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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 rower won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

  4. Manjeet Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sawarn Singh won a gold medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2010 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailing team won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy

  2. Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan

  3. Harshita Tomar and Pinky

  4. Ganesh Pednekar and Varun Singh Thakur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ganesh Pednekar and Varun Singh Thakur won a bronze medal in the men's 49er event at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailor won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Beach Games?

  1. Vishnu Saravanan

  2. Harshita Tomar

  3. Ganesh Pednekar

  4. Varun Thakkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Vishnu Saravanan won a gold medal in the men's Optimist event at the 2014 Asian Beach Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

  4. Manjeet Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dattu Baban Bhokanal won a silver medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2014 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailing team won a silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games?

  1. Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy

  2. Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan

  3. Harshita Tomar and Pinky

  4. Ganesh Pednekar and Varun Singh Thakur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy won a silver medal in the men's 470 event at the 2010 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

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

Bajrang Lal Takhar won a bronze medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailor won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Vishnu Saravanan

  2. Harshita Tomar

  3. Ganesh Pednekar

  4. Varun Thakkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Harshita Tomar won a bronze medal in the women's Optimist event at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

  4. Manjeet Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dattu Baban Bhokanal won a gold medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailing team won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy

  2. Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan

  3. Harshita Tomar and Pinky

  4. Ganesh Pednekar and Varun Singh Thakur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy won a silver medal in the men's 470 event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

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

Bajrang Lal Takhar won a bronze medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailor won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Vishnu Saravanan

  2. Harshita Tomar

  3. Ganesh Pednekar

  4. Varun Thakkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ganesh Pednekar won a bronze medal in the men's Laser event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

  4. Manjeet Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dattu Baban Bhokanal won a silver medal in the men's single sculls event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian sailing team won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy

  2. Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Saravanan

  3. Harshita Tomar and Pinky

  4. Ganesh Pednekar and Varun Singh Thakur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Varun Thakkar and K.C. Ganapathy won a bronze medal in the men's 470 event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian rower won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Dattu Baban Bhokanal

  2. Sawarn Singh

  3. Bajrang Lal Takhar

  4. Manjeet Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Manjeet Singh won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2014 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Chess'?

  1. Wilhelm Steinitz

  2. Emanuel Lasker

  3. Jose Raul Capablanca

  4. Alexander Alekhine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Wilhelm Steinitz is widely regarded as the 'Father of Modern Chess' for his contributions to the development of positional play and strategic understanding in the game.