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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 of the following is the highest decision-making body of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

  1. General Body

  2. Executive Committee

  3. President

  4. Secretary General
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Explanation

The General Body is the highest decision-making body of the IOA. It consists of representatives from all the National Sports Federations (NSFs) and other stakeholders.

Multiple choice

Who is eligible for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

  1. Sportspersons who have won a gold medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  2. Sportspersons who have won a silver medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  3. Sportspersons who have won a bronze medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  4. Sportspersons who have represented India in international competitions
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The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given to sportspersons who have won a gold medal at the Olympics or the World Championships.

Multiple choice

Who is eligible for the Dronacharya Award?

  1. Coaches who have trained sportspersons who have won a gold medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  2. Coaches who have trained sportspersons who have won a silver medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  3. Coaches who have trained sportspersons who have won a bronze medal at the Olympics or the World Championships

  4. Coaches who have trained sportspersons who have represented India in international competitions
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Explanation

The Dronacharya Award is given to coaches who have trained sportspersons who have won a gold medal at the Olympics or the World Championships.

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

Multiple choice

Which legendary track and field athlete holds the world record in the 100-meter dash?

  1. Usain Bolt

  2. Carl Lewis

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Maurice Greene
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Usain Bolt, known as the 'Lightning Bolt', holds the world record in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 9.58 seconds set at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifter won the first gold medal in weightlifting at the Asian Games?

  1. Hiroshi Fukuda

  2. Mahmoud Namjoo

  3. Kim Seong-jip

  4. Pedro Landero
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Explanation

Hiroshi Fukuda of Japan won the first gold medal in weightlifting at the Asian Games, in the flyweight category.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifter has won the most gold medals in weightlifting at the Asian Games?

  1. Zhan Xugang

  2. Kim Woo-jae

  3. Hossein Rezazadeh

  4. Alireza Faghiri
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Explanation

Zhan Xugang of China has won the most gold medals in weightlifting at the Asian Games, with a total of six gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifting event was added to the Asian Games program in 1990?

  1. Women's 48 kg

  2. Women's 53 kg

  3. Women's 58 kg

  4. Women's 63 kg
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The women's 48 kg weightlifting event was added to the Asian Games program in 1990.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifter won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Eko Yuli Irawan

  2. Li Fabin

  3. Kim Woo-jae

  4. Jhonatan Rivas
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Explanation

Li Fabin of China won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which weightlifter won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Hidilyn Diaz

  2. Ri Song-gum

  3. Kuo Hsing-chun

  4. Zulfiya Chinshanlo
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Explanation

Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Asian Games.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Esperanto Sports Association's anti-doping committee?

  1. Li Shi

  2. Marc van Oostendorp

  3. Chuck Smith

  4. Jorge Camacho
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Explanation

Li Shi is the current chair of the Esperanto Sports Association's anti-doping committee.

Multiple choice

Which player has won the most gold medals in field hockey at the Asian Games?

  1. Dhyan Chand

  2. Aslam Sher Khan

  3. Sohail Abbas

  4. Lee Nam-yong
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Explanation

Sohail Abbas has won the most gold medals in field hockey at the Asian Games, with a total of 4 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Which player has won the most medals overall in field hockey at the Asian Games?

  1. Dhyan Chand

  2. Aslam Sher Khan

  3. Sohail Abbas

  4. Lee Nam-yong
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Explanation

Sohail Abbas has won the most medals overall in field hockey at the Asian Games, with a total of 6 medals (4 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze).

Multiple choice

Which player has scored the most goals in the women's field hockey tournament at the Asian Games?

  1. Sunita Rani

  2. Gao Lihua

  3. Lee Seon-ok

  4. Kaori Chiba
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Explanation

Gao Lihua has scored the most goals in the women's field hockey tournament at the Asian Games, with a total of 22 goals.

Multiple choice

Which Paralympic athlete is known as the 'Blade Runner'?

  1. Oscar Pistorius

  2. Jonnie Peacock

  3. Markus Rehm

  4. Daniel Dias
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Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter, is known as the 'Blade Runner' due to his use of prosthetic legs.