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1. Consider the following statements :1. The yonex- sunrise Indian open badminton

Grand prix Gold was held in Chennai.

2. 1 9 cou nt r ies a r e pa r ti cipa ting in t hetournament, carrying a prize money of $ 150000.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements :

1. Vishwanathan Anand retained the FIDE WorldChess championship, defeating BulgarianVeselin Topalov.

2. Anand become the undisputed World Chess

champion after winning an eight playertournament in 2007.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements :

1. Sushil Kumar won his first ever Gold Medal inthe Asian Wrestling held in New Delhi.

2. Sushil won the bronze medal in the Olympicgame of 2008.

Which of the above statement is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

4. Consider the following statements :

1. India and Pakistan were declared joint

Champions of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockeytourament after the final was abandoned dueto rain.

2. The sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament

was first started in 1983 in Indonesia.

Which of the above statements is/areincorrect?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

5. Consider the following statements :1. Rafal Nadal beat Roger Federer to win the

Madrid Masters.

2. Nadal collected his 18th Career Masters 1000title, one more than Adre Agassi and two ahead

of Federer.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

6. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

(a) Rafal Nadal won the French Open by defeatingRobin Sodeling.

(b) Nadal has won the title fifth time, this has puthim second on the all time list of French open

winners, one behind Bjorn Borg.

(c) It was also first time he had won the Frenchopen title without dropping a set.

(d) In mens doubles Daniel Mestor and Nenad

Zimonjic beat Leander paes and Lukas Dlouhy.

7. With regard to African World Cup history. Whichwas the first of Africas team to appear in the FIFAWorld Cup?

(a) Cameroon (b) Tunisia

(c) Egypt (d) Morocco

8. Which player is not only the best ever scorer with15 goals but also the player who has scored in themost number of matches, 11.

(a) Ronaldo

(b) Ronaldinio

(c) Jurgan Klinsmann

(d) Kocksis

9. Consider the following statements :

1. Brazil have won the world cups highest numberof times that is 19. After that Italy and Germanyin 17 and Argentina in 15.

2. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup Slovakia was the

only debutant country which participated inthe tournament.

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Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

10. Who won the $ 120000 Yonex sunrise India openGrand prix gold badminton championships?

(a) Saina Nehwal (b) Jwala Gutta

(c) Ashwini Pannapa (d) Choo Wong mew

11. Consider the following statements :

1. Saina Nehwal completed a spectacular hat-trickof titles by Clinching the Indonesia open superseries.

2. Before clinching the Indonesia open superseries, she won the Indian open grand prixand then the Singapore open super series.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

12. Which of the statement is incorrect?

(a) Sharad Pawer assumed office as president ofInternational Cricket Council (ICC) at itsannual conference in Singapore.

(b) Mr. Sharad Pawer succeeded Mr. DavidMorgan.

(c) Mr. Pawer is only the second Indian, afterJagmohan Dalmiya to have become the highestexecutive of the World Cricket body.

(d) He became the 5th President of the ICC for atwo year term.

13. Which player have won the $ 1.5 million womensingles title at Wimbledon?

(a) Venus Williams (b) Serena Williams

(c) Vera Zvonareva (d) Kristyna Pliskova

14. Who won the Wimbeldon mens single title?

(a) Rafael Nadal (b) Tomas Berdych

(c) Marton Fucsonics (d) Benjamin Mitchell

15. Match the following :

List-I (Players) List-II (Related Fields)

A. Deepak Mondal 1. Swimming

B. Krishna Poonia 2. Athelets

C. Sandeep Singh 3. Foot Baller

D. Rehan Poncha 4. Hockey

Codes :

A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 2 3 1 4

(c) 3 2 4 1

(d) 4 2 3 1

Answers

1. (c) 11. (c)

2. (d) 12. (d)

3. (c) 13. (b)4. (d) 14. (a)

5. (c) 15. (c)

6. (c)

7. (c)

8. (a)9. (c)

10. (a)

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