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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

What is the name of the Paralympic table tennis player who has won the most Paralympic gold medals?

  1. Natalia Partyka

  2. Zhang Bian

  3. Borislava Perić-Ranković

  4. Fan Lei
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Natalia Partyka, a Polish table tennis player, has won the most Paralympic gold medals, with 12 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which Indian shooter has won the most medals in the shooting competition at the Olympic Games?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Rajyavardhan Rathore
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Explanation

Abhinav Bindra is the only Indian shooter to have won a gold medal in the shooting competition at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which track and field event is known as the "Queen of the Track"?

  1. 100-meter dash

  2. 200-meter dash

  3. 400-meter dash

  4. 800-meter run
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Explanation

The 100-meter dash is often referred to as the "Queen of the Track" due to its status as the most prestigious and iconic event in track and field.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. G. Sathiyan

  4. Harmeet Desai
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, and Anthony Amalraj

  2. Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, and Archana Kamath

  3. Kamlesh Mehta, Manjit Dua, Chetan Baboor, and Sharath Kamal

  4. Poulomi Ghatak, Ankita Das, Madhurika Patkar, and Neha Aggarwal
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Explanation

Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, and Archana Kamath won the gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian table tennis player won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2019 South Asian Games?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal

  2. Manika Batra

  3. G. Sathiyan

  4. Harmeet Desai
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Explanation

Manika Batra won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2019 South Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which athlete has won the most Olympic gold medals?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Explanation

Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic gold medals, with 28 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which athlete has won the most Commonwealth Games gold medals?

  1. Ian Thorpe

  2. Cathy Freeman

  3. Sally Pearson

  4. Leisel Jones
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Explanation

Ian Thorpe has won the most Commonwealth Games gold medals, with 10 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which athlete has won the most Asian Games gold medals?

  1. Sun Yang

  2. Park Tae-hwan

  3. Kosuke Kitajima

  4. Ryosei Kato
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Explanation

Sun Yang has won the most Asian Games gold medals, with 11 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the most successful weightlifter in Commonwealth Games history?

  1. Nijel Hercules

  2. Phil Snyder

  3. Satish Sharma

  4. Don Oliver
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Explanation

Nijel Hercules, a Trinidadian weightlifter, is the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games weightlifting history, having won a total of 10 medals, including 6 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter holds the record for winning the most medals at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Sathish Sivalingam

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Karnam Malleswari

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Karnam Malleswari, an Indian weightlifter, holds the record for winning the most medals at the Commonwealth Games, with a total of 6 medals, including 3 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifting event was introduced in the Commonwealth Games in 2018?

  1. Snatch

  2. Clean and Jerk

  3. Total

  4. Powerlifting
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Explanation

Powerlifting, which includes the squat, bench press, and deadlift, was introduced as a new event in weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Sathish Sivalingam

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Karnam Malleswari

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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Explanation

Karnam Malleswari made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter won a gold medal in the 48 kg category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Sathish Sivalingam

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Karnam Malleswari

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Kunjarani Devi won a gold medal in the 48 kg category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England, becoming the first Indian woman to achieve this feat.

Multiple choice

Which Indian weightlifter won a gold medal in the 58 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Sathish Sivalingam

  2. Kunjarani Devi

  3. Karnam Malleswari

  4. Mirabai Chanu
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal in the 58 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland, becoming the first Indian woman to achieve this feat in that weight class.