welcome to the sports quiz

Welcome to the Sports Quiz

1Who is known as the “hockey

wizard”?

A) Dhyan Chand

B) Milkha Singh

C) Dhanraj Pillai

D) Pargat Singh

2Never a top scorer in a World Cup

Football tournament

A) Diego Maradona

B) Paolo Rossi

C) Gary Lineker

D) Mario Kempes

3In which century did the game of

Golf come to India?

A) 18th

B) 17th

C) 19th

D) 20th

4 Man of the Match award winner in

both the semifinals and finals of the 1983 World Cup Cricket tournament

A) Kapil Dev

B) K. Srikanth

C) Dilip Vengsarkar

D) Mohinder Amarnath

5First Indian chess player to get the

Chess Grandmaster title

A) Viswanathan Anand

B) Dibyendu Barua

C) Praveen M.Thipsay

D) Nassir Wajih

6What is the length of a cricket

pitch?

A) 20 yards

B) 21 yards

C) 22 yards

D) 23 yards

7In which country did the modern

form of Badminton originate?

A) England

B) India

C) Thailand

D) Japan

8First Indian woman to win an Asian

Games gold in 400 m run

A) Kamaljit Sandhu

B) K. Malleshwari

C) M. L. Valsamma

D) P. T. Usha

9The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in

A) 1952

B) 1948

C) 1956

D) 1936

10First Indian to win the World

Amateur Billiards title

A) Michael Ferreira

B) Manoj Kothari

C) Geet Sethi

D) Wilson Jones

11The first Indian to reach the

semifinal in Wimbledon Tennis Championship

A) Ramanathan Krishnan

B) Ramesh Krishnan

C) Mahesh Bhupati

D) Laender Paes

12India reached the final of the Davis

Cup for the first time in

A) 1966

B) 1964

C) 1970

D) 1974

13India won its first Olympic hockey

gold in

A) 1936

B) 1928

C) 1932

D) 1948

14Where was the first Golf Club

started in India?

A) Madras

B) New Delhi

C) Calcutta

D) Bombay

15The name Karni Singh is associated

with

A) Shooting

B) Kabbadi

C) Swimming

D) Rowing

16N. A. Bharadwaj was popularly

known in Indian cricket as

A) Lala Amarnath

B) Pankaj Roy

C) Surinder Amarnath

D) Mohender Amarnath

17The 'Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Golf

Course' is located at

A) Mysore

B) Pune

C) Baroda

D) Bangalore

18With which sport is the 'Uber Cup'

associated?

A. Shooting

A. Badminton

A. Bowling

A. Kho-Kho

19Captain of the Indian cricket team

when it won its first ever Test match in 1952

A) Vijay Hazare

B) C K Nayudu

C) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

D) Bishen Singh Bedi

20The Netaji Subhas National Institute

of Sports is located at

A) Patiala

B) Ambala

C) Dehradun

D) Chandigarh

21The 'Beighton Cup' is associated

with

A) Football

B) Badminton

C) Cricket

D) Hockey

22Which game originated from the

battlefield of Kurushetra?

A) Chess

B) Kho-Kho

C) Wrestling

D) Kabbadi

23Identify this famous sports person

from India

A) Narain Karthikeyan

B) Vishwanathan Anand

C) Anand Amritraj

D) Pullela Gopi Chand

24Which is the oldest football

tournament in India?

A) DCM Trophy

B) Maharaja Cup

C) Santosh Trophy

D) Durand Cup

25Captain of the Indian cricket team

that won its first One Day Internatinal?

A) Bishen Singh Bedi

B) Gundappa Vishwanath

C) Sunil Gavaskar

D) M. L. Jaisimha

26Dronacharya Award is given to

A) Sportsmen

B) Coaches

C) Umpires

D) Sports Editors

27India's National game

A) Cricket

B) Volleyball

C) Hockey

D) Football

28Which European country is famous

for its winter sports?

A) Poland

B) Germany

C) Switerland

D) Norway

29Former Indian test cricketer and

selector who is a fingerprint expert?

A) Chandu Sarwate

B) M. L. Jaisimha

C) Sunil Gavaskar

D) Chandu Borde

30Youngest ever female to qualify for the title of Grandmaster in chess

A) Hou Yifan

B) Koneru Humpy

C) Judit Polgar

D) Wang Yu

31In which Indian state did the game

of Polo originate?

A) Meghalaya

B) Rajasthan

C) Manipur

D) West Beengal

32India reached the final of the Davis

Cup for the first time in

A) 1974

B) 1964

C) 1966

D) 1970

33Modern tennis is the brainchild of ---

and it was first named as---?

A) Fred Perry; Claptrone

B) Maj.Walter Clopton; Sphairistike

C) S. Neilsen; Balat

D) Mario Filho Wing-field; Tethnis

34What game is played on ground

called 'links'?

A) Polo

B) Hockey

C) Golf

D) Basketball

35When was women's tennis first

included in the Olympics?

A) 1896

B) 1900

C) 1904

D) 1908

36Surfing is a water sport and most surfers make use of a long board (see picture). What is it called?

A) Canoe

B) Kayak

C) Malibu

D) Sculls

37National sport of Japan

A) Kung-Fu

B) Judo

C) Karate

D) Swimming

38How many players are there in a

volleyball team?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

39Which of the following is a Manipuri

version of hockey?

A) Khong Kangjei

B) Hiyang Tanaba

C) Yubi Lakpi

D) Yubi-Lakpi

40What is the name Kunjarani Devi

associated with?

A) Weight Lifting

B) Target shooting

C) Athletics

D) Swimming

41Who among the following is NOT associated with billiards in India?

A) Subash Agrawal

B) Ashok Shandilya

C) Manoj Kothari

D) Mihir Sen

42Who designed the first hand glider?

A) Leonardo da Vinci

B) Wright Brothers

C) Issac Newton

D) Galileo Galilei

43Which track and field star overcame

childhood polio to become one of the greatest athletes of her time?

A) Wilma Rudolph

B) Gail Devers

C) Florence Griffith Joyner

D) Jackie Robinson

44Golfers use special sticks (see the

picture) to put the balls in the holes. What is it called?

A) Cue

B) Caddy

C) Golf Stick

D) Putter

45Which one do you need for tennis?

A) Helmet

B) Racket

C) Basket

D) Casket

46Person who controls a football

match

A) Referee

B) Umpire

C) Goalkeeper

D) Coach

47Identify this famous sports

personality of India of yester-years

A) Bishen Singh Bedi

B) Maninder Singh

C) Milkha Singh

D) Jeev Milkha Singh

48A famous volleyball player from

Kerala

A) Jimmy George

B) Tinu Yohannan

C) Suresh Babu

D) Sethumadhavan

49A football club whose name was

selected via a contest

A) Chetakal Football Club

B) Viva Kerala

C) Football Club Kochin

D) State Bank of Travancore Football Club

50Picture shows a “bottle pin”- a pin that is made of hard maple. Which

game is it associated with?

A) Bowling

B) Billiards

C) Table Tennis

D) Snooker

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