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Questions : Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the year 2009 ?

(a) Geet Sethi

(b) Devendra Joshi

(c) Dhruv Sitawala

(d) Pankaj Advani

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Pankaj Advani won the National Billiards Championship by scoring a stunning 5-4 victory over Geet Sethi in a nerve-wracking final. Trailing 2-3 at one stage, a resilient Advani came back well to claim his third consecutive national title.

Advani defeated Sethi 42-150, 154-27, 0-152, 152-0, 11-150, 91-150, 150- 15, 150-63, 151-12 in the best of 9 games final in a two-hour-long encounter.

He also won the World Professional Billiards title (WPBSA) held at Leeds in 2009, registering a comprehensive win against the defending and nine-time champion Mike Russell.;

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Question : 1

‘Subroto Cup’ is associated with

a) Chess

b) Football

c) Cricket

d) Badminton

Answer: (b)

Subroto Cup Football Tournament is an interschool football tournament in India, named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. Subroto Cup is conducted by the Indian Air Force, with support from India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

Question : 2

Which among the following countries is to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games ?

a) Malaysia

b) China

c) Japan

d) India

Answer: (d)

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.

A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982.

The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998.

The official mascot of the Games was Shera and the official song of the Games, “Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto”, was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman.;

Question : 3

Wankhede Stadium is situated in

a) Lucknow

b) Bangalore

c) Delhi

d) Mumbai

Answer: (d)

Wankhede stadium is in Mumbai. It is in this stadium that India had won the World cup cricket in 2011 against Sri Lanka.

Question : 4

Consider the following statements.

  1. ‘The 1st Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics was K D Jadhav.
  2. Kunjarani Devi is associated with Weight lifting.
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 : 5

Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian woman to have qualified for Rio Olympic Games in which sport?

a) Badminton

b) Boxing

c) Gymnastics

d) Archery

Answer: (c)

Dipa Karmakar is an artistic gymnast who represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

She is the first Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics, and the first Indian gymnast to do so in 52 years. She attained 4th position in the Women’s Vault Gymnastics event of Rio Olympics 2016.;

Question : 6

Match the following. 

List I List II
A. Grand Slam 1. Chess
B. Grand Prix 2. Polo
C. Grand Master 3. Bridge
  4. International race
Codes: A B C

a) 3 4 1

b) 1 2 3

c) 2 4 3

d) 4 2 1

Answer: (a)

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