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Indian Sports GK Quiz: 10 Questions with Answers

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Beyond cricket, India has champions in chess, kabaddi, badminton and athletics. Test your sports GK.

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1What is India's highest sports award?

  1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
  2. Arjuna Award
  3. Dronacharya Award
  4. Padma Shri
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Answer: A. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna. The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, renamed in 2021, is India's highest sporting honour.

2The Dronacharya Award is given to:

  1. Sports journalists
  2. Umpires
  3. Players
  4. Coaches
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Answer: D. Coaches. The Dronacharya Award honours outstanding sports coaches.

3Who became India's first chess grandmaster in 1988?

  1. Viswanathan Anand
  2. Koneru Humpy
  3. Pentala Harikrishna
  4. D. Gukesh
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Answer: A. Viswanathan Anand. Viswanathan Anand became India's first grandmaster and later a five-time world champion.

4D. Gukesh made history in 2024 by becoming:

  1. A cricket captain
  2. An Olympic champion
  3. The youngest undisputed world chess champion
  4. India's first grandmaster
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Answer: C. The youngest undisputed world chess champion. Gukesh won the world title at 18, beating Ding Liren in Singapore.

5How many players from each team are on the court in a kabaddi match?

  1. 7
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 9
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Answer: A. 7. Each kabaddi team has 7 players on court.

6India won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 2022. Which sport is it?

  1. Table tennis
  2. Badminton
  3. Hockey
  4. Tennis
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Answer: B. Badminton. The Thomas Cup is the men's world team badminton championship.

7Milkha Singh was popularly known as:

  1. The Wizard
  2. The Flying Sikh
  3. The Payyoli Express
  4. The Wall
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Answer: B. The Flying Sikh. Milkha Singh, the sprinter, was called the Flying Sikh.

8P. T. Usha is known as:

  1. The Golden Girl and Payyoli Express
  2. The Iron Lady
  3. The Queen of Chess
  4. The Flying Sikh
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Answer: A. The Golden Girl and Payyoli Express. Usha, from Payyoli in Kerala, was called the Payyoli Express. She finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Olympics.

9Major Dhyan Chand, called "The Wizard", played which sport?

  1. Hockey
  2. Football
  3. Wrestling
  4. Cricket
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Answer: A. Hockey. Dhyan Chand won Olympic hockey gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936.

10The Ranji Trophy is India's main domestic competition in:

  1. First-class cricket
  2. Kabaddi
  3. Hockey
  4. Football
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Answer: A. First-class cricket. The Ranji Trophy is the national first-class cricket championship between state teams.
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