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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 holds the national record in the women's 400-meter dash?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Srabani Nanda
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PT Usha holds the Indian national record in the women's 400-meter dash with a time of 51.61 seconds, set in 1984.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Indian national record holder in the men's 800-meter dash?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. PT Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Jinson Johnson
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Jinson Johnson holds the Indian national record in the men's 800-meter dash with a time of 1:45.85, set in 2018.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the women's 800-meter dash?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Tintu Luka
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Tintu Luka holds the Indian national record in the women's 800-meter dash with a time of 1:59.17, set in 2010.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Indian national record holder in the men's 1500-meter dash?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. PT Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Jinson Johnson
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Jinson Johnson also holds the Indian national record in the men's 1500-meter dash with a time of 3:35.24, set in 2018.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the women's 1500-meter dash?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Sudha Singh
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Sudha Singh holds the Indian national record in the women's 1500-meter dash with a time of 4:05.11, set in 2010.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Indian national record holder in the men's 5000-meter dash?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. PT Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Gopal Saini
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Gopal Saini holds the Indian national record in the men's 5000-meter dash with a time of 13:25.37, set in 2016.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the women's 5000-meter dash?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Sudha Singh
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Sudha Singh also holds the Indian national record in the women's 5000-meter dash with a time of 15:17.29, set in 2010.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Indian national record holder in the men's 10000-meter dash?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. PT Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Gopal Saini
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Gopal Saini also holds the Indian national record in the men's 10000-meter dash with a time of 28:07.84, set in 2016.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the women's 10000-meter dash?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Sudha Singh
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Sudha Singh also holds the Indian national record in the women's 10000-meter dash with a time of 31:50.47, set in 2010.

Multiple choice

Who is the current Indian national record holder in the men's marathon?

  1. Milkha Singh

  2. PT Usha

  3. Dutee Chand

  4. Tewolde Eshete
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Tewolde Eshete holds the Indian national record in the men's marathon with a time of 2:10:40, set in 2017.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete holds the national record in the women's marathon?

  1. PT Usha

  2. Dutee Chand

  3. Hima Das

  4. Jyoti Gawate
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Jyoti Gawate holds the Indian national record in the women's marathon with a time of 2:34:43, set in 2017.

Multiple choice

Which athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won in a single Games?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Carl Lewis

  4. Jesse Owens
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Michael Phelps, the legendary American swimmer, won an astounding 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting a new record for the most gold medals won by an individual in a single Games.

Multiple choice

Who is the most decorated Paralympic athlete of all time?

  1. Michael Phelps

  2. Usain Bolt

  3. Natalie du Toit

  4. Trischa Zorn
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Trischa Zorn, an American cyclist and cross-country skier, holds the record for the most Paralympic medals, with a total of 41 medals, including 19 golds.

Multiple choice

Which Indian swimmer broke the caste barrier and became the first Indian to compete in the Olympics?

  1. Arati Saha

  2. Khazan Singh

  3. Mihir Sen

  4. Narendra Nath
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Arati Saha was the first Indian swimmer to compete in the Olympics, breaking the caste barrier in 1952.

Multiple choice

Which Indian swimmer won the first Olympic medal for India in swimming?

  1. Khazan Singh

  2. Mihir Sen

  3. Narendra Nath

  4. Arati Saha
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Khazan Singh won the first Olympic medal for India in swimming, a bronze medal in the 100-meter freestyle event at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.