Sports GK Questions

1. Who is known as the "Flying Sikh" of India?

a) P.T. Usha
b) Milkha Singh
c) Anju Bobby George
d) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Answer: b) Milkha Singh

2. Which Indian cricketer has scored the most international centuries?

a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Virat Kohli
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Rahul Dravid
Answer: a) Sachin Tendulkar

3. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) Vijender Singh
d) Sushil Kumar
Answer: a) Abhinav Bindra

4. In which year did India win its first Cricket World Cup?
a) 1975
b) 1983
c) 1987
d) 2011
Answer: b) 1983

5. Who is the current captain of the Indian men's cricket team in all formats (as of 2023)?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Rohit Sharma
c) KL Rahul
d) Hardik Pandya
Answer: b) Rohit Sharma

6. Which Indian badminton player won a silver medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio
Olympics?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) P.V. Sindhu
c) Jwala Gutta
d) Ashwini Ponnappa
Answer: b) P.V. Sindhu

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7. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
a) Mary Kom
b) Saina Nehwal
c) Karnam Malleswari
d) P.V. Sindhu
Answer: c) Karnam Malleswari

8. Which Indian chess player became the youngest Grandmaster in 2002?

a) Viswanathan Anand
b) Pentala Harikrishna
c) Koneru Humpy
d) Vishwanathan Sasikiran
Answer: b) Pentala Harikrishna

9. Who is the only Indian to have won the All England Open Badminton Championships?
a) Prakash Padukone
b) Pullela Gopichand
c) Saina Nehwal
d) P.V. Sindhu
Answer: a) Prakash Padukone and b) Pullela Gopichand (both are correct)

10. Which Indian wrestler won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics?
a) Sushil Kumar
b) Yogeshwar Dutt
c) Sakshi Malik
d) Bajrang Punia
Answer: b) Yogeshwar Dutt

11. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing at the Olympics?
a) Mary Kom
b) Lovlina Borgohain
c) Sarita Devi
d) Pinki Rani
Answer: a) Mary Kom

12. Which Indian cricketer has taken the most wickets in Test cricket?
a) Kapil Dev
b) Anil Kumble
c) Harbhajan Singh
d) Ravichandran Ashwin
Answer: b) Anil Kumble

13. Who won India's first individual Olympic silver medal?

a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
b) Vijay Kumar

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c) Gagan Narang
d) Abhinav Bindra
Answer: a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

14. Which Indian footballer is nicknamed the "Sikkimese Sniper"?

a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Bhaichung Bhutia
c) I.M. Vijayan
d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Answer: b) Bhaichung Bhutia

15. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in athletics at the Olympics?
a) Milkha Singh
b) P.T. Usha
c) Anju Bobby George
d) Neeraj Chopra
Answer: d) Neeraj Chopra

16. Which Indian cricketer has scored the most runs in international cricket?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Virat Kohli
c) Rahul Dravid
d) Sunil Gavaskar
Answer: a) Sachin Tendulkar

17. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m hurdles?
a) P.T. Usha
b) Anjali Bhagwat
c) Anju Bobby George
d) Hima Das
Answer: a) P.T. Usha

18. Which Indian shooter won the gold medal in 10m Air Rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
a) Gagan Narang
b) Abhinav Bindra
c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
d) Jitu Rai
Answer: b) Abhinav Bindra

19. Who captained the Indian cricket team to victory in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) M.S. Dhoni
d) Virat Kohli
Answer: c) M.S. Dhoni

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20. Which Indian badminton player won the gold medal in men's singles at the 2022
Commonwealth Games?
a) Kidambi Srikanth
b) Lakshya Sen
c) H.S. Prannoy
d) B. Sai Praneeth
Answer: b) Lakshya Sen

21. Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IAAF World U20 Championships?
a) Dutee Chand
b) Hima Das
c) Nirmala Sheoran
d) Tintu Luka
Answer: b) Hima Das

22. Which Indian cricketer has the highest individual score in ODIs?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Virender Sehwag
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Virat Kohli
Answer: c) Rohit Sharma

23. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in tennis at the Olympics?
a) Leander Paes
b) Mahesh Bhupathi
c) Sania Mirza
d) Rohan Bopanna
Answer: a) Leander Paes

24. Which Indian woman cricketer has scored the most runs in international cricket?
a) Mithali Raj
b) Smriti Mandhana
c) Harmanpreet Kaur
d) Jhulan Goswami
Answer: a) Mithali Raj

25. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
a) Dipa Karmakar
b) Ashish Kumar
c) Pranati Nayak
d) Aruna Budda Reddy
Answer: b) Ashish Kumar

26. Which Indian wrestler won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
a) Bajrang Punia

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b) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
c) Vinesh Phogat
d) Sakshi Malik
Answer: b) Ravi Kumar Dahiya

27. Who is the first Indian to win a World Championships gold medal in athletics?
a) Anju Bobby George
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) Hima Das
d) Dutee Chand
Answer: b) Neeraj Chopra

28. Which Indian cricketer has taken the most wickets in ODIs?
a) Anil Kumble
b) Javagal Srinath
c) Kapil Dev
d) Zaheer Khan
Answer: a) Anil Kumble

29. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting?
a) Karnam Malleswari
b) Kunjarani Devi
c) Mirabai Chanu
d) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Answer: a) Karnam Malleswari

30. Which Indian shooter won a silver medal in double trap at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Gagan Narang
c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
d) Vijay Kumar
Answer: c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

31. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in badminton at the Olympics?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) P.V. Sindhu
c) Prakash Padukone
d) Pullela Gopichand
Answer: a) Saina Nehwal

32. Which Indian cricketer has the best bowling figures in a Test match?
a) Anil Kumble
b) Kapil Dev
c) Ravichandran Ashwin

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d) Harbhajan Singh
Answer: a) Anil Kumble

33. Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in boxing?
a) Mary Kom
b) Sarita Devi
c) Lovlina Borgohain
d) Pinki Rani
Answer: a) Mary Kom

34. Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
a) Neeraj Chopra
b) Davinder Singh Kang
c) Annu Rani
d) Shivpal Singh
Answer: a) Neeraj Chopra

35. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in table tennis at the Commonwealth Games?
a) Sharath Kamal
b) Manika Batra
c) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
d) Mouma Das
Answer: a) Sharath Kamal

36. Which Indian cricketer has scored the most runs in a single Test match?
a) Virender Sehwag
b) V.V.S. Laxman
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Virat Kohli
Answer: b) V.V.S. Laxman

37. Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in
wrestling?
a) Geeta Phogat
b) Sakshi Malik
c) Vinesh Phogat
d) Babita Kumari
Answer: a) Geeta Phogat

38. Which Indian boxer won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
a) Vijender Singh
b) Mary Kom
c) Akhil Kumar
d) Vikas Krishan Yadav
Answer: a) Vijender Singh

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39. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in shooting at the Olympics?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
c) Gagan Narang
d) Vijay Kumar
Answer: b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

40. Which Indian cricketer has taken the most catches in Test cricket?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) VVS Laxman
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Mohammad Azharuddin
Answer: a) Rahul Dravid

41. Who is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships?
a) Geeta Phogat
b) Babita Kumari
c) Vinesh Phogat
d) Sakshi Malik
Answer: a) Geeta Phogat

42. Which Indian footballer has scored the most international goals?
a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Bhaichung Bhutia
c) I.M. Vijayan
d) Baichung Bhutia
Answer: a) Sunil Chhetri

43. Who is the first Indian to win a medal in para-athletics at the Olympics/Paralympics?
a) Devendra Jhajharia
b) Mariyappan Thangavelu
c) Deepa Malik
d) Varun Singh Bhati
Answer: a) Devendra Jhajharia

44. Which Indian cricketer has the highest individual score in Test cricket?
a) Virender Sehwag
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Rahul Dravid
d) Karun Nair
Answer: a) Virender Sehwag

45. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in wrestling at the Olympics?
a) Geeta Phogat
b) Sakshi Malik

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c) Vinesh Phogat
d) Babita Kumari
Answer: b) Sakshi Malik

46. Which Indian badminton player won the men's singles gold medal at the 2018
Commonwealth Games?
a) Kidambi Srikanth
b) H.S. Prannoy
c) Parupalli Kashyap
d) Lakshya Sen
Answer: a) Kidambi Srikanth

47. Who is the first Indian to win a gold medal in athletics at the Paralympics?
a) Devendra Jhajharia
b) Mariyappan Thangavelu
c) Sumit Antil
d) Nishad Kumar
Answer: a) Devendra Jhajharia

48. Which Indian cricketer has the best bowling figures in ODIs?
a) Anil Kumble
b) Stuart Binny
c) Ashish Nehra
d) Jasprit Bumrah
Answer: b) Stuart Binny

49. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in shot put at the Commonwealth Games?
a) Manpreet Kaur
b) Seema Punia
c) Krishna Poonia
d) Neelam Jaswant Singh
Answer: a) Manpreet Kaur

50. Which Indian hockey player has scored the most goals in Olympic history?
a) Dhyan Chand
b) Balbir Singh Sr.
c) Dhanraj Pillay
d) Gagan Ajit Singh
Answer: b) Balbir Singh Sr.

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