61. Who received the Wisden Award for the ‘Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century’ ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Kapil Dev )
Description:- Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India has produced, and their greatest fast-bowling all-rounder. If he had played at any other time – not when Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee were contemporaries – he would surely have been recognised as the best all-rounder in the world. In any case he did enough to be voted India’s Cricketer of the Century during 2002, ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. His greatest feats were to lead India almost jauntily, and by his all-round example, to the 1983 World Cup, and to take the world-record aggregate of Test wickets from Hadlee.
62. Which among the following countries would host the 2008 Olympic Games ?
Correct Answer:-D ( China )
Description:- The 2008 Summer Olympics took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan, in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making it the third time the events of the same Olympics were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs.
63. Thomas Cup is associated with
Correct Answer:-C ( Badminton )
Description:- The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men’s Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport’s global governing body. The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982 tournament, amended from being conducted every three years since the first tournament held in 1948-1949.
64. Which country was the runnerup in the World Cup (Football 2006 ?
Correct Answer:-C ( France )
Description:- The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third. Note : Argentina was the runner-up in football world cup 2014.
65. The 2010 World Cup Football Tournament will be held in
Correct Answer:-D ( South Africa )
Description:- The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men’s national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The matches were played in ten stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty- two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time, with Andrés Iniesta’s goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, becoming the eighth nation to win the tournament, and the first European nation to win the tournament outside its home continent. Note : 2018 FIFA World Cup It is scheduled to take place in Russia. Zabivaka, the Official Mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It means “the one who scores” in Russian, a very suitable name for this wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence.
66. Ryder Cup is related with which sports ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Golf )
Description:- The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition, which is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the USA and Europe. It began following an exhibition match in 1926 between a team comprising American professionals against a similar one drawn from the British PGA on the East Course at Wentworth Club, in Surrey, England. The Ryder Cup is named after the English entrepreneur Samuel Ryder who originally donated the trophy.
67. World No. 2 Rafael Nadal won the French Open, 2007 defeating
Correct Answer:-C ( Roger Federer )
Description:- Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, against Roger Federer. In the 2007 and 2008 finals, Nadal had almost no trouble at all taking out the Swiss Maestro, especially in 2008 when he only lost four games.
68. What was the mascot of the Second Asian Indoor games which were held at Macau sometime back ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Mei Mei )
Description:- The 2nd Asian Indoor Games were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Mei Mei was the official mascot of the games. The concept of “Mei Mei” was derived from the wild migratory black-faced spoonbills which come and perch in Macao every year. “Mei Mei” soars high into the sky, symbolizing that Macao opened new paths with endless innovative spirit, and also represented the youthful, boundless and ground-breaking force of the Asian Indoor Games. As this migratory bird has been chosen to be the mascot, “Mei Mei” not only showed her energy of flying high, but also encouraged Macao citizens to participate in the Macao 2007, 2nd Asian Indoor Games.
69. Which of the following International Tennis Tournaments is held on grass court?
Correct Answer:-C ( Wimbledon )
Description:- Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered to be the biggest and the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three majors being the Australian Open, French Open and US Open. Wimbledon is the only Major still played on grass, the game’s original surface, which gave the game its original name of “lawn tennis”. Since 2001 the courts used for Wimbledon have been sown with 100% perennial ryegrass. Prior to 2001 a combination of 70% ryegrass and 30% Creeping Red Fescue was used. The change was made to improve durability and strengthen the sward to better withstand the increasing wear of the modern game. Note : The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May and June, Wimbledon in June and July, and the US Open in August and September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905.
70. Which cricketer holds the record for scoring highest number of runs in a test match innings ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Brian Lara )
Description:- Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in firstclass cricket history. He also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also holds the test record of scoring most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.
71. The number of players in each side in Water Polo is
Correct Answer:-A ( 7)
Description:- Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as “eggbeater kick”), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.
72. Which sports person is nick named Dennis the Menace ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Pete Samprass )
Description:- Basketball player Dennis Rodman was nicknamed ‘Dennis the Menace.’ He was nicknamed “The Worm” and was known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. Pete Sampras was sometimes called a menace to the game because he was boring and too dominating. He won a record 14 Grand Slam single titles and had seven Wimbledon and five U.S. open wins in a storied 15-year career.
73. The finalist of the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 were
Correct Answer:-B ( India and Tajakistan )
Description:- The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was hosted by India and played from July 30 to August 13, 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India won the match 4-1. India was also the winner of the fair play award and the India captain Baichung Bhutia won the most valuable player award.
74. The maximum number of goals scored by India in the history of international hockey tournaments were in 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles when it beat USA by
Correct Answer:-B ( 24 – 1 )
Description:- India beat USA 24-1 in the final to win their second gold medal. Certain American newspapers had suggested that in order to make it a contest, the Indians ought to play left-handed or wear snow shoes. The lone American goal was scored by Bodlington.
75. Eden Garden (Kolkata) is associated with
Correct Answer:-C ( Cricket )
Description:- Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League’s Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a venue for Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International matches. The largest cricket stadium in India and second-largest in the world by seating capacity, it is widely acknowledged to be the most iconic cricket stadium in India. Eden Gardens has been called “cricket’s answer to the Colosseum”.
76. Indira Gandhi Cup is associated with
Correct Answer:-C ( Boxing )
Description:- Indira Gandhi cup is associated with Boxing while Indira Gandhi gold cup is associated with hockey.
77. The highest number of medals in the Beijing Olympics was won by
Correct Answer:-B ( USA )
Description:- An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most total medals with 110. American swimmer Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics and for most career gold medals by winning eight swimming events. Note : Presently, the US continues to maintain its rank as the number one performer in the Olympics after winning the highest number of medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics (121 total; 46 Gold). China (70) and Great Britain (67) won the second and third highest number of medals at the Rio Olympics. Michael Fred Phelps the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and a silver. Nickname-”The Baltimore Bullet” &”Flying Fish”
78. The venue for the XXX Olympic Games is
Correct Answer:-A ( London )
Description:- The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to Paris’s 50.
79. The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be held in
Correct Answer:-B ( Delhi )
Description:- The 2010 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. Host nation India finished second in the table for the very first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall.
80. The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics were in
Correct Answer:-A ( Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling )
Description:- India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. On 11 August 2008, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men’s 10 m air rifle shooting event. In doing so, he won the first ever individual gold medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India at the Beijing Games. Sushil Kumar won the second ever wrestling medal for India, the first being the bronze earned by Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vijender Kumar won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India’s first-ever Olympic medal in boxing. The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw the best ever performance by an Indian contingent, in terms of the number of medals. They won three medals in all (one gold and two bronze medals), surpassing the two silvers by Norman Pritchard in 1900 Paris Olympics and the gold and bronze medals won by the Indian field hockey team and Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav respectively, at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Note : At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazila, India got silver to badminton player P. V. Sindhu in the women’s singles, and a bronze to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women’s 58 kg. In Paralympics 2016, India won 4 medals won (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze).
81. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Final, 2008 to India?
Correct Answer:-D ( Tajikistan )
Description:- The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was hosted by India and played from July 30 to August 13, 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan.
82. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Men’s Singles in August 2008?
Correct Answer:-A ( Roger Federer )
Description:- The men’s defending champion, Roger Federer, won the US Open for a fifth consecutive time. In 2008, Federer won one Grand Slam singles title at the US Open over Briton Andy Murray. Federer was defeated by Nadal in two Grand Slam finals, at the French Open, and at Wimbledon, when he was going for six straight wins to break Bjorn Borg’s record. Note : In 2016 Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Stan Wawrinka.
83. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Milkha Singh )
Description:- Milkha Singh also known as Milky Singh is an Indian athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed The Flying Sikh. Milkha Singh represented India in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where his inexperience showed. Thereafter, he won gold medals in both the 200m and 400m events at the 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively. He progressed to win a gold medal in the 400m competition at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games, with a time of 46.16 seconds. This latter achievement made him the first gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games from independent India. Subsequently, he competed in Pakistan and his successes there earned him the nickname of The Flying Sikh.
84. The French Open, 2009 Men’s Singles was won by
Correct Answer:-A ( Roger Federer )
Description:- In the French Open 2009 men’ singles competition, Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Robin Soderling. This was Nadal’s first ever defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all four of his previous appearances. To date, it remains Nadal’s only loss at Roland-Garros. Roger Federer beat Soderling in the final 6–1, 7– 6(7–1), 6–4 to win Roland-Garros for the first time, and complete the career Grand Slam. Note : In 2016 Novak Djokovic won his first French Open title, defeating Murray in the final.
85. Asia Cup, 2008 final was played between
Correct Answer:-A ( India and Sri Lanka )
Description:- Cricket’s 2008 Asia Cup (also called STAR Cricket Asia Cup) took place in Pakistan in June 2008. The six teams which took part in the tournament were Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UAE. This was the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan. Sri Lanka won the final against India by 100 runs.
86. China has hosted the
Correct Answer:-A ( XXIX Olympic Games )
Description:- The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events.
87. Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the year 2009 ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Pankaj Advani )
Description:- Pankaj Advani won the National billiards Championship by scoring a stunning 5-4 victory over Geet Sethi in a nerve-wracking final. Trailing 2-3 at one stage, a resilient Advani came back well to claim his third consecutive national title. Advani defeated Sethi 42-150, 154-27, 0-152, 152-0, 11-150, 91-150, 150- 15, 150-63, 151-12 in the best of 9 games final in a two-hour-long encounter. He also won the World Professional Billiards title (WPBSA) held at Leeds in 2009, registering a comprehensive win against the defending and nine-time champion Mike Russell.
88. Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
Correct Answer:-B ( The next Asian Games in 2010 are scheduled to be held at Bangkok )
Description:- The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990. A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events from 42 sports and disciplines (28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports), making it the largest event in the history of the Games.
89. Which among the following countries is to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games ?
Correct Answer:-A ( India )
Description:- The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. The official mascot of the Games was Shera and the official song of the Games, “Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto”, was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman.
90. Serena Williams is one of the top ranked sportswomen of
Correct Answer:-C ( Tennis )
Description:- Serena Jameka Williams is a professional American tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. Already regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 30 Grand Slam titles ties her for eighth on the all-time list: 15 in singles, 13 in women’s doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (‘02–’03) and only the fifth woman ever to do so. Her total of 15 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list, and fourth in the open era, behind Steffi Graf (22 titles) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (18 titles each)
