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Questions : Which sports person is nick named Dennis the Menace ?

(a) Pete Samprass

(b) Jim Courier

(c) John McNroe

(d) Andre Agassi

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Answer: (a)

Basketball player Dennis Rodman was nicknamed ‘Dennis the Menace.’ He was nicknamed “The Worm” and was known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. Pete Sampras was sometimes called a menace to the game because he was boring and too dominating.

He won a record 14 Grand Slam single titles and had seven Wimbledon and five U.S. open wins in a storied 15-year career.;

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Question : 1

Who was the Captain of the West Indies team that was defeated by the Indian Cricket team in 1983 to win the Prudential World Cup ?

a) Richie Richardson

b) Clive Lloyd

c) Malcolm Marshall

d) Viv Richards

Answer: (b)

Clive Lloyd captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985. He captained the West Indies in three World Cups. They won the 1975 final (Lloyd scoring his own century) and the 1979 final. They were very strong favourites for the 1983 final but lost to India.;

Question : 2

Which of the following is called a ‘Grand Slam’?

a) Taking 100 wickets and scoring 1000 runs in cricket

b) Winning the Wimbeldon singles title successively for 2 years

c) Winning the highest number of medals in the Olympic Games

d) Winning all thirteen tricks of a deal at one time in the card game of Bridge

Answer: (d)

Question : 3

The finalist of the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 were

a) D.P.R.K. and Tajakistan

b) India and Tajakistan

c) Myanmar and D.P.R.K.

d) India and Myanmar

Answer: (b)

The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was hosted by India and played from July 30 to August 13, 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India won the match 4-1.

India was also the winner of the fair play award and the India captain Baichung Bhutia won the most valuable player award.;

Question : 4

Who amongst the following Wrestlers has been the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

a) Anand Kumar Singh

b) Sushil Kumar

c) Zoravar Singh Faujdar

d) Vijender Singh

Answer: (b)

Sushil Kumar, an Indian freestyle wrestler, received the 2009 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – India’s highest honour for sportspersons, in July 2009 along with boxers Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom.

He won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements.

  1. ‘Usain Bolt, The 100-metre race world record holder is from Jamaica.
  2. Narain Karthikenyan is the sportsman in the field of Formula One Car Racing.
Which of the above is/are true?

a) Both 1 and 2

b) None of these

c) 2 only

d) 1 only

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

The first Indian woman to get an Olympic medal is

a) Ashwini Nachappa

b) Karnam Malleswari

c) Usha Sachdev

d) P.T. Usha

Answer: (b)

Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney lifting 110 kg in the Snatch and 130 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 240 kg, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

In 1992 she participated in the Asian championship which took place in Thailand and won three silver medals. She also won three bronze medals in the world championship.;

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