sports & games MCQ section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis beat Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic to win 2015 Australian Open mixed doubles title.

Answer: (b)

At the 20th Asian Athletics Championship, held in Pune in July 2013, women’s 400m runner M.R Poovamma claimed silver medal with a run of 53.37 seconds. Yanmin Zhao of China won the Gold Medal.;

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Indian environment activist Ramesh Agarwal has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize that honours heroic grassroot environmentalists around the world for their achievements. He has been honoured for his contribution to control the unchecked industrial development throughout India.

Answer: (c)

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1904, FIFA is responsible for the organisation of football’s major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930.;

Answer: (d)

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle shooting event; Sushil Kumar won the wrestling Bronze medal for India in the Men’s freestyle 66 kg and Vijender Kumar won a bronze medal in the Middleweight 75 kg boxing category.

Note: In the 2016 Paralympics Games Mariyappan Thangavelu (Gold) and Varun Singh Bhati (bronze) secured India two medals in the high jump category (T-42 event).

A historic silver medal ensured Deepa Malik scripted history; she won second place in the women’s shotputs (F53 event). Devendra Jhajhariya, India’s sole gold medalist at the Paralympics prior to 2016 Jhajhariya went on to break his own world record and made the javelin gold medal his own.