Sports Personalities MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Sports Personalities - Download Free PDF

The Correct answer is Weightlifter.

Key Points

• Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter.
• He hails from Aizawl, Mizoram.
• He gained recognition by winning a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
• Jeremy competes in the 67 kg weight category.
• He has also set several national records in weightlifting.
• His achievements have made him a prominent figure in Indian weightlifting.

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• Boxing
  • Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment, such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
  • Notable Indian boxers include Mary Kom and Vijender Singh.
• Shooting
  • Shooting is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns.
  • Prominent Indian shooters include Abhinav Bindra and Manu Bhaker.
• Wrestling
  • Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds.
  • Famous Indian wrestlers include Sushil Kumar and Bajrang Punia.

The correct answer is Shooting.In News 

• Tilottama Sen won a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup Cairo in Egypt on 22 February 2023.
  • She won the second bronze for India.
• Great Britain’s Seonaid Mcintosh won gold and Switzerland’s Olympic Champion Nina Christen came second to win silver.

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The correct answer is Manipur.

• The Indian boxing champion Mary Kom belongs to Manipur.

Key Points

• Mary Kom:
  • Mary Kom was born in Kagathei village, Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in India.
  • Mary Kom won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India and a fourth successive gold medal at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in China.
  • Mary Kom also won a gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam.

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Mary Kom awards are:

The correct answer is Agra.

Key Points

• Deepak Lokendrasingh Chahar (born 7 August 1992) is from Agra district.
• He is a right-hand medium-pace bowler and lower-order batsman, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
• He became the first Indian male cricketer to take a hat-trick in a Twenty20 International.  
• In January 2020, Chahar was awarded the T20I Performance of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC), after taking six wickets for seven runs against Bangladesh.

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Some other important cricketers from Uttar Pradesh with their debut year:

• Rudra Pratap Singh (2006)
• Piyush Chawla (2006)
• Suresh Raina (2010)
• Praveen Kumar (2007)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2013)
• Kuldeep Yadav (2017) 

The correct answer is Javelin.

Key Points

• Annu Rani (born 28 August 1992) is an Indian javelin thrower from Bahadurpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• She holds the Indian national record in the javelin throw.
• She set the new national record in 2021 with a throw of 64.23 metres.
• She is the first Indian woman Javelin thrower to go beyond 60 meters and also reach the finals of the World Athletics Championships. 

Additional Information

• The official mascot of Summer Olympics 2020 is MIRAITOWA.
• The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be held from 23 July until 8 August 2021.
• The 3rd Asian Youth Games will be held in Shantou, Guangdong, China in 2021.

The correct answer is Vinesh Phogat.

Important Points

• She became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for the Laureus world sports Awards.
• The Laureus World Sports Award
  • It is an annual award ceremony honoring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year.
  • Established in 1999.
• Vinesh Phogat
  • She is an Indian woman wrestler.
  • The first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in Commonwealth and Asian games.

The correct answer is K D Jadhav.

Key Points

• K D Jadhav was an Indian wrestler.
  • He won a bronze medal in the Summer Olympics in 1952.
  • He was awarded the Arjuna Award posthumously in 2001.
• Milkha Singh is an Indian athlete.
  • He is known as 'The Flying Sikh'.
  • He won four Gold medals in Asian games.
• Karnam Malleshwari is an Indian weightlifter.
  • She was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
  • She was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
• P.T Usha is one the most successful athlete , also known as 'The Golden Girl'.
  • She won 13 gold medals in the Asian Games.

The correct answer is Badminton.

Key Points

• Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines.
• She was born on 18 September 1989 in Bangalore. 
• She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships.
• They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10.
• Ponnappa and Gutta also won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2011, becoming the first Indian pair and women and only the second overall to win a medal at the World Championships.

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The correct answer Shooting.

Key Points 

• Avani Lekhara is from Jaipur, Rajasthan.
•  As 19-year-old Avani Lekhara won the gold medal in women’s 10 m air rifle Standing event in the SH 1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics.
• She became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.
• Avani shot 249.6 points in the R2 women’s 10m air rifle SH1 category for a Paralympic Record and equal the World Record.
• In the final, she led from the start and edged out China’s Zhang C and Ukraine’s I Shchetnik in the medal series to win the gold.
• Avani has won many World Cup medals since 2017 including a Silver with a Junior World Record in R2 at the WSPS World Cup 2017, bronze at the WSPS World Cup Bangkok 2017, silver in the WSPS World Cup in Osijek, Croatia 2019 and silver in the WSPS World Cup Al-Ain 2021. She won the Tokyo Paralympics quota in February 2019 in the UAE.
• In 2012, the whole Lekhara family met with an accident on their way to Dholpur from Jaipur.
• The then 11-year-old Avani suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralysed below the waist.

The correct answer is P. V. Sindhu, which is associated with Badminton.

Key Points

• P. V. Sindhu- Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
  • ​She is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal.
  • She broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012, at the age of 17.
• She is an India Badminton player from Hyderabad, Telangana.
  • In the Badminton bronze medal match, PV Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao in straight games to clinch the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games and become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals.
  • After becoming the first Indian female athlete to win a Silver medal at the Olympics in Rio 5 years ago, PV Sindhu has become only the 2nd Indian athlete after Sushil Kumar to win 2 individual medals at the Games.
  • PV Sindhu: Achievements
    • In January 2020, PV Sindhu was awarded the Highest Civilian Award in India- Padma Bhushan.
    • In March 2015, Sindhu was awarded the Fourth Highest Civilian Award in India- Padma Shri. 
    • In August 2016, she was awarded the Highest Sporting Honour of India- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
    • In September 2013, PV Sindhu was awarded the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in sports. etc.

The correct answer is Shooting.In News 

• Tilottama Sen won a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup Cairo in Egypt on 22 February 2023.
  • She won the second bronze for India.
• Great Britain’s Seonaid Mcintosh won gold and Switzerland’s Olympic Champion Nina Christen came second to win silver.

Important Points 

The correct answer is Purma Banerjee.

Key Points

• The first Indian to carry the national flag at the opening ceremony of the Games was Purma Banerjee at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
• Purma Banerjee is related to Athletics (Sprnting).
• She was born in the year 1897 in Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal).

Important PointsFlag bearers of India in Olympics-

The correct answer is Fencing.

Key Points

• Tamil Nadu's Bhavani Devi, the 1st Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, was felicitated by Indian Fencing Association.
• The 27-year-old qualified for the Tokyo Olympics through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method.
• In March 2021 ending, Bhavani storms into the semifinals of the Women's sabre individual competition in the 31st Senior National Fencing Championships at Delhi Public School.

Additional Information

The correct answer is golf.

Key Points

• Tvesa Malik is an Indian golf player.
• She is from Gurugram, Haryana.
• She has won the 4th leg of the Hero Women’s Golf Tour.
• Gursimar Badwal is also an Indian golf player. 

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The correct answer is Manipur.

• The Indian boxing champion Mary Kom belongs to Manipur.

Key Points

• Mary Kom:
  • Mary Kom was born in Kagathei village, Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in India.
  • Mary Kom won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India and a fourth successive gold medal at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in China.
  • Mary Kom also won a gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam.

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Mary Kom awards are: