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Welcome to the Sports Quiz. Dhyan Chand Milkha Singh Dhanraj Pillai Pargat Singh. 1 Who is known as the “hockey wizard”?. Diego Maradona Paolo Rossi Gary Lineker Mario Kempes. 2 Never a top scorer in a World Cup Football tournament. 18th 17th 19th 20th. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
Thank you