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Question : 6 [SSC Constable 2015]

Name the first Indian to be banned for using anabolic steroid in Olympic games :

a) T. Sanmancha Chanu

b) Aswini Akunji

c) Sumitha Laha

d) Pratima Kumari

Answer: (b)

Six Indian women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were given one-year suspensions after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids in December 2011.

India’s 400-metre runners Akkunji, Jauna Murmu, Mandeep Kaur, Priyanka Panwar, Sini Jose and Tiana Mary Thomas had tested positive for methandienone.;

Question : 7 [SSC SO 2005]

When were the Commonwealth Games organised for the first time?

a) 1934

b) 1938

c) 1930

d) 1948

Answer: (c)

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years, apart from the 1950 British Empire Games, which took place after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games.

The first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.

Question : 8 [Gujarat PSC (Pre) 2017]

Tripping is associated with

a) Cricket

b) Snooker

c) Football

d) Lawn Tennis

Answer: (c)

Question : 9 [SSC CGL 2016]

Neeraj Chopra is associated with which sports?

a) Javelin Throw

b) Cricket

c) Wrestling

d) Kabaddi

Answer: (a)

Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. He is the second Indian after Anju Bobby George to win a World Championship-level gold medal in athletics.

He achieved this in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He also won the gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.

Question : 10 [MPPCS (Pre) 2005]

The Olympic Museum was opened at which of the following places?

a) Lausanne

b) Istanbul

c) Rome

d) Athens

Answer: (a)

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