medal at the 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 famously won the 100m and 200m gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting world records in both events. The other athletes listed did not achieve this specific double gold at those games.

Multiple choice

Whose autobiography is A Captain's Diary?

  1. Imran Khan

  2. Alec Stewart

  3. Allan Border

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

A Captain's Diary is the autobiography of the former English cricket captain Alec Stewart. The other players listed are also famous cricketers but have different autobiographical titles.