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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 400 meters at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Milkha Singh is the only Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the men's 400 meters at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 100 meters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Swapna Barman

  4. Hima Das
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Explanation

Hima Das is the first Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the women's 100 meters at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 200 meters at the 2010 Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Explanation

Milkha Singh is the only Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the men's 200 meters at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Swapna Barman

  4. Hima Das
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Explanation

P.T. Usha is the first Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the women's 800 meters at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's long jump at the 2018 Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Milkha Singh is the only Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the men's long jump at the Asian Games.

Multiple choice

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

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Swapna Barman

  4. Hima Das
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Anju Bobby George is the first Indian athlete to have won a gold medal in the women's javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first individual gold medal for India at the Olympic Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Leander Paes

  4. Abhinav Bindra
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Explanation

Abhinav Bindra made history by winning the first individual gold medal for India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10m air rifle event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the world record for the most medals won at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Dutt Nikalje

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Gagan Narang

  4. Bindra Abhinav
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Dutt Nikalje, a renowned Indian wrestler, holds the world record for winning the most medals at the Commonwealth Games, with a total of 12 medals (9 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze).

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Games?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. P.T. Usha

  3. Leander Paes

  4. Gagan Narang
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Milkha Singh, known as the 'Flying Sikh,' won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Games in 1958 in the 200m race.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first gold medal for India at the Youth Olympic Games?

  1. Deepika Kumari

  2. Laishram Sarita Devi

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Vijender Singh
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Deepika Kumari made history by winning the first gold medal for India at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 in the women's individual archery event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the first Olympic medal for India in boxing?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Explanation

Mary Kom won the gold medal in the flyweight category at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.

Multiple choice

How many Olympic medals has India won in boxing?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4
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India has won a total of 3 Olympic medals in boxing: a bronze medal in 2008, a gold medal in 2012, and a bronze medal in 2020.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won a bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Vikas Krishan Yadav won the bronze medal in the welterweight category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Mary Kom

  3. Shiva Thapa

  4. Vikas Krishan Yadav
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Explanation

Vijender Singh won the bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.