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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 has won the most Paralympic medals?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Mariyappan Thangavelu
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Devendra Jhajharia is India's most successful Paralympic athlete, having won 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals in javelin throw.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Mariyappan Thangavelu

  2. Varun Singh Bhati

  3. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  4. Deepa Malik
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Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2020 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Manpreet Kaur

  2. Ekta Bhyan

  3. Deepa Malik

  4. Bhavina Patel
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Manpreet Kaur won the gold medal in the women's shot put at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian athlete who won the gold medal in the men's discus throw at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Yogesh Kathuniya
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Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the men's discus throw at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Devendra Jhajharia

  2. Deepa Malik

  3. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  4. Deepika Sharma
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Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter dash at the 2020 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Sundar Singh Gurjar

  2. Varun Singh Bhati

  3. Ankit Kumar

  4. Praveen Kumar
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Sundar Singh Gurjar won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter dash at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the Indian athlete who won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter dash at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?

  1. T42

  2. T44

  3. T46

  4. T47
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T46 is the classification for athletes with upper limb impairment.

Multiple choice

Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter run at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?

  1. Girisha Nagarajegowda

  2. Yogesh Kathuniya

  3. Sandeep Chaudhary

  4. T47
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T47 is the classification for athletes with upper limb impairment.

Multiple choice

Who is the current National Track Cycling Champion of India?

  1. Ronaldo Singh

  2. David Beckham

  3. Lionel Messi

  4. Cristiano Ronaldo
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Ronaldo Singh is the current National Track Cycling Champion of India. He won the title in 2022.

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. Mikkel Hansen
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Magnus Wislander is considered the most famous handball player of all time.

Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian to be inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame?

  1. Bruce Lee

  2. Jackie Chan

  3. Jet Li

  4. Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj
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Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj is the first Indian to be inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Multiple choice

Who was the first Indian to win a medal at the Asian Judo Championships?

  1. T. K. Singh

  2. Bhim Singh

  3. Dharam Singh

  4. Rajesh Choudhary
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T. K. Singh was the first Indian to win a medal at the Asian Judo Championships, winning a bronze medal in 1966.

Multiple choice

Which Indian judoka won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics?

  1. Bhim Singh

  2. Dharam Singh

  3. Rajesh Choudhary

  4. Mukesh Kumar
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Bhim Singh won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in judo.

Multiple choice

Which Indian judoka won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

  1. Navjot Chana

  2. Rajesh Choudhary

  3. Mukesh Kumar

  4. Dharam Singh
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Navjot Chana won a gold medal in the men's 60 kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Multiple choice

Which Indian judoka won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games?

  1. Navjot Chana

  2. Rajesh Choudhary

  3. Mukesh Kumar

  4. Avtar Singh
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Avtar Singh won a bronze medal in the men's 90 kg division at the 2014 Asian Games.