Sports - MCQs with answers - Part V
1. In which event did Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Lt. Colonel in the Indian Army, win silver medal (shooting) in the 2004 Summer Olympics?a) 10m Pistol
b) 25m Pistol
c) Double Trap
d) Men's Skeet
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Double Trap
He is the first sportsperson to win an individual Silver for India.
a) Larisa Latynina
b) Mark Spitz
c) Michael Phelps
d) Pavo Nurmi
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all the time, with a total of 22 medals.
a) Karnam Malleshwari
b) K. D. Jadhav
c) Milkha Singh
d) P. T. Usha
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) K. D. Jadhav
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an Indian athlete. He is best known as a wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
a) 1951
b) 1963
c) 1971
d) 1982
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1951
The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad by the president of the organising committee Anthony de Mello.
a) Kamaljeet Sandhu
b) K.Malleshwari
c) M. D. Valsamma
d) P. T. Usha
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Kamaljeet Sandhu
Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Asian Games in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds.
a) 1936
b) 1948
c) 1952
d) 1956
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1948
The India national football team is governed by the All India Football Federation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football.
a) 1928
b) 1932
c) 1936
d) 1948
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1928
India national field hockey team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980.
a) Athletics
b) Swimming
c) Target shooting
d) Weight lifting
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Weight lifting
Her first World Women's Weightlifting Championship was the Manchester edition in 1989.
a) Ananth Amritraj
b) Premjit Lall
c) Ramanathan Krishnan
d) Ramesh Krishnan
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Ramanathan Krishnan
Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s.
a) 1964
b) 1966
c) 1970
d) 1974
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) 1974
The Davis Cup had only ever been won by the United States, Great Britain/British Isles, France and Australia/Australasia until 1973. South Africa and India qualified for the final in 1974. The final was scratched and South Africa was awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to travel to South Africa for the final in protest of the South African government's apartheid policies.
