Ans: Floyd Mayweather
2. Where did India play its first ever international test
cricket, in 1932?
Ans: Lords
F G K
Nayudu captained India in this test.
3. Who is the first President of the International Olympic Committee?
Ans: Demetrius Vikelas.
4. In which year was the first Asian Games held?
Ans: 1951
5. Who holds the record for the most number of wickets in
the Cricket World Cup?
Ans: Glenn McGrath (Australia)
F He has
taken 71 wickets.
F Sachin
Tendulkar holds the record for the most number of runs in World Cup Cricket
(2278 runs)
6. Jordan Spieth is currently ranked world No. 1 in the
men's category of which sports?
Ans: Golf
7. In which year was the first Women's World Cup Cricket
held?
Ans: 1973 (London)
F The
first ever Men's Cricket World Cup was held only two years later (1975)
8. How many members are there in a basketball team?
Ans: Five
9. The terms Condor, Albatross, Eagle, Birdie, Bogey etc are
associated with which sports?
Ans: Golf
10. Which stadium in Cuttack is the venue of international
cricket matches?
Ans: Barabati Stadium
11. The highest ever partnership for India was the 413 run
first wicket partnership between which two batsmen?
Ans: Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy (against New Zealand,
1956)
12. Which continents (other than Antarctica) have not hosted
Olympic Games so far?
Ans: South America and Africa
F The
2016 Rio Olympic Games will be the first Olympics for a South American country.
13. ‘Pugilism' is a term which denotes which game?
Ans: Boxing
14. Valerie Adams, the four time world champion in shot put,
is from which country?
Ans: New Zealand
15. Who won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup held recently?
Ans: Nigeria.
F They
beat Mali 2-0
16. Which international cricket reference book is popularly
called 'The Bible of Cricket'?
Ans: Wisden Cricketer's Almanack
17. Which game was invented by James Naismith in 1891?
Ans: Basketball
18. How many Associate Nations are there at present in the
International Cricket Council?
Ans: Ten
19. Name the two Indian players who won the All England
Badminton championship.
Ans: Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001)
20. Women's boxing was introduced for the first time in
which Olympics?
Ans: 2012 London Olympics
21. Who won the 2015 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
Ans: Sania Mirza
22. In which city is Brabourne Stadium located?
Ans: Mumbai
23. What does PGA, a term used in golf, stand for?
Ans: Professional Golfers Association
24. Where is the headquarters of the International Olympic
Committee located?
Ans: Lausanne, Switzerland
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