General Awareness

Sports Records and History

2,479 Questions

Sports records and history questions focus on legendary athletes, championship winners, and historic milestones. Topics include tennis Grand Slams, Formula One records, and boxing titles. These details are vital for scoring well in the general awareness section of competitive exams.

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Sports Records and History Questions

Multiple choice

Who won the Men's Double French Open 2009 Grand Slam title?

  1. Westy Moodie and Dick Norman

  2. Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy

  3. Vania King and Liezel Huber

  4. Liezel Hubber and Leander Paes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Leander Paes (India) and Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic) won the 2009 French Open men's doubles title. Wesley Moodie/Dick Norman were a men's doubles team, and Vania King/Liezel Huber were a women's doubles team. Liezel Huber did not partner with Leander Paes in 2009.

Multiple choice

The favourite player won the race ______.

  1. comfortably

  2. conceivably

  3. comprehensively

  4. closely

  5. casually
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Comfortably is used to describe winning a race with a significant lead or without much difficulty.

Multiple choice

Who was the proud recipient of the Daphe Akhurst Memorial Trophy after winning the Australian Open Womens Single 2005?

  1. Venesa Williams

  2. Serena Williams

  3. Maria Sherapova

  4. Lindsay Davenport
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Serena Williams won the Australian Open Women's Singles title in 2005 and received the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy. This victory marked her successful comeback after missing much of the 2004 season due to a knee injury. Note: Option A spells Venus incorrectly.

Multiple choice question mark punctuation english

The question is not whether Serena Williams will win a twenty-third Grand Slam title, but when.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. but when,

  3. but when?

  4. but when!
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, a question mark is used at the end of a direct sentence whereas, indirect sentences are ended with a period.
The given sentence is an indirect sentence, thus a period should be used to end the sentence.
Thus, the correct answer will be Option A, no change.
Option B and D are incorrect, because a comma is never used at the end of a sentence and an exclamation mark is used to  express strong feelings, high volume or for emphasis.

Multiple choice

Who win the tournament of power?

  1. Jiren

  2. Goku

  3. #17

  4. Vegeta
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the Tournament of Power from Dragon Ball Super, Android 17 is the final survivor and winner of the tournament.