Sports Based Questions

1. Name the team from Delhi which plays in the Hockey India League.

Ans: Delhi Waveriders.

  F The other teams in the League are Dabang Mumbai, Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Kalinga Lancers, Ranchi Rays and Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

2. In which Olympics did India win the first gold medal in hockey?

Ans: 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

F Jaipal Singh was the team captain India has so far won eight Olympic hockey gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980).

F In 1975, India won the Hockey World Cup under the captaincy of Ajit Pal Singh.  

3. Anil Kumble, India's highest wicket taker, has taken how many wickets in test cricket?

Ans: 619.

F He is the world's third highest wicket taker in test cricket, after the Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708) Australia.

4. Which Olympic sport is a combination of fencing, swimming, horse riding, running and shooting?

Ans: Modern Pentathlon.

F It is different from the Ancient Olympic Pentathlon, where the events included long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, stadion(a short foot race) and wrestling.

5. Where will the 2018 Men's World Cup Hockey tournament held?

Ans: Bhubaneswar

F The 2018 Women's World Cup will be held in London.

6. Which is the last women's singles player to complete a grand slam (winning all the grand slam titles in the same calendar year)?

Ans: Steffi Graph (1988)

F Other women's singles players to complete the Grand Slam: Maureen Connolly (1953) and Margaret Court (1970)

F Men's Singles players to finish Grand Slam: Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962 and 1969).

7. Which internationally renowned Jamaican athlete was the first in the world to achieve a 'double double' by winning 100 m and 200 m titles at two consecutive Olympics?

Ans: Usain Bolt (2008 and 2012 Olympics)

8. Who are the current champions of the Men's Hockey World Cup?

Ans: Australia

F The Netherlands are the women's world cup winners.

9. Britain defeated which country to clinch the 2015 Davis Cup Tennis tournament?

Ans: Belgium

10. The first edition of which tournament, held in 1888 in India, was won by the Royal Scots Fusiliers?

Ans: Durand Cup

11. Which Indian is presently an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee?

Ans: Randhir Singh  

12. Who is the current captain of India's women's cricket team?

Ans: Mithali Raj

13. What is the award given by the government of India to institutions which encourage sports in the country?

Ans: Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Puraskar.

14. Where was the first Youth Olympic Games held?

Ans: Singapore (2010)

F The first Winter Youth Olympics was held in Innsbruck, Austria (2012)

15. Which Indian domestic cricket tournament is a limited overs cricket played between Ranji Trophy teams?

Ans: Vijay Hazare Trophy.