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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 award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of swimming?

  1. Arjuna Award

  2. Dronacharya Award

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

  4. Padma Shri
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The Arjuna Award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of swimming. It is awarded to the swimmer who has shown outstanding performance in the field of swimming.

Multiple choice

Which award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of shooting?

  1. Arjuna Award

  2. Dronacharya Award

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

  4. Padma Shri
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The Arjuna Award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of shooting. It is awarded to the shooter who has shown outstanding performance in the field of shooting.

Multiple choice

Which award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of archery?

  1. Arjuna Award

  2. Dronacharya Award

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

  4. Padma Shri
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The Arjuna Award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of archery. It is awarded to the archer who has shown outstanding performance in the field of archery.

Multiple choice

Which award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of weightlifting?

  1. Arjuna Award

  2. Dronacharya Award

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

  4. Padma Shri
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The Arjuna Award is given to the best sportsperson of the year in India in the field of weightlifting. It is awarded to the weightlifter who has shown outstanding performance in the field of weightlifting.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the first individual Olympic medal in athletics for India?

  1. Norman Pritchard

  2. Milkha Singh

  3. P.T. Usha

  4. Anju Bobby George
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Norman Pritchard, an Indian athlete, won the first individual Olympic medal in athletics for India at the 1900 Paris Olympics, securing a silver medal in the 200-meter hurdles.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was stripped of her bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to a doping violation?

  1. Ashwini Akkunji

  2. Sushil Kumar

  3. Vijender Singh

  4. Mary Kom
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Ashwini Akkunji, an Indian athlete, was stripped of her bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after a doping violation was detected in her sample.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete was stripped of his bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics due to a doping violation?

  1. Sushil Kumar

  2. Vijender Singh

  3. Mary Kom

  4. Yogeshwar Dutt
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Sushil Kumar, an Indian wrestler, was stripped of his bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2012 London Olympics after a doping violation was detected in his sample.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the most famous handball player of all time?

  1. Magnus Wislander

  2. Talant Dujshebaev

  3. Nikola Karabatic

  4. Thierry Omeyer
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Magnus Wislander is widely considered the most famous handball player of all time.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the most famous female handball player of all time?

  1. Katrine Fruelund

  2. Anja Andersen

  3. Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren

  4. Hege Riise
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Anja Andersen is widely considered the most famous female handball player of all time.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player won the first Olympic medal for India in badminton?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. P.V. Sindhu

  3. Kidambi Srikanth

  4. B. Sai Praneeth
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Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in women's singles at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player won the first-ever gold medal in badminton at the Asian Games?

  1. Prakash Padukone

  2. Pullela Gopichand

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. P.V. Sindhu
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Prakash Padukone won the first-ever gold medal in badminton at the Asian Games in 1982.

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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Abhinav Bindra won the first individual gold medal for India at the Olympic Games in 2008 in the 10m air rifle event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian badminton player won the gold medal in men's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

  1. Saina Nehwal

  2. P.V. Sindhu

  3. K. Srikanth

  4. H.S. Prannoy
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P.V. Sindhu won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in badminton.

Multiple choice

Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2020 Summer Olympics?

  1. Bajrang Punia

  2. Ravi Kumar Dahiya

  3. Deepak Punia

  4. Sushil Kumar
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Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the gold medal in men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal since 2008.

Multiple choice

Which Indian boxer won the gold medal in men's lightweight at the 2020 Summer Olympics?

  1. Amit Panghal

  2. Manish Kaushik

  3. Vikas Krishan Yadav

  4. Shiva Thapa
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Amit Panghal won the gold medal in men's lightweight at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal since 2008.