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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 boxer was the first to win a gold medal at the Youth World Championships?

  1. Nikhat Zareen

  2. Manisha Moun

  3. Jamuna Boro

  4. Sonia Lather

  5. Sarita Devi
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Nikhat Zareen made history by becoming the first Indian boxer to win a gold medal at the Youth World Championships in 2011, held in Turkey.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the World University Games?

  1. Shiva Thapa

  2. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  3. Manoj Kumar

  4. Amit Panghal

  5. Gaurav Bidhuri
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Shiva Thapa is the only Indian boxer to have won a medal at the World University Games, securing a bronze in 2013, held in Kazan, Russia.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Suranjoy Singh

  2. Akhil Kumar

  3. Jitender Kumar

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  5. Manoj Kumar
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Suranjoy Singh won the first gold medal for India in boxing at the South Asian Games in 2004, held in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer was the first to win a gold medal at the Indian National Championships?

  1. Hawa Singh

  2. K. C. Dey

  3. Padam Bahadur Mall

  4. B. K. Nehru

  5. Rustom Cavasjee
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Hawa Singh won the first gold medal for India at the Indian National Championships in 1933, held in Lahore, British India.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Nikhat Zareen

  2. Manisha Moun

  3. Jamuna Boro

  4. Sonia Lather

  5. Sarita Devi
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Nikhat Zareen won the first gold medal for India in boxing at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2015, held in Samoa.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record for the men's 100-meter dash?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Hima Das
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Milkha Singh holds the national record for the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 10.0 seconds, set in 1960.

Multiple choice

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

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Krishna Poonia
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P.T. Usha won the first gold medal for India in athletics at the Asian Games in 1982, in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter race at the 1960 Summer Olympics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  3. Sriram Singh

  4. Makhan Singh
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Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter race at the 1960 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the men's discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics?

  1. Vikas Gowda

  2. Krishna Poonia

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Anju Bobby George
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Vikas Gowda is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the men's discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics, winning a bronze medal in 2009.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record for the women's javelin throw?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Seema Punia

  3. Krishna Poonia

  4. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
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Anju Bobby George holds the national record for the women's javelin throw with a distance of 68.43 meters, set in 2002.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's long jump at the World Championships in Athletics?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Seema Punia

  3. Krishna Poonia

  4. Dutee Chand
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Anju Bobby George is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's long jump at the World Championships in Athletics, winning a bronze medal in 2003.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's shot put at the Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Krishna Poonia
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Seema Punia is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's shot put at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2006.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men's decathlon at the Asian Games?

  1. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

  2. Sriram Singh

  3. Makhan Singh

  4. Jagdish Bishnoi
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Jagdish Bishnoi is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men's decathlon at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2010.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record for the women's heptathlon?

  1. Swapna Barman

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Anju Bobby George

  4. Seema Punia
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Swapna Barman holds the national record for the women's heptathlon with a score of 6026 points, set in 2018.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's 1500-meter race at the Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Seema Punia

  4. Krishna Poonia
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P.T. Usha is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's 1500-meter race at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 1986.