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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 won the gold medal in the men's 800 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Bahadur Prasad

  2. K. M. Beenamol

  3. Shiny Wilson

  4. Tintu Luka
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Bahadur Prasad won the gold medal in the men's 800 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal in athletics at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the bronze medal in the women's 400 meters at the 2012 London Olympics?

  1. Tintu Luka

  2. Nirmala Sheoran

  3. Mandeep Kaur

  4. Ashwini Akkunji
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Mandeep Kaur won the bronze medal in the women's 400 meters at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual medal in athletics at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Neeraj Chopra

  2. Shivpal Singh

  3. Anil Kumar

  4. Gurtej Singh
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Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, becoming the youngest Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the silver medal in the women's long jump at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Mayookha Johny

  3. Sahana Kumari

  4. Nayana James
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Mayookha Johny won the silver medal in the women's long jump at the 2014 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in the event at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Gopi Thonakal

  2. Kheta Ram

  3. Surendra Singh

  4. Govindan Lakshmanan
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Gopi Thonakal won the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 meters at the 2010 Asian Games?

  1. Sudha Singh

  2. Lalita Babar

  3. Jhuma Khatun

  4. Kavita Raut
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Sudha Singh won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 meters at the 2010 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in the event at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 400 meters hurdles at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Joseph Abraham

  2. Satnam Singh

  3. Ayyasamy Dharun

  4. Jaiveer Singh
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Ayyasamy Dharun won the gold medal in the men's 400 meters hurdles at the 2014 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the event at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the silver medal in the women's 20 kilometers race walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Khushbir Kaur

  2. Sapna Punia

  3. Manpreet Kaur

  4. Priyanka Goswami
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Khushbir Kaur won the silver medal in the women's 20 kilometers race walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's triple jump at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Renjith Maheswary

  2. Arpinder Singh

  3. Mayookha Johny

  4. Anju Bobby George
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Renjith Maheswary won the gold medal in the men's triple jump at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Hima Das

  4. Dutee Chand
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Milkha Singh, known as the 'Flying Sikh', set the national record for the men's 100-meter dash at 10.0 seconds in 1960.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Gagan Narang

  4. Neeraj Chopra
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Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record for the women's 400-meter dash?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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P.T. Usha holds the national record for the women's 400-meter dash at 51.61 seconds, set in 1984.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Shiny Wilson

  4. Sriram Singh
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Sriram Singh won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in athletics at the Olympic Games.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Anju Bobby George holds the national record for the women's long jump at 6.83 meters, set in 2004.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Anju Bobby George

  3. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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Jyotirmoyee Sikdar won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games.