Sports Questions and Answers

1. Who holds the World record in test cricket for the most number of dismissals by a Wicket keeper?
a) Mark Boucher
b) Rodney Marsh
c) Rodney Marsh
d) Moin Khan

Answer: a

2. Who holds the record for winning most number of gold medals in Commonwealth games ?
a) Graham Smith
b) Susie O'neill
c) Petria Thomas
d) Mitchell Brown

Answer: b

3. Who holds the record of highest runs in one day cricket world cup tournaments?
a)Sourav Ganguly
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Brian Lara
d) Gary Kirsten

Answer: b

4. Who holds the record for the maximum number of men's single Grand Slam titles ?
a) Roy Emerson of Australia
b) Bjorn Borg of Sweden
c) Pete Sarnpras of US
d) Roger Federer of Switzerland

Answer: d

5. Who holds the record for scoring highest run score in an inning of test match?
a) Matthew Hayden
b) Don Bradman
c) Mahela Jayawardhane
d) None of these

Answer: d

6. Who was the first Indian to win the 52th Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Cuba ?
a) Pentala Harikrishna
b) Krishnan Sasikiran
c) Adhiban Baskaran
d) K Srikanth

Answer: b

7. Which male cricketer has been appointed as the UNICEF and Cricket for Good ambassador for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2017 ?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Brian Lara
c) Shane Warne
d) Clive Lloyed

Answer: b

8. Which country won the maximum number of medals in the Asian Athlete Championships held in Pune ?
a) Bahrain
b) China
c) japan
d) Saudi Arabia

Answer: b

9. Consider the following statements about grand slam tennis tournaments :
i. There are four grand slam annual tennis tournaments.
ii. The first grand slam of a year tournaments are played on grass court.
iii. The Australian and the US Open tournaments are played on grass court.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 only
d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: c

10. The winner of the SAFF Tournament, 2013 was -
a) India
b) Maldives
c) Afghanistan
d) Nepal

Answer: c

11. The XXIV Olympic Games were held in :
a) 1986
b) 1988
c) 1984
d) None of these

Answer: b

12. Football (Soccer) is said to have originated in :
a) Former USSR
b) England
c) china
d) Australia

Answer: b

13. Who is the only cricketer to score three double centuries in One-day Cricket ?
a)Chris Gayle
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Virendra Shwag
d) Ricky Pointing

Answer: b

14. Which international tyre company has recently appointed ace badminton queen P.V. Sindhu as their brand ambassador ?
a) Continental
b) Pirelli
c) Michelin
d) Bridgestone

Answer: d

15. Which amongst the following cricket teams won the Ranji Trophy in 2017 ?
a) Vidarbha
b) chennai
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Delhi

Answer: a

16.Who was awarded the Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2016?
a) Sakshi Malik
b) Deepa Karmakar
c) Jeetu Rai
d) All of the above

Answer: d

17. Who made the history in test cricket by chasing 418 in second innings against Australia?
a) New Zealand
b) England
c) Pakistan
d) West Indies

Answer: d

18. Who is the Indian Cricketer to score three consecutive centuries in his first three test matches?
a) Sourav Ganguly
b) Md. Azharuddin
c) Surendra Amarnath
d) G. Vishvanath

Answer: b

19. Who is the fourth bowler to take 500 wickets in test cricket?
a) Glenn McGrath
b) Anil Kumble
c) Shoaib Akhtar
d) Jason Gillespie

Answer: a

20. Who is called as the Flying Sikh of India?
a) Mohindar Singh
b) Ajit Pal Singh
c) Jogindar Singh
d) Milkha Singh

Answer: d

21. What is the number of players on each side in Baseball ?
a) 9
b) 11
c) 15
d) 7

Answer: a

22. "Queen's berry Rules" is the name given to the rules in
a) Cricket
b) Tennis
c) Hockey
d) Boxing

Answer: d

23. Which country has won the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup ?
a)Sri Lanka
b) Iran
c) India
d) China

Answer: c

24. Consider the following statements :
I. Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the French Open Mixed Doubles Title in the year 2012.
II. This is their first Grand Slam Title together.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
a) I only
b) II only
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer: a

25. "Wimbledon" is a place associated with
a) Lawn Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Hockey
d) Cricket

Answer: a

26. Who won the Euro-2016 football championship?
a) Germany
b) Czech Republic
c) Portugal
d) Greece

Answer: c

27. Who will host the woman ICC World Cup in 2017?
a) New Zealand
b) England
c) Australia
d) india

Answer: b

28. Who will host the ICC-ChampionsTrophy in 2017?
a) England
b) india
c) Srilanka
d) South Africa

Answer: a

29. Who was the winner of Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award (2011)?
a) Gagan Narang
b) Saina Nehwal
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) M.S.Dhoni

Answer: a

30. Who was the first Indian woman to qualify for the final of individual track event in Olympics?
a) P.T.Usha
b) M.D.Valsamma
c) Shiny Abraham
d) Arti Saha

Answer: b

31. Which team holds the record for the highest run scored in an innings in any cricket world cup tournament?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Australia
c) India
d) England

Answer: b

32. Which player was named as Best Indian Bowler of the 20th century by the Wisden Magazine?
a) Kapil Dev
b) B.S.Chandrashekhar
c) B.S.Bedi
d) Subhas Gupte

Answer: b

33. Which of the pairs is correctly matched?
a) Harbhajan Singh - Wrestling
b) Saina Nehwal - Badminton
c) Jwala Gutta - Tennis
d) Virat Kohli - Football

Answer: b

34. Which of the followings is not correctly paired?
a) Saina Nehwal - Badminton
b) Viswanathan Anand - Chess
c) Jeev Milkha Singh - Golf
d) None of these

Answer: d

35.Which of the followings is not correctly matched?
a) Somdev Devvarman - Badminton
b) Gagan Narang - - Shooting
c) Arjun Atwal - Golf
d) Anita Sood - Swimming

Answer: a

36. Who was the first centurion in Indian cricket Team?
a) Veenu Mankad
b) C.K. Naidu
c) Lala Amarnath
d) Mansoor Ali Pataudi

Answer: c

37. Who was the captain of Indian hockey team that won the first Olympic gold medal in Amsterdam in 1928 ?
a) Dhyanchand
b) Jaipal Singh
c) Laibon Khan
d) Krishna Lal

Answer: b

38. Who was the captain of West Indies Cricket team which was defeated by Indian cricket team in prudential world cup in 1983?
a) Viv Richards
b) Clive Lloyd
c) Richie Richardson
d) Malcolm Marshal

Answer: b

39. Who was the Captain of under-19 cricket team which won the ICC U-19 cricket World Cup 2016?
a) Prashant Chopra
b) Shimrom Hetmyer
c) Sandeepan Das
d) Unmukt Chand

Answer: b

40. Who was nominated as the ambassador of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
a) Sanath Jayasuriya
b) Allan Robert Border
c) Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: d

41. The final of the Sultan Afzal Shah Hockey Tournament 2009 was played between ?
a) India and Malaysia
b) India and Pakistan
c) Pakistan and Malaysia
d) Malaysia and Japan

Answer: a

42. The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics (2016) were in
a) Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling
b) Shooting, Boxing and Archery
c) Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis
d) Shooting, Boxing and Hockey

Answer: a

43. Which of the following cricketer has been declared the "Cricketer of the Twentieth Century" by the ICC ?
a)Sunil Gavaskar
b) Kapil Dev
c) Shane Warne
d) Brian Lara

Answer: b

44. The 2011 Cricket World Cup was held in ?
a) India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh
b) India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh
d) India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Answer: b

45. What does Fuwa, the Official Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games, contain ?
a) Four popular animal of China and the Olympic Flame
b) Five popular animal of China and the map of China
c) Four popular animal of China and the world map
d) Five popular animal of China

Answer: a

46. Winner of 2017 Indian Premier League (Cricket) ?
a) Mumbai Indians
b) Raising Pune Supergiant
c) Delhi Daredevils
d) Sunrisers Hyderabad

Answer: a

47. What is the duration of one-half of a football match ?
a) 30 minutes
b) 35 minutes
c) 40 minutes
d) 45 minutes

Answer: d

48. Arrange the following countries in ascending order on the basis of the total medals earned in Rio Olympic 2016.
I. U.S.A, II. China, III. U.K., IV. Russia
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
a) I. U.S.A, II. China, III. U.K., IV. Russia
b) I. U.S.A, III. U.K., II. China, IV. Russia
c) IV. Russia, III. U.K., II. China, I. U.S.A
d) IV. Russia, III. U.K., I. U.S.A, II. China

Answer: c

49. Saurabh Chaudhary excels in which one of the following sports ?
a) Archery
b) Shooting
c) Boxing
d) Judo

Answer: b

50. Who among the following is not a regular bowler ?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Kapil Dev
c) B.S. Bedi
d) P.V. Chandrashekhar

Answer: a

51. Which of the following pair is CORRECT ?
I. Summer Olympics 2020 - Tokyo
II. Summer Olympics 2016 - Rio de Janeiro
III. Summer Olympics 2012 - London
a) Only I and II
b) Only I and III
c) Only II and III
d) All are correct

Answer: d

52. Which of the following cricket teams was defeated by India to lift the Women's Twenty 20 Asia Cup 2016 ?
a) Bangladesh
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) Afganistan

Answer: c

53. Name the athletic event in which Manpreet Kaur won a gold medal in the first leg of Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet ?
a)Long Jump
b) Shot Put
c) Discus throw
d) High Jump

Answer: b

54. The player who was awarded with Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Shri is
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Sachine Tendulkar
c) Prakash Padukone
d) Pullela Gopichand

Answer: d

55. The xxvii (1996) Summer Olympic games were held in
a) Los Angles
b) Moscow
c) Atlanta
d) Tokyo

Answer: c

56. Sebastian Vettel won the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix held at Greater Noida. This was also his ____ win.
a) 10th
b) 11th`
c) 12th
d) 13th

Answer: d

57. Winner of 2017 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix ?
a) Sebastian Vettel
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Valtteri Bottas
d) Kimi Raikkonen

Answer: a

58. Which one of the following teams was defeated by India to win the Women's Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017 ?
a) Japan
b) China
c) South Korea
d) Pakistan

Answer: b

59.The Theatre Olympic, an International festival, was an initiative by the famous Greek director
a) Alexis Damianos
b) Theodoros Giannaris
c) Constantine Giannaris
d) Theodoros Terzopoulos

Answer: d

60. Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 ?
a) Brazil
b) Spain
c) France
d) Chile

Answer: a

61. Who was the youngest Athlete at the Rio Olympics ?
a) Deepa Karmakar
b) Virginia Thrasher
c) Gaurika Singh
d) Emily Seebohn

Answer: c

62. Who among the following was defeated by Chile to won the Copa America Football Championship, 2016 ?
a) Colombia
b) Argentina
c) Ecuador
d) Peru

Answer: b

63. South Korea's Choi Misun related to which sports ?
a)Shooting
b) Badminton
c) Archery
d) Squash

Answer: c

64. Which of the following is not correctly paired ?
a) Sania Mirza - Tennis
b) Saina Nehwal - Badminton
c) Jhoolan Goswami - Cricket
d) Jeev Milkha Singh - Chess

Answer: d

65. What was Indian's rank at the Rio Para Olympic ?
a) 42nd
b) 43rd
c) 44th
d) 32nd

Answer: b

66. In which one of the following cities are the Summer Olympics, 2020 going to be held ?
a) London
b) Paris
c) Tokyo
d) Moscow

Answer: c

67. Who could not qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics ?
a) Mary Kom
b) Vinesh Phogat
c) Sakshi Malik
d) All of these

Answer: d

68. Who among the following won the Men's Singles Title in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 2016 ?
a) Jamie Murray
b) Bruno Soares
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Andy Murray

Answer: c

69. How many players are there in a water polo team ?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

Answer: d

70. Who among the following has been appointed the new Coach of the Indian Cricket team by the BCCI recently ?
a) Saurav Ganguly
b) Anil Kumble
c) Rahul Dravid
d) S.R. Kulkarni

Answer: b

71. Winner of the Women's Singles event at Wimbledon 2018 ?
a) Venus Williams
b) Simona Halep
c) Serena Williams
d) Kerber

Answer: d

72. Which of the following cricketers has scored the highest total runs in test cricket ?
a) Allan Border
b) Brian Lara
c) Donald Bradman
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: d

73. Who amongst the following players won the National Shooting Championship held in January 2009 ?
a)Abhinav Bindra
b) Omkar Singh
c) Gurpreet Singh
d) None of these

Answer: d

74. Bangladesh has won the Women's Cricket Asia Cup Trophy (Twenty-20 Tournament) held in Malaysia in June 2018. Which team was defeated in the finals ?
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Sri Lanka
d) Thailand

Answer: a

75. Which of the following is the correct order of medals won by India in the 18th Asian Games, 2018 (Jakarta) ?
a) Gold - 15, Silver - 21, Bronze - 33, Total - 69
b) Gold - 15, Silver - 32, Bronze - 22, Total - 69
c) Gold - 15, Silver - 30, Bronze - 24, Total - 69
d) Gold - 15, Silver - 24, Bronze - 30, Total - 69

Answer: d

76. Name the Indian cricketer who is not inducted to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame (till July 2018).
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sunil Gavaskar
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Anil Kumble

Answer: c

77. Who amongst the following is the highest wicket taker in the history of cricket ? (Both ODI and Test Cricket)
a) Wasim Akram
b) Anil Kumble
c) Stephan Fleming
d) Muttiah Muralidharan

Answer: d

78. Who among the following is the first man (after Bjorn Borg in 1980) to win the French Open and Wimbledon Singles Title back to back ?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Roger Federer
c) Jhon McEnroe
d) Daniel Nestor

Answer: a

79. Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three major sports awards viz. Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta and Arjuna Award ?
a) Prakash Padukone
b) Sanjeev Kumar Singh
c) Harika Dronavali
d) Pullela Gopichand

Answer: d

80. 'Durand Cup' is associated with the game of
a) Football
b) Polo
c) Cricket
d) Hockey

Answer: a

81. With which sport is Novak Djokovic associated ?
a) Football
b) Golf
c) Tennis
d) Baseball

Answer: c

82. Host nation of 2015 Men's Rugby World Cup ?
a) New Zealand
b) South Africa
c) Australia
d) England

Answer: d

83. Which of the following is not associated with chess ?
a)Pawn
b) Queen
c) Rook
d) Jokey

Answer: d

84. Indira Pradhan Trophy is associated with which sport/games ?
a) Football
b) Hockey
c) Volleyball
d) Cricket

Answer: c

85. Which famous football tournament was started in 1888 from Annadale ?
a) Subroto Cup
b) Santosh Trophy
c) Durand Cup
d) Federation Cup

Answer: c

86. Rangaswami Cup is associated with
a) Wrestling
b) Football
c) Hockey
d) Golf

Answer: c

87. Which is the only host team to win the ICC (50 over) Cricket World Cup ?
a) South Africa
b) India
c) West Indies
d) Australia

Answer: b

88. Durand Cup is associated with :
a) Tennis
b) Soccer
c) Hockey
d) None of these

Answer: b

89. FIFA World Cup 2014 was hosted by :
a) Germany
b) France
c) Argentina
d) Brazil

Answer: d

90. Tiger Wood is associated with :
a) Golf
b) Hockey
c) Polo
d) Badminton

Answer: a

91. Which one of the following is wrongly paired ?(Sports - Ground)
a) Athletics - Track
b) Base Ball - Court
c) Golf - Course
d) Wrestling - Ring

Answer: b

92. Which among the following teams won the Duleep Trophy Cricket Tournament, 2014 ?
a) East Zone
b) Central Zone
c) West Zone
d) South Zone

Answer: b

93. Identify the odd sports man among the following :
a) Narain Karthikeyan
b) Vijay Hazare
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Sunil Gavaskar

Answer: a

94. FIFA 2018 will be held in which country ?
a) Qatar
b) Russia
c) Austria
d) Saudi Arab

Answer: b

95. The country Tuvalu participated with how many members in the Rio Olympics ?
a) 5
b) 3
c) 1
d) 9

Answer: c

96.Where was the World Badminton Championship 2013, in which P.V. Sindhu won a Bronze medal, held ?
a) Jakarta, Indonesia
b) Singapore
c) Guangzhou, China
d) Bangkok, Thailand

Answer: c

97. Among the following teams, which team has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for two Successive years till 2012 ?
a) Kolkata Knight Riders
b) Chennai Supper Kings
c) Rajasthan Royals
d) Deccan Charges

Answer: d

98. "Prince of Wales Cup" is associated with the game of
a) Hockey
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Golf

Answer: d

99. Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams in 2016 Australian Open Women's Singles Final. she belongs to
a) Australia
b) U.K.
c) Serbia
d) Germany

Answer: d

100. Deepika Pallikal is related to which sport ?
a) Squash
b) Handball
c) Badminton
d) Tennis

Answer: a