1) Which food products marketing organisation has announced sponsorship of the Indian contingent at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?
a. Amul
b. Pepsi
c. Coca Cola
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Amul
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India’s Amul is the largest food products marketing organisation and it will be sponsoring the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics 2016. - Amul had also sponsored the Indian contingent at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Rio Olympics will host the largest Indian contingent with close to 100 sportspersons being part of it in August in Brazil
- Amul will be leveraging the connect with youth through sponsorship of the event.
- Its famous motto, Amul Doodh Pita Hai India will be used to cheer the Indian contingent
- Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative located in Anand Gujarat and shone through the efforts of founder chairman of GCMMF- Dr. Verghese Kurien.
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2) Indian quarter miler ____________ made the cut for the next month’s Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 seconds in 400m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships
a. Miriam Sheoran
b. Nirmala Sheoran
c. Nirmala Singh
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Nirmala Sheoran
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Indian quarter miler Nirmala Sheoran made the cut for next month’s Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 seconds in 400m in the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships - Nirmala improved her previous best by a huge margin
- Nirmala became the 24th track and field athlete to qualify for the Rio Olympics after she surpassed the Olympic qualification mark of 52.20 secs
- PT Usha trainee Jisna Mathew and TN’s PN Souwndharya took the other medals of the day
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3) Which shooter clinched the silver medal for men in 50m rifle 3 position event at ISSF?
a. Sanjeev Rajput
b. Jitu Rai
c. Abinhav Bindra
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Sanjeev Rajput
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Ace shooter Sanjeev Rajput clinched the silver medal for India in men's 50-metre rifle 3 position event of the ISSF World Cup on June 28th. - Rajput shot 456.9 to win the silver medal in the last World Cup before the Rio Olympic Games.
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- Croatia’s Petar Gorsa won the gold medal with 457.5, while Hyeonjun Kim of Korea bagged the bronze after he shot 445.5.
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4) Which Indian woman became the first to qualify for an event since qualification started for it?
a. Shiny Wilson
b. PT Usha
c. Dutee Chand
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Dutee Chand
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Dutee Chand has qualified for Rio Olympics in the women’s 100m event after meeting the qualification mark at XXVI international meeting G. Kosanov Memorial in Almaty Kazakhstan - She clocked 11:30s in the 100m heat at the memorial tournament since beating the Rio Olympics qualification mark of 11.32 secs
- She became the first women to qualify from India for the event since qualification started for it.
- PT Usha, a star Indian track and field athlete from India qualified for the event in 1980s Olympics.
- She is called the “queen of Indian track and field” and the “Payyoli Express.”
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5) Which sports women broke the national record and secured a fold in women’s shot put placing her in a berth for the Rio Olympics on 17th September 2015?
a. Manpreet Kaur
b. Harvinder Kaur
c. Harbans Kaur
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Manpreet Kaur
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Manpreet Kaur broke the national record for women’s shot put at the 55th national Open Athletics Championships earning a berth in the Rio Olympics. The 25 year old sportswoman from Ablana threw the shot put to a distance of 17.96m on her second attempt in the final, which was enough to achieve the entry standard for the Rio Games. And in doing so, she rewrote a long-standing national record, set by Harbans Kaur way back in 1997.
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6) How many Indian race walkers qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics?
a. Three
b. Five
c. Seven
d. One
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ANSWER: Three
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Three Indian race walkers, Khushbir Kaur, Manish Rawat and Sandeep Kumar have qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics.
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