Sports GK Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

Sports GK Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

1. Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has had several nicknames over his playing career.
   Ans:Tubby, Stodge and Helium Bat
2. Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?
   Ans:Sri Lanka
3. Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games?
   Ans:Four
4. Ravi Shastri play for
   Ans:Glamorgan
5. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
   Ans:Wilson Jones
6. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
   Ans:Kamaljit Sandhu
7. Kapil Dev play for Which County Teams?
   Ans:Northamptonshire & Worcestershire
8. When was Amateur Athletics Federation of India established??
   Ans:1946
9. Who did Stone Cold Steve Austin wrestle at the 1998 edition of "Over the Edge"?
   Ans:Dude Love
10. Ricky Ponting is also known as what?
    Ans:Punter
11. How long are professional Golf Tour players allotted per shot?
    Ans:45 Seconds
12. The NBA player scored 8 points in the final 7 seconds of a game to lead his team to victory
    Ans: Reggie Miller
13. The match between India and Pakistan at Jaipur on 02-10-1983, Which new rule was introduced?
    Ans: No-balls & wides were debited to bowlers analysis
14. The first hang gliders to be flown were flown in...?
    Ans: 1800s
15. Anil Kumble play for?
    Ans: Northamptonshire & Leicestershire
16. The nickname of Glenn McGrath is what?
    Ans: Pigeon
17. Mark Waugh is commonly called what?
    Ans: Junior
18. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in...?
    Ans: 1928
19. How many times did Geet Sethi win the lBSF World Billiards title?
    Ans: 3
20. In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race?
    Ans: 1957
21. Who won the 1993 "King of the Ring"?
    Ans: Bret Hart
22. What NHL goaltender has the most career wins?
    Ans: Grant Fuhr
23. What Major League Baseball player holds the record for all-time career high batting average?
    Ans: Ty Cobb
24. What Major League Baseball player holds the record for all-time career high batting average?
    Ans: Brian Lara
25. Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?
    Ans: Ajit Wadekar
26. Where did India play its 1st one day international match?
    Ans: Headingley
27. India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in...?
    Ans: 1966
28. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in...?
    Ans: 1951
29. Mohammad Azharuddin play for County Team?
    Ans: Derbyshire
30. Which county did Sunil Gavaskar play for?
    Ans: Somerset
31. The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to...?
    Ans: Coaches
32. which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
    Ans: Manipur
33. Which cricketer died on the field in Bangladesh while playing for Abahani Club?
    Ans: Raman Lamba
34. Which of the following is a Manipuri version of Hockey?
    Ans: Khong Kangjei
35. Which county did Javagal Srinath sign for in 2003?
    Ans: Durham
36. Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?
    Ans: Yorkshire
37. Where did the 1st ODI match was played in India?
    Ans: Ahmedabad
38. Who had a torrid time with Lancashire in 2000?
    Ans: Saurav Ganguly
39. What is the name of the person that controls a football match?
    Ans: A referee
40. Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as "Captain Grumpy". What was his other nickname?
    Ans: AB
41. The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in...?
    Ans:1948
42. Who was the first captain of Indian Test team?
    Ans: CK Nayudu
43. Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?
    Ans: Boland
44. Which football hero was nicknamed "The Sundance Kid"?
    Ans: Jim Kiick
45. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1999?
    Ans: Australia
46. Who did The Rock beat to win his first WWE Title?
    Ans: Mankind
47. The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with...?
    Ans: Weight Lifting
48. In what year was the first international cricket match held?
    Ans: 1844 between Canada and the USA
49. How many gold medals have been won by India in the Olympics so far?
    Ans: 9
50. Which English county did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in the 2003 season?
    Ans: Leicestershire
51. Who has scored the most Test hundreds ever?
    Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
52. When was the first cricket Test match played?
    Ans: 1877
53. Who beat Duke in the Great Alaskan Shootout Finals in 1998?
    Ans:University of Cincinnati
54. 'Dizzy' is the nickname of what Australian player?
    Ans: Jason Gillespie
55. Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket?
    Ans: Muttiah Muralitharan
56. Which county signed Yuvraj Singh to play for them in 2003?
    Ans: Yorkshire
57. Which county did the outspoken Spin great Bishen Singh Bedi play for?
    Ans: Northamptonshire
58. Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
    Ans: K.D.Jadhav
59. With which sport is the 'Choudhury Trophy' associated?
    Ans:Circumnavigation of the earth by car
60. The nickname of wicketkeeping great Rod Marsh was what?
    Ans: Bacchus
61. Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India )?
    Ans: R.E. Grant Govan
62. How many gold medals did P.T.Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?
    Ans: 4
63. Who has scored the most runs in a single First-class innings?
    Ans: Brian Lara
64. Which batsman started his international cricketing career at the age of 16?
    Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
65. How many wickets did Yograj Singh take in his 1st ODI match?
    Ans: 2
66. Who made his Test debut alongwith Salil Ankola in the same match?
    Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
67. What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?
    Ans: Sharad
68. What is the middle name of Akash Chopra, a Delhi batsman?
    Ans:Shyamlal
69. When did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test debut?
    Ans: 1989
70. Who was named India's Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?
    Ans: Kapil Dev
71. What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first thousand runs in ODIs?
    Ans: 35.83
72. Syed Kirmani made his ODI debut in 1976 against New Zealand as a wicketkeeper. How many runs did India make in that match?
    Ans: 154 all out
73. How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test matches when he retired?
    Ans: 434
74. The highest first wicket partnership in Test Match Cricket was between two Indians: one is V.Mankad, who is the other?
    Ans: Pankaj Roy
75. Who was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000?
    Ans: Rahul Dravid
76. What is the middle name of the world class batsman Sachin Tendulkar?
    Ans: Ramesh
77. Which Indian batsman made his ODI debut in the same match in which Kapil Dev did?
    Ans: Surinder Amarnath
78. Against which team did Rahul Dravid made his ODI debut?
    Ans: Sri Lanka
79. What is the middle name of the Ajith Agarkar, a top class all rounder?
    Ans: Bhalchandra
80. Where did Yuvraj Singh make his ODI debut?
    Ans: Nairobi, Kenya
81. How many wickets did Zaheer Khan pick up in his ODI debut?
    Ans: 3
82. Who was named as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004?
    Ans: Irfan Pathan
83. Which Indian batsman was the first to hit 44 fours in a test match innings?
    Ans: Laxman
84. Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut?
    Ans: Pakistan
85. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
    Ans: Karnam Malleshwari
86. Which team did Sachin Tendulkar play for in the Ranji Trophy when he made his debut in first class cricket?
    Ans: Mumbai
87. What is the middle name of V.V.S. Laxman?
    Ans: Vangipurapu Venkata Sai
88. Where did Mahendra Singh Dhoni make his ODI debut?
    Ans: Chittagong
89. What is the middle name of Bajji (Harbhajan Singh)?
    Ans: Plaha
90. How many runs did VVS Laxman score in his ODI debut?
    Ans: 0
91. Sourav Ganguly made his Test debut in 1996.How many runs did he score in the 1st innings of that match?
    Ans: 131
92. Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on Test debut against England at England's home?
    Ans: Abbas Ali Baig
93. In which year did Ajay Jadeja make his ODI debut?
    Ans: 1992
94. How many runs did Sachin Tendulkar was scored in his ODI debut?
    Ans: 0
95. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
    Ans: 34
96. Who was named as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980?
    Ans: Sunil Gavaskar
97. Who was the man of the match of the 1983 World Cup Final?
    Ans: M. Amarnath
98. Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in Tests?
    Ans: Virender Sehwag
99. When did Sourav Ganguly made his ODI debut?
    Ans: 11 January 1992
100. What is the middle name of Parthiv Patel?
     Ans: Ajay
101. What is the middle name of Sourav Ganguly?
     Ans: Chandidas
102. What is the middle name of Ashish Nehra?
     Ans: Diwansingh

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