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1. What does the Olympic Flame symbolize?

(A) zeal to play sports
(B) Challenge
(C) Continuity
(D) Integrity

Correct Answer: (C) Continuity

2. Sandy storm” is the autobiography of which among the following veteran cricketers?

(A) Dilip Vengsarkar
(B) Mohinder Amarnath
(C) Sandeep Patil
(D) Roger Binny

Correct Answer: (C) Sandeep Patil

3. India played its first one day international with which country and in which year?

(A) England 1975
(B) Australia 1976
(C) New Zealand 1975
(D) England 1978

Correct Answer: (A) England 1975

4. In which among the following years, the Modern Olympic Games were held for the first time?

(A) 1889
(B) 1896
(C) 1876
(D) 1898

Correct Answer: (B) 1896

5. What is the approximate maximum weight of Golf Ball as per Rules of Golf?

(A) 20 gms
(B) 25 gms
(C) 40 gms
(D) 45 gms

Correct Answer: (D) 45 gms

6. Who among the following is the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over?

(A) Garfield Sobers
(B) Ravi Shastri
(C) Ted Alletson.
(D) Kapil Dev

Correct Answer: (A) Garfield Sobers

7. Which among the following tournament is also known as World Team Championships for Women?

(A) Thomas Cup
(B) Uber cup
(C) Helvetia Cup
(D) Spanish Open Badminton

Correct Answer: (B) Uber cup

8. Which among the following games was previously known as Mintonette?

(A) football
(B) baseball
(C) volleyball
(D) handball

Correct Answer: (C) volleyball

9. In which year Mission Olympics in Army program was launched?

(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 2001
(D) 2002

Correct Answer: (C) 2001

10. Kazakhstan is a part of which of the following continental confederations recognized by FIFA?

(A) Asian Football Confederation
(B) Confederation Africaine de Football
(C) Union of European Football Associations
(D) None of them

Correct Answer: (C) Union of European Football Associations

11. Which among the following is played on a synthetic hard court?

(A) French Open
(B) Wimbledon
(C) US open
(D) Australia open

Correct Answer: (D) Australia open

12. Who has designed the trophy of the FIFA Women’s World Cup?

(A) William Sawaya
(B) Formiga
(C) Marta
(D) Sun Wen

Correct Answer: (A) William Sawaya

13. Who among the following have contributed to the Olympic theme music?

(A) Mark Watters
(B) John Williams
(C) Henry Mancini
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

14. Who won the World Championships in Athletics held at London 2017 in Men’s Discus Throw?

(A) Andrius Gudzius
(B) Daniel Stahl
(C) Mason Finley
(D) Philip Milanov

Correct Answer: (A) Andrius Gudzius

15. Which of the following is awarded to individuals for promoting education, culture, development and peace through sport?

(A) Olympic Cup
(B) Olympic Laurel
(C) Olympic Town
(D) Olympic Order

Correct Answer: (B) Olympic Laurel

16. Who was the first international player to use a Kookaburra released carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer support bat?

(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Chris Gayle
(D) Ricky Ponting

Correct Answer: (D) Ricky Ponting

17. Who among the following does not have the record of playing the most World Cups?

(A) Franz Beckenbauer
(B) Antonio Carbajal
(C) Rafael Marquez
(D) Lothar Matthaus

Correct Answer: (A) Franz Beckenbauer

18. Who is the only Indian Badminton player to have won at least one medal in every BWF event- Olympics, the BWF World Championships and the BWF World Junior Championships.?

(A) PV Sindhu
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Rituparna Das
(D) Tanvi Lad

Correct Answer: (B) Saina Nehwal

19. Which Indian player has recorded the maximum number of wins in Davis Cup?

(A) Mahesh Bhupathi
(B) Leander Paes
(C) Sumit Nagal
(D) Rohan Bopanna

Correct Answer: (B) Leander Paes

20. Who among the following players is considered the greatest hockey player in the history of Hockey and was also offered a senior position in the German Army by Adolf Hitler?

(A) Dhyan Chand
(B) Lal Shah Bokhari
(C) Kishan Lal
(D) Jaipal Singh Munda

Correct Answer: (A) Dhyan Chand

21. Which country has been the most successful at the BWF World Championships ever since its inception in 1977?

(A) Indonesia
(B) Malaysia
(C) China
(D) Denmark

Correct Answer: (C) China

22. When was Thomas Cup founded?

(A) 1926
(B) 1938
(C) 1949
(D) 1957

Correct Answer: (C) 1949

23. Which is the highest governing body of Tennis globally?

(A) Tennis Association of the World
(B) Global Tennis Organisation
(C) International Tennis Federation
(D) International Tennis Association

Correct Answer: (C) International Tennis Federation

24. When was the Olympic mascot used majorly?

(A) 1956
(B) 1964
(C) 1976
(D) 1980

Correct Answer: (D) 1980

25. What is the minimum age required for professional circuit tournaments?

(A) 18
(B) 16
(C) 14
(D) 20

Correct Answer: (C) 14

26. With which event in swimming is Shikha Tandon more famously associated?

(A) 50m freestyle
(B) 50m backstroke
(C) Freestyle relay
(D) Medley relay

Correct Answer: (A) 50m freestyle

27. In International cricket, the game is adjudicated by how many umpires?

(A) Two umpires, aided by a third umpire and a match referee
(B) One umpire, aided by a match referee and a third umpire
(C) Two umpires aided by a match referee
(D) Two umpires, aided by a match referee

Correct Answer: (A) Two umpires, aided by a third umpire and a match referee

28. Where was the first 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup held?

(A) United States
(B) Russia
(C) Australia
(D) England

Correct Answer: (C) Australia

29. How many teams participated in the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup?

(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 20

Correct Answer: (C) 16

30. How many full-members are there in the GAISF?

(A) 105
(B) 92
(C) 145
(D) 123

Correct Answer: (B) 92

31. Who had introduced the Olympic Flame?

(A) Joseph Goebbels
(B) Carl Diem
(C) Jan Wils
(D) Hera

Correct Answer: (C) Jan Wils

32. Who bagged the title of the 2018 Women’s World Chess Champion?

(A) Ju Wenjun
(B) Kateryna Lagno
(C) Hou Yifan
(D) Anna Ushenina

Correct Answer: (A) Ju Wenjun 

33. Which federation is the recent most admission in the International World Games Association?

(A) International Aikido Federation
(B) International Federation Muaythai Amateur
(C) World Confederation of Billiards Sports
(D) International Casting Sport Federation

Correct Answer: (B) International Federation Muaythai Amateur

34. Till which year were the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships held?

(A) 2008
(B) 2006
(C) 2010
(D) 2012

Correct Answer: (C) 2010

35. How many women athletes have won at least six medals in the World Championships in Athletics?

(A) Allyson Felix
(B) Merlene Ottey
(C) Veronica Brown
(D) All of the above.

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above.

36. Where were the Commonwealth Games first held?

(A) Hamilton
(B) Bath
(C) Ayer
(D) Manchester

Correct Answer: (A) Hamilton

37. What was the name of the Commonwealth Games starting from 1930 to 1950?

(A) British Commonwealth Games
(B) British Empire and Commonwealth Games
(C) British Empire Games
(D) Commonwealth Games

Correct Answer: (C) British Empire Games

38. Which has been the most successful team in the Women’s Hockey World Cup?

(A) Netherlands
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Australia

Correct Answer: (A) Netherlands

39. Who was the first President of GAISF?

(A) Thomas Keller
(B) Patrick Baumann
(C) W Berge Phillips
(D) Marius Vizer

Correct Answer: (C) W Berge Phillips

40. With which sport are Aditi Dhumatkar, Kataria Shivani, Annie Jain associated?

(A) Swimming
(B) Wrestling
(C) Boxing
(D) Hockey

Correct Answer: (A) Swimming

41. When was the International Hockey Federation founded?

(A) 1924
(B) 1965
(C) 1934
(D) 1955

Correct Answer: (A) 1924

42. With which sport are the following people associated with- Maana Patel, Saloni Dalal, Richa Mishra?

(A) Boxing
(B) Swimming
(C) Shooting
(D) Basketball

Correct Answer: (B) Swimming

43. When was the Sudirman Cup founded?

(A) 1973
(B) 1989
(C) 1995
(D) 1970

Correct Answer: (B) 1989

44. When was the World Cup for the first time held outside England?

(A) 1979
(B) 1990
(C) 1987
(D) 1994

Correct Answer: (C) 1987

45. Which of the following is not a part of the four main constituents of the Olympic movement?

(A) International Olympic Committee
(B) National Olympic Committees
(C) Organising Committees for the Olympic Games
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (D) None of the above

46. Which is the International governing body for the sport of Amateur Wrestling?

(A) International Wrestling Federation
(B) United World Wrestling
(C) World Amateur Wrestling Federation
(D) Wrestling Organization of the World

Correct Answer: (B) United World Wrestling

47. Who was the Captain of the India Women’s National Hockey team in 2002 Commonwealth games in which it had scored a Gold Medal?

(A) Rani Rampal
(B) Suraj Lata Devi
(C) Vandana Katariya
(D) Nikki Pradhan

Correct Answer: (B) Suraj Lata Devi

48. Who among the following were inducted in the 2014 ceremony of induction to the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame?

(A) Lucia Rijker
(B) Laila Ali
(C) Terri Moss
(D) Sparkle Lee

Correct Answer: (A) Lucia Rijker

49. Under which captain did the India Women’s National Hockey team win 3 consecutive gold medals in 3 years in different events?

(A) Rani Rampal
(B) Suraj Lata Devi
(C) Varsha Soni
(D) Madhu Yadav

Correct Answer: (B) Suraj Lata Devi

50. In which of the following languages is the magazine SwimSwam not published?

(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) Spanish
(D) None

Correct Answer: (D) None

51. Who won the Gold Medal in the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in men’s event?

(A) Leonard Barsoton
(B) Abadi Hadis
(C) Muktar Edris
(D) Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor

Correct Answer: (D) Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor

52. With which sport are the following people associated with- Maana Patel, Saloni Dalal, Richa Mishra?

(A) Boxing
(B) Swimming
(C) Shooting
(D) Basketball

Correct Answer: (B) Swimming

53. Who was the Captain of the Indian Men’s National hockey team in 1928 when it had won its first gold medal at the Amsterdam Olympics?

(A) Lal Shah Bokhari
(B) Jaipal Singh Munda
(C) Dhyan Chand
(D) Kishan Lal

Correct Answer: (B) Jaipal Singh Munda

54. Who is the first Indian triathlete to compete in Ultraman?

(A) Madhurjya Borah
(B) Anu Vaidyanathan
(C) Neeraj Chopra
(D) Arunaabh Shah

Correct Answer: (D) Arunaabh Shah

55. What is the total number of sports included in the Commonwealth Games?

(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23

Correct Answer: (C) 22

56. When did the Indian National Field Hockey team win its first Olympic Gold?

(A) 1985
(B) 1928
(C) 1946
(D) 1956

Correct Answer: (B) 1928

57. When was Indian Open championships abolished?

(A) 1990
(B) 1986
(C) 1982
(D) 1976

Correct Answer: (C) 1982

58. Who was the Captain of India Men’s Hockey team in Rio Olympics 2016?

(A) Dilip Tirkey
(B) Ramandeep Singh
(C) P.R. Sreejesh
(D) Pargat Singh

Correct Answer: (C) P.R. Sreejesh

59. Which national cycling sports organization was not among the founding members of the International Cycling Union?

(A) Switzerland
(B) France
(C) Belgium
(D) Spain

Correct Answer: (D) Spain

60. How many nations had participated in the inaugural games of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships which were held in Belgium?

(A) 65
(B) 21
(C) 96
(D) 105

Correct Answer: (B) 21

61. Who is the captain of the Indian Men’s Cricket team?

(A) MS Dhoni
(B) Shikhar Dhawan
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) Virat Kohli

Correct Answer: (D) Virat Kohli

62. How many aquatic sports are taken care of by the FINA?

(A) 5
(B) 8
(C) 6
(D) 7

Correct Answer: (C) 6

63. Which is the International governing body for the sport of Amateur Wrestling?

(A) International Wrestling Federation
(B) United World Wrestling
(C) World Amateur Wrestling Federation
(D) Wrestling Organization of the World

Correct Answer: (B) United World Wrestling

64. Which men’s tennis singles player held the World No. 1 position for the maximum number of weeks?

(A) Rafael Nadal
(B) Jimmy Connors
(C) Novak Djokovic
(D) Roger Federer

Correct Answer: (D) Roger Federer

65. When were the first Summer Olympics held?

(A) 1904
(B) 1901
(C) 1896
(D) 1899

Correct Answer: (C) 1896

66. Who was the Best Young Player in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

(A) Carli Lloyd
(B) Kadeisha Buchanan
(C) Celia Sasic
(D) Hope Solo

Correct Answer: (B) Kadeisha Buchanan

67. Which player is given the Golden Glove Award?

(A) Best player
(B) Best Goal-keeper
(C) Top Goal-scorer
(D) Player aged 21 or younger

Correct Answer: (B) Best Goal-keeper

68. In which boxing championship is the boxers required to compete with each other bare-chested and without protective headgear?

(A) AIBA World Boxing championships
(B) AIBA World Series of Boxing
(C) Olympics
(D) Boxing World Cup

Correct Answer: (B) AIBA World Series of Boxing

69. When was the Queen’s Baton Relay introduced in the Commonwealth Games?

(A) 1934
(B) 1938
(C) 1958
(D) 1954

Correct Answer: (C) 1958

70. Who are the Mixed Doubles World No. 1 player pair as per the BWF World Rankings?

(A) Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqlong
(B) Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping
(C) Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino
(D) Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir

Correct Answer: (A) Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqlong

71. Which team has the maximum number of titles in EPL?

(A) Arsenal
(B) Manchester United
(C) Chelsea
(D) Blackburn Rovers

Correct Answer: (B) Manchester United

72. Who is the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal during the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea?

(A) Mary Kom
(B) Kavita Chahal
(C) Pinki Jangra
(D) Nicola Adams

Correct Answer: (A) Mary Kom

73. Who won the Gold Medal in Pole Vaulting in the men’s category in the 2016 Rio Olympics?

(A) Sam Kendricks
(B) Renaud Lavillenie
(C) Thiago Braz da Silva
(D) Raphael Holzdeppe

Correct Answer: (C) Thiago Braz da Silva

74. Where was the last Short Course Worlds Swimming championship held in 2017?

(A) Canada
(B) USA
(C) England
(D) Greece

Correct Answer: (A) Canada

75. Who had founded the Commonwealth Games?

(A) Melville Marks Robinson
(B) John Cooper
(C) Pierre de Coubertin
(D) Roger Bannister

Correct Answer: (A) Melville Marks Robinson

76. Who was the first President of the Commonwealth Games Federation?

(A) Arthur Porritt
(B) Alexander Ross
(C) James Leigh-Wood
(D) Peter Heatly

Correct Answer: (C) James Leigh-Wood

77. Which team won the first FIFA Women’s World Cup?

(A) United States
(B) Sweden
(C) Norway
(D) Brazil

Correct Answer: (C) Norway

78. Who was the first President of the International Olympic Committee?

(A) Henry Kissinger
(B) Jacques Rogge
(C) Pierre de Coubertin
(D) Demetrios Vikelas

Correct Answer: (D) Demetrios Vikelas

79. How many states have ratified that UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport by 2018?

(A) 120
(B) 187
(C) 164
(D) 195

Correct Answer: (B) 187

80. Who was the first President of UEFA?

(A) Henri Delaunay
(B) Ebbe Schwartz
(C) Alexander Ceferin
(D) Karl-Erik Nilsson

Correct Answer: (B) Ebbe Schwartz

81. When was the first global torch relay undertaken?

(A) 1996
(B) 1978
(C) 2000
(D) 2004

Correct Answer: (D) 2004

82. Who was the first Asian to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship in the US?

(A) Dara Singh
(B) Gulam Mohammad
(C) Jatindra Charan Goho
(D) KD Jadhav

Correct Answer: (C) Jatindra Charan Goho

83. Who was the first President of FIFA?

(A) Sepp Blatter
(B) Robert Guerin
(C) Daniel Woolfall
(D) Carl Hirschmann

Correct Answer: (B) Robert Guerin

84. Who is the President of the Badminton World Federation?

(A) John McCallum
(B) David Bloomer
(C) Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen
(D) Stellan Mohin

Correct Answer: (C) Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen

85. Who is the top goal-scorer of the English Premier League?

(A) Gareth Barry
(B) Lionel Messi
(C) Alan Shearer
(D) Michael Owens

Correct Answer: (C) Alan Shearer

86. How many International Sports federations have been recognized by the IOC?

(A) 56
(B) 69
(C) 73
(D) 35

Correct Answer: (C) 73

87. What is the nickname of India Women’s National Hockey Team?

(A) Shakti
(B) Durga
(C) Nabhvarna
(D) Nari

Correct Answer: (C) Nabhvarna

88. Who had won the 2018 UCI Asia Tour circuit?

(A) Alexey Lutsenko
(B) Benjamin Prades
(C) Mark Cavendish
(D) Andrey Mizurov

Correct Answer: (A) Alexey Lutsenko

89. Who is the current CEO of the International Hockey Federation?

(A) Narinder Batra
(B) Thierry Weil
(C) Rene Fasel
(D) Mohammad Mushtaq Ahmed

Correct Answer: (B) Thierry Weil

90. Who is the President of the Women’s Tennis Association?

(A) Steve Simon
(B) Mickey Lawler
(C) Billie Jean King
(D) Judy Dalton

Correct Answer: (B) Mickey Lawler

91. Which is the most successful Men’s Hockey team at the Olympics?

(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Pakistan
(D) Germany

Correct Answer: (B) India

92. Which is the International shooting sports governing body in the Olympics?

(A) International Shooting Sport Federation
(B) Shooting Association of the World
(C) World Shooting Council
(D) Global Shooting Association

Correct Answer: (A) International Shooting Sport Federation

93. Who among the following was not a part of the Indian team in the 4X100m relay event at the 2018 Asian Games?

(A) Aaron D’Souza
(B) Anshul Kothari
(C) Sandeep Sejwal
(D) Sajan Prakash

Correct Answer: (C) Sandeep Sejwal

94. Where are the headquarters of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federation?

(A) USA
(B) Australia
(C) England
(D) Switzerland

Correct Answer: (D) Switzerland

95. When did the wheelchair circuit begin in Tennis?

(A) 1985
(B) 1980
(C) 1996
(D) 1992

Correct Answer: (B) 1980

96. How many states are members of the Badminton Association of India?

(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 28
(D) 22

Correct Answer: (C) 28

97. Where are the headquarters of UWW based?

(A) London
(B) New York
(C) Lausanne
(D) Brisbane

Correct Answer: (C) Lausanne

98. When was the Queen’s Baton Relay first presented at the Commonwealth Youth Games?

(A) 2010
(B) 2017
(C) 2006
(D) 2004

Correct Answer: (B) 2017

99. Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. Which sport does he represent?

(A) Shot put
(B) Javelin Throw
(C) Long jump
(D) High jump

Correct Answer: (B) Javelin Throw

100. Who is the current President of the Commonwealth Games Federation?

(A) Bruce Robertson
(B) Gideon Sam
(C) Louise Martin
(D) Chris Jenkins

Correct Answer: (C) Louise Martin