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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

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals in athletics at the World Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George has won three medals in athletics at the World Championships, including a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Milkha Singh won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha has won 14 gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games, including six gold medals in the 400 meters and five gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in athletics at the Olympic Games?

  1. Norman Pritchard

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P. T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in the 200 meters and 200-meter hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in athletics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games?

  1. Norman Pritchard

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P. T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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C Correct answer
Explanation

P. T. Usha has won four Olympic medals in athletics, including a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Milkha Singh won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most gold medals in athletics at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha has won 11 gold medals in athletics at the Commonwealth Games, including four gold medals in the 400 meters and three gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in athletics at the World Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha won the bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals in athletics at the World Championships?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Anju Bobby George has won three medals in athletics at the World Championships, including a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Krishna Poonia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Milkha Singh won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P. T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

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

P. T. Usha has won 14 gold medals in athletics at the Asian Games, including six gold medals in the 400 meters and five gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer was the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Explanation

Vijender Singh made history by winning a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a gold medal at the World Championships?

  1. Mary Kom

  2. Sarita Devi

  3. Laishram Sarita Devi

  4. Jenny R. L.

  5. Kavita Chahal
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Explanation

Mary Kom, also known as 'Magnificent Mary', is the only Indian boxer to have won a gold medal at the World Championships, achieving this feat in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer was the first to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. Dingko Singh

  2. Devendro Singh

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
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Explanation

Dingko Singh, also known as 'Dingko the Magnificent', won the first gold medal for India in boxing at the Asian Games in 1998, held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Commonwealth Games in three consecutive editions?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the Commonwealth Games in three consecutive editions, securing a bronze in 2010, a silver in 2014, and a gold in 2018.