Sports Questions and Answers

1. Which city hosted the 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup ?
a) Dhaka
b) Tokyo
c) Teheran
d) Singapore

Answer: a

2. Winner of World Billiards Championship title in 2017 ?
a) Michael Ferreira
b) Saurav Kothari
c) Pankaj Advani
d) Geet Sethi

Answer: c

3. Where is Brabourne Stadium located ?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) Jamshedpur
d) Cuttack

Answer: b

4. The Official Maskot of the FIFA World Cup, 2018 -
a) Fuleco
b) Zakumi
c) Pille
d) Zabivaka

Answer: d

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

Answer: c

6. Which one of the following cities hosted the Twelfth South Asian Games 2016 ?
a) Patiala
b) Kochi
c) Guwahati
d) Agartala

Answer: c

7. Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport ?
a) Billiards
b) Boxing
c) Cricket
d) Badminton

Answer: a

8. Consider the following statements about Viswanathan Anand :
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 only
d) 1 and 3 only

Answer: a

9. First Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics ?
a) Karnam Malleswari
b) P.T. Usha
c) Dipa Karmakar
d) Gita Fogat

Answer: c

10. Olympic logo consists of how many rings or circles ?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

Answer: b

11. Who of the following was the winner of Wimbledon 2011 men's single's title ?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Robert Lindstedt
d) Roger Federer

Answer: b

12. Which one of the following Cricketers has been declared by the ICC as 'Cricketer of the Twentieth Century' ?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Kapil Dev
c) Rahul Dravid
d) Anil Kumble

Answer: b

13. XXII Winter Olympic Games were organized in which country ?
a) Russia
b) South Korea
c) United Kingdom
d) Switzerland

Answer: a

14. Who is Wimbledon Women Singles Champion 2014 ?
a) Serena williams
b) Marion Bartoli
c) Venus Williams
d) Petra Kvitova

Answer: d

15. Leander Peas won the US Open Mixed Doubles Tennis Title (2015) partnering with :
a) Kristina Mladenovic
b) Flavia Pennetta
c) Martina Hingis
d) Sania Mirza

Answer: c

16. Indian Men's hockey team has recently won the hockey test series against -
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) France
d) Pakistan

Answer: b

17. Which one of the following State won the 61st National School Athletics Championship in the year 2016 ?
a) Punjub
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: b

18. Who among the following was not a member of Boxing team of India at Rio Olympics ?
a) Shiv Thapa
b) Manoj Kumar
c) Vikash Krishan
d) Avtar Singh

Answer: d

19. The 2014 Shooting World Championship will be held in -
a) Granada in Spain
b) New Delhi in India
c) Toronto in Canada
d) Moscow in Russia

Answer: a

20. Winner of 2017 Women's Wimbledon Championship ?
a) Garbine Muguruza
b) Venus Williams
c) Serena Williams
d) Sharapova

Answer: a

21. Which cricketer has scored 400 runs in single innings of test match?
a) Brain Lara
b) Virendra Sehwag
c) Rahul Dravid
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: a

22. Cricketer Ricky Ponting belongs to:
a) South Africa
b) Australia
c) England
d) New Zealand

Answer: b

23. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was associated with:
a) Badminton
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey

Answer: b

24. A hockey player is supposed to know the meaning of the term:
a) Dead ball
b) Bouncer
c) LBW
d) Penalty corner

Answer: d

25.Tennis star Roger Federer hails from -
a) UK
b) Switzerland
c) USA
d) France

Answer:b

26.Who among the following has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests ?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sachine Tendulkar
c) V.V.S. Laxman
d) Virender Sehwag

Answer: d

27. In Pro Kabaddi League (2016) final, Patna Pirates defeated -
a) U Mumba
b) Dabang Delhi
c) Puneri Paltan
d) Bengal Warrior

Answer: a

28. The latest trophy introduced in Indian domestic cricket competition is :
a) Deodhar Trophy
b) Vijay Hazare Trophy
c) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
d) Duleep Trophy

Answer: c

29.Sergei Bubkha, an athlete of international repute, belongs to which of the following countries ?
a) U.S.A.
b) Brazil
c) Russia
d) Ukraine

Answer: d

30.Skeet' is associated with which sport ?
a) Running
b) Cycling
c) Shooting
d) Swimming

Answer: c

31. National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th August, which is related to -
a) Dhyan Chand
b) Milkha Singh
c) Daleep Singh
d) C.K. Nayadu

Answer: a

32. Saina Nehwal is associated with which sports ?
a) Archery
b) Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Wrestling

Answer: c

33. Who among the following is the first Indian sportsperson to reach the finals in the World Badminton Championship (Women) in 2015 ?
a) Jwala Gutta
b) Saina Nehwal
c) P.V. Sindhu
d) Madhumita Bisht

Answer: b

34. Who among the following women has become the highest individual scorer in an innings in Tests ?
a) Mithali Raj
b) Kiran Baloch
c) Diana Eduljee
d) Roma Atwal

Answer: b

35. How many times India has won the Asia Cup ODI Trophy ?
a) 3 times
b) 4 times
c) 5 times
d) 6 times

Answer: d

36. Which famous cricketer co-owns the Pro-Kabaddi team from Tamil Nadu named 'Tamil Thalaivas' ?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Ravi Shastri
c) Krishnamachari Srikkanth
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: d

37. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team and has been awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award for contribution to cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Identify the woman.
a) Deepti Sharma
b) Shikha Pandey
c) Mona Meshram
d) Harmanpreet Kaur

Answer: d

38.Which of the following is wrongly matched ?
a) Hockey : 100 yards x 55 yards
b) Badminton (Single) : 10 ft x 44 ft
c) Lawn Tennis : 78 ft x 36 ft
d) Volleyball : 30 ft x 30 ft

Answer: b

39.The 22nd edition of the Malabar Trilateral Naval exercise was held in June 2018. Beside India which other two countries took part in this exercise ?
a) Russia and Japan
b) Russia and Bangladesh
c) Nepal and Vietnam
d) Japan and United States of America

Answer: d

40. How many teams participated in FIFA World Cup organised in Russia from 14th June - 15th July 2018 ?
a) 32
b) 34
c) 36
d) 30

Answer: a

41. Only Indian bowler to take more than 500 Test Wickets ?
a) Kapil dev
b) Zaheer Khan
c) Anil Kumble
d) Harbhajan Singh

Answer: c

42. Who among the following is the winner of the Singapore Open Super Series Badminton Men's Singles title 2017 ?
a) Kidambi Srikanth
b) Lin Dan
c) B. Sai Praneeth
d) Momota

Answer: c

43. Name of the popular actress from South Indian who recently married her Russian boyfriend Andrei Koscheev. Andrei is a national level tennis player in Russia..
a) Nayantara
b) Shriya Saram
c) Asin Thottumkal
d) Sada

Answer: b

44. Name the sportsperson who has been honoured with 'Bharat Ratna' ?
a) Major Dhyan Chandn
b) Sunil Gavaskar
c) sachin Tendulkar
d) P.T. Usha

Answer: c

45. What is the meaning of term 'Ace' in Tennis ?
a) The serve has made a double fault
b) Successful serve that the opponent fails to touch
c) A situation when the ball has landed up
d) Committee

Answer: b

46. How many gold medals have been won by India at the Olympics so far ?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 9
d) 10

Answer: c

47.Which team won the Ranji Trophy for the year 2013-14 ?
a) Maharashtra
b) Railway
c) Karnataka
d) Punjab

Answer: c

48. Which player has scored the most runs in a single test innings?
a) Graham Gooch
b) Matthew Hayden
c) Brian Lara
d) Ajit Agarkar

Answer: c

49. 35th National Games, which had Great Hornbill as Mascot, were organised in -
a) Kerala
b) Gujrat
c) Assam
d) Jharkhand

Answer: a

50. The first Asian Games were held in -
a) Manila
b) Tokyo
c) Jakarta
d) New Delhi

Answer: d

51. The highest first wicket partnership in Test Match Cricket was between two Indians: one is V.Mankad, who is the other?
a) Subhash Gupte
b) Sunil Gavaska
c) Pankaj Roy
d) Chetan Chauhan

Answer: c

52. What is the middle name of Deep Dasgupta?
a) Karan
b) SatJogan
c) Chandar
d) Biplab

Answer: d

53. Who was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Yuvraj Singh

Answer: a

54. What is the middle name of the world class batsman Sachin Tendulkar?
a) Rohan
b) Ramesh
c) Rahul
d) Ravi

Answer: b

55. Which Indian batsman made his ODI debut in the same match in which Kapil Dev did?
a) Mohammad Azharuddin
b) Surinder Amarnath
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Navjot Sidhu

Answer: b

56. Which of the following country won the final of the triangular cricket series held in Durban in February 1997?
a) India
b) New zealand
c) South africa
d) Zimbabwe

Answer: c

57.Who has scored the most runs in a single First-class innings?.
a) Hanif Mohammad
b) Brian Lara
c) Sir Donald Bradman
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: b

58. Which batsman started his international cricketing career at the age of 16?
a) Suresh Raina
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Piyush Chawla
d) Rahul Dravid

Answer: b

59. How many wickets did Yograj Singh take in his 1st ODI match?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 3

Answer: b

60. Who made his test debut alongwith Salil Ankola in the same match?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Kapil Dev
d) Mohinder Amarnath

Answer: b

61. How many runs did Sachin Tendulkar was scored in his ODI debut?
a) 140
b) 0
c) 23
d) 1

Answer: b

62. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
a) 23
b) 45
c) 34
d) 54

Answer: c

63. How many fours had Yograj Singh hit throughout his Test career?
a) 10
b) 9
c) 4
d) 1

Answer: d

64.What was the bowling figures (O-M-R-W ) of Anil Kumble in his ODI debut against Sri Lanka?
a) 1.1-0-27-0
b) 10-7-10-5
c) 10-0-42-1
d) 8.2-2-33-2

Answer: c

65. Who was named as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980?
a) Madan Lal
b) Bishen Singh Bedi
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Abbas Ali Baig

Answer: c

66. What were the bowling figures for Irfan Pathan on his ODI debut?The answer is in this form : Overs - Maidens - Runs given - Wickets taken
a) 10 - 0 - 60 - 6
b) 10 - 0 - 61 - 0
c) 9 - 1 - 38 - 3
d) 5 - 2 - 13 - 4

Answer: b

67. What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first thousand runs in ODIs?
a) 35.83
b) 22.92
c) 43.87
d) 42.86

Answer: a

68. Farokh Engineer played his last Test match at his home ground.Where did he play his last Test match?
a) Delhi
b) Calcutta
c) Hyderabad
d) Mumbai

Answer: d

69. Syed Kirmani made his ODI debut in 1976 against New Zealand as a wicketkeeper. How many runs did India make in that match?
a) 254 all out
b) 222/9
c) 219/5
d) 154 all out

Answer: d

70.How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test matches when he retired?
a) 450
b) 430
c) 435
d) 434

Answer: d

71. What was Yashpal Sharma's best score in First Class Cricket?
a) 201 not out
b) 200
c) 199
d) 153 not out

Answer: a

72. How many ODI matches had Farokh Engineer played throughout his career?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 9

Answer: a

73.What is the middle name of V.V.S. Laxman?
a) Vangipurapu Venkata Sai
b) Vishwanatha Venkata Sai
c) Vaidyanatha Venkata Sai
d) None of the above

Answer: a

74.Where did Mahendra Singh Dhoni make his ODI debut?
a) Chittagong
b) Dhaka
c) Hyderabad
d) Vishakapatnam

Answer: a

75. What is the middle name of Bajji (Harbhajan Singh)?
a) Plaba
b) Plaha
c) Kholi
d) Asrani

Answer: b

76. Against which team did Rahul Dravid made his ODI debut?
a) Kenya
b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Australia

Answer:c

77.What is the middle name of Ajit Agarkar, a top class all rounder?
a) Karan
b) Bhalchandra
c) Dalmiya
d) Rohan

Answer: b

78. Rahul Dravid also made Test debut along with Sourav Ganguly in the same match.He scored 95 runs. How many fours did he hit in that innings of 95 runs?
a) 6
b) 10
c) 5
d) 7

Answer: a

79. Javagal Srinath took no wicket in his last ODI match.What were his bowling figures in that match? [Format : Overs bowled - Maidens - Runs given - Wickets taken]
a) 7 - 0 - 67 - 0
b) 10 - 0 - 87 - 0
c) 10 - 0 - 57 - 0
d) 7 - 0 - 39 - 0

Answer: b

80. Where did Yuvraj Singh make his ODI debut?
a) Nairobi, Kenya
b) Mumbai, India
c) London, England
d) Lahore, Pakistan

Answer: a

81. Yondieki who set up a new world record in 10,000 meters race, belongs to
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) Kenya
d) Mexico

Answer: c

82. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sports?
a) Volleyball
b) Golf
c) Athletics
d) Hockey

Answer: b

83. Amar Singh Sokhi is remembered for his performance in ?
a) Archery
b) Cycling
c) Swimming
d) Athletics

Answer: b

84. How many players are there in Kabbadi team?
a) 12
b) 9
c) 5
d) 7

Answer: a

85. Which of the following is a pair names of the same game?
a) Soccer - Football
b) Golf - Polo
c) Billiards - Carrom
d) Volleyball - Squash

Answer: a

86. With which sport is the 'Choudhury Trophy' associated?
a) Golf
b) Circumnavigation of the earth by car
c) Formula One racing
d) Buggy-Jumping

Answer: b

87. The nickname of wicketkeeping great Rod Marsh was what?
a) Billabongr
b) Swampy
c) Bacchus
d) Lagoon

Answer: c

88. Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India )?
a) R.E. Grant Govan
b) Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda
c) Sikandar Hyat Khan
d) Anthony S. D'Mello

Answer: a

89. How many gold medals did P.T.Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: d

90. Who holds second and third place for most yards rushing in a single season in the NFL?
a) Barry Sanders
b) Jim Brown
c) OJ Simpson
d) Dick Lane

Answer: c

91. What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?
a) Naren
b) Sharad
c) Srivatsav
d) Shyam

Answer: b

92. What is the middle name of Akash Chopra, a Delhi batsman?
a) Mohanlal
b) Shyamlal
c) Amarnath
d) Chotaram

Answer: b

93. Where did India play its 1st one day international cricket match?
a) Lords
b) Headingley
c) Taunton
d) The Oval

Answer: b

94. When did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test debut?
a) 1986
b) 1991
c) 1990
d) 1989

Answer: d

95. Who was named India's Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?
a) Anil Kumble
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Kapil Dev
d) Sunil Gavaskar

Answer: c

96. How many wickets did Zaheer Khan pick up in his ODI debut?
a) 0
b) 3
c) 5
d) 2

Answer: c

97. Who was named as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004?
a) Piyush Chawla
b) Gautam Gambhir
c) Irfan Pathan
d) Suresh Raina

Answer: c

98. Vinod Kambli on his Test debut made 28 runs having a strike rate of :
a) 63.58
b) 46.66
c) 12.55
d) 91.07

Answer: a

99. Which Indian batsman was the first to hit 44 fours in a test match innings?
a) Tendulkar
b) Gavaskar
c) Ganguly
d) Laxman

Answer: d

100. Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut?
a) New Zealand
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) South Africa

Answer: c