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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

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the men's high jump at the Asian Games?

  1. Bahadur Singh

  2. Tejaswin Shankar

  3. Hari Shankar Roy

  4. Karthik Muralidharan
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Tejaswin Shankar won the bronze medal in the men's high jump at the 2018 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the men's 110 meters hurdles?

  1. Renjith Maheshwary

  2. Siddhanth Thingalaya

  3. Sharad Kumar

  4. Amit Kumar
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Renjith Maheshwary holds the national record in the men's 110 meters hurdles with a time of 13.67 seconds, set in 2016.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the women's long jump at the World Athletics Championships?

  1. Anju Bobby George

  2. Mayookha Johny

  3. Nayana James

  4. V. R. Indira
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Anju Bobby George won the bronze medal in the women's long jump at the 2003 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the event.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 400 meters at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta?

  1. Muhammad Anas

  2. Arokia Rajiv

  3. Kunhu Muhammed

  4. Amoj Jacob
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Muhammad Anas won the gold medal in the men's 400 meters at the 2018 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the event.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the women's 1500 meters at the Asian Games?

  1. Sunita Rani

  2. Sudha Singh

  3. Lalita Babar

  4. Jhuma Khatun
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Sunita Rani won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 meters at the 2002 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the event.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian-American to win an Olympic gold medal?

  1. Saumya Swaminathan

  2. Sunita Williams

  3. Kalpana Chawla

  4. Abhijit Banerjee
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Saumya Swaminathan, an Indian-American swimmer, won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-born athlete won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

  1. P. V. Sindhu

  2. Saina Nehwal

  3. Dipa Karmakar

  4. Sakshi Malik
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Saina Nehwal, an Indian-born badminton player, won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-born athlete won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

  1. Vijay Kumar

  2. Gagan Narang

  3. Abhinav Bindra

  4. Jitu Rai
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Vijay Kumar, an Indian-born shooter, won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-born athlete won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics?

  1. P. T. Usha

  2. M. R. Poovamma

  3. Ashwini Akkunji

  4. Manjit Kaur
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Manjit Kaur, an Indian-born athlete, won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-born athlete won the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

  1. Gurbinder Singh

  2. Manish Singh

  3. K. T. Irfan

  4. Sandeep Kumar
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Gurbinder Singh, an Indian-born race walker, won the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Multiple choice

Which Indian-born athlete won the gold medal in the women's 69-kilogram weightlifting event at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

  1. Mirabai Chanu

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Kunjarani Devi

  4. Pratima Kumari
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Mirabai Chanu, an Indian-born weightlifter, won the gold medal in the women's 69-kilogram weightlifting event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Mary Kom
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Karnam Malleswari is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Multiple choice

Who is the only Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Summer Olympics?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Vijay Kumar

  3. Gagan Narang

  4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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Abhinav Bindra is the only Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Games?

  1. Leander Paes

  2. Saina Nehwal

  3. Vijay Kumar

  4. Mary Kom
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Leander Paes has won the most medals at the Commonwealth Games. He has won a total of 18 medals, including 8 gold medals.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games?

  1. P.T. Usha

  2. Karnam Malleswari

  3. Saina Nehwal

  4. Mary Kom
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P.T. Usha is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. She won the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles event at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul.