1. Who is Paradorn Srichaphan?
a. A Sri Lankan cricketer
b. A Thai tennis player
c. An Indonesian badminton player
d. A Malaysian golfer
Ans : C
2. Annika Sorenstam, a famous sportsperson, is known as a professional
a. chess player
b. golfer
c. swimmer
d. table tennis player
Ans : B
3. Consider the following sportspersons:
I. Aarthie Ramaswamy
II. Sania MIrza
III. Sheetal Goutam.
Who of these is/are tennis players?
a. I and only
b. II only
c. II and III
d. III only
Ans : B
4. Who won the men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championship in the year 2003?
a. Joo Se-Hyuk
b. Kalinikos Kreanga
c. Kong Linghui
d. Werner Schlager
Ans : D
5. The first one-day Cricket World Cup tournament was held in
a. Australia
b. England
c. New Zealand
d. West Indies
Ans : B
6. The 70th Senior National Billiards Championship was won by
a. Ashok Kumar
b. Alok Kumar
c. B. Bhaskar
d. Pankaj Advani
Ans : B
7. The 2004 Duleep Trophy was won by
a. North Zone
b. South Zone
c. East Zone
d. Karnataka
Ans : A
8. In March 2004, who among the following players become the second bowler in Test cricket history to take 500 wickets?
a. Mutthiah Muralitharan
b. Shane Warne
c. Glen McGrath
d. Anil Kumble
Ans : B
9. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games?
a. Lucknow
b. Hyderabad
c. Allahabad
d. Chennai
Ans : B
10. The 2010 Commonwealth games will be held in
a. India
b. UK
c. Canada
d. Pakistan
Ans : A
11. The winner of the 2003 US Open men's Single Tennis Championship is
a. Andy Roddick
b. Roger Federer
c. Carlos Moya
d. Juan Carlos Ferrero
Ans : A
12. Which of the following countries won the 2003 Asia Cup Hockey Championship?
a. Pakistan
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. India
Ans : D
13. Which game is Ian Thorpe associated with
a. Badminton
b. Chess
c. Swimming
d. Squash
Ans : C
14. Who is the first India to take a hat trick in an international test
a. Kapil Dev
b. Jasu Patel
c. Harbhajan Singh
d. B.S. Chandrasekhar
Ans : C
15. Who won the 'All-England Open Badminton Championship 2001'
a. Prakash Padukone
b. Chen Hong
c. Peter Gade
d. Pullela Gopichand
Ans : D
16. Makers of which tyres sponsor Indian ace Narain Karthikeyan
a. JK
b. MRF
c. Dunlop
d. Modi
Ans : B
17. Hamburg Masters Hockey Trophy 2003 was won by
a. India
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Pakistan
Ans : A
18. Sania Mirza of India won the Girls Wimbledon Doubles Championship 2003 partnering with
a. Sunitha Rao
b. Isha Lakhani
c. Sanaa Bhambri
d. Alisa Kleybanova
Ans : D
19. In which sport is the grand champion accorded the title of 'Yokozuna'
Ans : Sumo Wrestling
20. Which sporting organisation was formed at a house in Balaram Ghosh Street, North Calcutta, in August 1889
Ans : Mohun Bagan
21. 'Lona' is a term associated with the sport
Ans : Kabadi
22. In the Volleyball game the number of players on each side is
Ans : Six
23. Sports Research Institute is located at
a. Patiala
b. Delhi
c. Cochin
d. Poona
Ans : A
24. Durand Cup is associated with
Ans : Football
25. American open is associated with
Ans : Tennis
26. Australian open is associated with
Ans : Tennis
27. French Open is associated with which sport
Ans : Tennis
28. Santhosh Trophy is associated with which game
Ans : Football
29. ‘Jockey’ is a term associated with
a. Golf
b. Horse Racing
c. Boxing
d. Billiards
Ans : B
30. The number of rings in Olympics flag is
Ans : 5
31. The place in which the first Asian games were held at
Ans : New Delhi
32. In cricket, the length of the pitch between the wickets is
Ans : 22 yards (20.12 m)
33. The first ever National Youth Games (under-19) were held in January 2004 at
Ans : Bangalore
34. National Sports day is observed on August 29th. It is the birth day of
Ans : Dhyanchand
35. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010
Ans : India
36. Who won the Renji Trophy in 2004
Ans : Mumbai
37. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the World Athletic meet
Ans : Anju Boby Gerorge
38. Who was known as ‘The Flying Sikh’
Ans : Milka Singh
39. The first Indian to win the World Champion title in Chess
Ans : Viswanathan Anand
40. Who among the following footballers has been selected as the European player of the year 2005
a. Zenedine Zidane
b. Ronaldinho
c. Ronaldo
d. Ariel Ortega
Ans : B
41. When was the first Commonwealth games held
Ans : 1930
42. Who is the first Indian to join the Formula–1 league
Ans : Narain Karthikeyan
43. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy cricket championship for the first time
a. Kerala
b. Bengal
c. Delhi
d. Uttar Pradesh
Ans : D
44. Who among the following became the first cricketer in 24 years to receive BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award
a. Brian Lara
b. Andrew Flintoff
c. Jacques Kallis
d. Shane Warne
Ans : B
45. The first cricket bowler to achieve 500 wickets in One-day internationals is
Ans : Wasim Akram
46. Wasim Akram of Pakistan is associated with
a. Politics
b. Martial law
c. Nuclear tests
d. Cricket
Ans : D
47. Bull fighting is the national game of which country
Ans : Spain
48. The 2004 Olympic games was held in
Ans : Athens, Greece
49. Kerala defeated which team in Santhosh trophy final 2001
Ans : Goa
50. Merdeka Cup is associated with
Ans : Football
Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who won his fifth French Open title on Sunday.
Making his name
* Born in Manacor, Majorca, June
3, 1986.
* His uncle Miguel Angel Nadal enjoyed a long and
successful career as a professional footballer, notably for Barcelona
and Spain.
* The naturally right-handed Nadal switched to being a
left-handed player after his coach and mentor Toni Nadal noted it would
give him a huge advantage on court.
* Turned professional in 2001.
Seven
Grand Slam titles
* French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2010; Wimbledon 2008; Australian Open 2009.
* Became first man
since Swede Mats Wilander in 1982 to win the French Open title on debut
with a four-set victory over Argentine Mariano Puerta in June 2005.
*
A year later won his second successive French Open title with victory
over Roger Federer in the final.
* In 2007, became first man since
Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win hat-trick of French Open titles.
* The
following year matched Borg record of four successive French Open titles
(1978 to 1981) to make it 28 wins from 28 at Roland Garros.
*
Later in 2008 beat then world number one and defending champion Federer
to win his first Wimbledon title. The final is widely considered by
pundits as the greatest tennis match of all time. Nadal became the first
Spanish man to triumph at the grasscourt major since Manuel Santana in
1966.
* In 2009 beat Federer in the final in Melbourne to become
the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open in another classic
five-set showdown.
* Was beaten in the French Open for the first
time when he lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009. It was
his first defeat after winning 31 successive matches at Roland Garros.
*
Became only the second man after Bjorn Borg to win five French Open
titles when he regained his Roland Garros crown in 2010 by beating
Soderling in the final.
* His fifth French Open title came without
the loss of a set and saw him become the first man to complete the
"clay slam", winning the big four clay tournaments in the same season.
Other
milestones
* Won his first ATP title in Sopot, Poland in
August 2004. Later that year beat Andy Roddick to help Spain overcome
the United States in Davis Cup final.
* Lost to Russian Igor
Andreev in the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open in April 2005 but
from then on won a record 81 consecutive matches on clay before the
streak came to an end in Hamburg in May 2007 at the hands of Federer.
*
Ended Federer's 4-12 year reign as world number one in August 2008.
*
Won gold medal in men's singles at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Injury
woes
* Has troubles with his knees, suffering from
tendinitis. Was forced to pull out of the Queen's Club grasscourt
tournament in London in 2009 and was the first man not to defend his
Wimbledon title since Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic skipped the grasscourt
grand slam in 2002.
* The same knee injury forced him to withdraw
from the 2010 Australian Open during his quarter-final match with
Britain's Andy Murray.