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2. Jasu Patel 3. Harbhajan Singh 4. B.S. Chandrasekhar Answer: 3 Page 4/8 PDF generated by PHPKB Knowledge Base ScriptQuestion: Which game is Ian Thorpe associated with 1. Badminton 2. Chess 3. Swimming 4. Squash Answer: 3 Question: Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games? 1. Lucknow 2. Hyderabad 3. Allahabad 4. Chennai Answer: 2 Question: The first one-day Cricket World Cup tournament was held in 1. Australia 2. England 3. New Zealand

4. West Indies Answer: 2 Question: Annika Sorenstam, a famous sportsperson, is known as a professional 1. Chess Player 2. Golfer 3. Swimmer 4. Table Tennis player Answer: 2 Question: Who is Paradorn Srichaphan? 1. A Sri Lankan cricketer 2. A Thai tennis player 3. An Indonesian badminton player 4. A Malaysian golfer Answer: 2 Question: Arjuna Award was introduced in 1. 1961 2. 1969 3. 1972 4. 1995 Answer: 1 Page 5/8

PDF generated by PHPKB Knowledge Base ScriptQuestion: Who has won the maximum grand slam in mens tennis? 1. Rojer Federar 2. Rod Lever 3. Pit Sampras 4. Andre Agasi Answer: 3 Question: Asafa Powell, the 100 meters race world record holder is from which country? 1. Jamaica 2. U. S. A. 3. Canada 4. Nigeria Answer: 1 Question: Amelie Mauresmo, who won the Wimbledon. Tennis Women's Singles Title 2006, is from which country? 1. Belgium 2. France 3. Germany 4. Slovakia Answer: 2 Question: With which one of the following sports is Jayanta Talukdar associated?

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Question: Ranji Trophy is associated with 1. Hockey 2. Cricket 3. Foortbal 4. Tennis Answer: 2 Page 8/8 PDF generated by PHPKB KnSports Quiz General Questions and Answers on Athletics 1. What is the another name of ATHLETICS. (a) Sports (b) Track &Field (c) Gymnastics (d) Decathlon 2. Time shall be taken from the. (a) Sound of Gun (b) Flash smoke (c) Whistle (d) None of these. 3. How many types of tracks are there? (a) Two type (b) Three type (c) Four type (d) Five type 4. How many lanes are there in a standard track? (a) 6 to 9 (b) 8 to 9 (c) 10 to 12 (d) 11 to 13 5. The following are the standard distance of hurdler Race for men.

(a) 100 & 400 mts. (b) 110 & 400 mts. (c) 80 & 200 mts. (d) All of these. 6. Direction of running shall be. (a) Right hand side (b) Left hand side (c) curve- running (d) none of these. 7. Standard width of the lane shall be. (a) 1.20 mts (b) 1.22 mts (c) 1.22 to 1.25 mts. (d) 110 mts. 8. The Standard distance of Marathon Race. (a) 26 kms. (b) 42 kms. (c) 42.195 kms (d) 42.123 kms 9. The procedure of doping test is including the collection of. (a) Sugar sample (b) Urine sample (c) stool Sample (d) Blood Sample 10. How many athletes may be used as substitutes in Relays race event (a) One athlete. (b) Two athlete (c) Three athlete (d) none of these. 11. Landing area of High jump event should be. (a) 5x2 mts (b) 5x3 mts (c) 5x4 mts (d) 5x5 mts. 12. Landing area of Pole vault event should be.

(a) 6x4 mts (b) 5x3 mts (c) 5x4 mts (d) 5x5 mts. 13. Landing area of long jump event should be. (a) 10x2.75 mts (b) 9x3 mts (c) 9x4 mts (d) 9x2.75 mts. 14. In Triple jump distance between the take off board and landing area shall be not more than. (a) 9 mts. (b) 10 mts. (c) 13 mts (d) 11 mts. 15. For valid throw shot must fall. (a) In sector area (b) Within the inner edges of landing sector (c) Nearest on sector lines. (d) None of these. 16. Inside diameter of shot put circle is. (a) 45 0 (b) 34.92 0

(c) 40 0 (d) 90

0 17. Minimum weight of shot for acceptance of a record (for men) (a) 7.26 kg. (b) 8 kg (c) 7.25 kg (d) 5 kg 18. Minimum weight of shot for acceptance of a record (for women) (a) 4 kg. (b) 8 kg (c) 7.25 kg (d) 5 kg 19. Minimum weight of discuss for acceptance of a record (for men) (a) 1 kg. (b) 2 kg (c) 3 kg (d) 800 gms. 20. Minimum weight of Javelin for acceptance of a record (for women) (a) 800 gms (b) 750 gms (c) 600 gms (d) 500 gms. 21. Ten event which shall be held on two consecutive days is known as. (a) Penthalon (b) Decathlon (c) Heptathlon (d) relay race 22. First Padmashree in athletics. (a) P.T.Usha (b) Milkha singh (c) Bandhu singh (d) none of these. 23. The Person who represented India in 6 Olympics from (1964 to 84) (a) Ranjeet singh (b) Randhir singh

(c) Milkha singh (d) None of these 24. The first Indian woman athlete to win a gold in Asian Games is . (a) P.T.Usha (b) Shayni Abhramn (c) kamaljit Sandhu (d) Anju B. G. 25. How many hurdles are placed in a Hurdle race in one lap? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 10 26. Winner of 100 mts. (Men) in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Ans. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 27. How many Olympics medal have been won by Indian hockey team? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 10 (d) 18 28. Who has got the First Arjuna Award in the field of Athletics? (a) P.T.Usha (b) G.S.Randhawa (c) Milkha Singh (d) B.S.Bedi 29. The first Commonwealth games were held in (a) 1930 Hamilton (b) 1934 Australia (c) 1935 India (d) 1940 Pakistan 30. When did the ancient Olympic game start? (a) 394 B. C. (b) 493 B.C. (c) 676 B.C. (d) 776 B.C. 31. Till now how many Olympic Games have been organized?

(a) 22 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) 29 32. When did the women get chance to take part in the Olympic Games? (a) 1896 (b) 1900 (c) 1908 (d) 1920 33. Who was the first Indian woman to take part in Olympic Games? (a) Merry La RO (b) P.T.Usha (c) Anju B.G. (d) K.Malleshwree 34. In which Olympic Games did India last win a gold medal in Hockey? (a) 1964 (b) 1972 (c) 1980 (d) 1984 35. Who was the Indian who won the silver medal for the first time in Olympics in shooting event? (a) K.D. Jadhav (b) Major Rajyawardhan Rathor (c) Abhinav Bindra (d) Samser Jang 36. Who was the Indian who won the gold medal for the first time in Olympic in shooting event. (a) K.D. Jadhav (b) Major Rajyawardhan Rathor (c) Abhinav Bindra (d) Samser Jang 37. Where and in which year were the first Asian games held?

(a) 1951 New Delhi (b) 1954 Beijing (c) 1952 Doha (d) 1950 Delhi 38. Who is the first Indian woman athlete to win the gold medal in Asian games? (a) Geeta Jutshi 1976 (b) Kamal Jeet Sandhu 1970 (c) M.D. Balsmma 1982 (d) P.T.Usha 1986

39. Where were the Last (fifteenth) Asian games held? (a) 2002 Bussan (b) 2006 Doha (c) 2007 Beijing (d) 2008 New Delhi 40. At what place the Asian games have been held four times? (a) New Delhi (b) Bangkok (c) Tehran (d) Seoul 41. Where were the first commonwealth (1930) games held? (a) New Delhi (b) Sidney (c) Hamilton (d) Landon 42. In which common wealth game did India take part for the first time? (a) London 1934 (b) Auckland 1950 (c) 1930 Hamilton (d) 1962 Perth 43. When and where will Nineteenth Commonwealth games be held? (a) 2010 Melbourne (b) 2010 New Delhi (c) 2010 India (d) 2010 Pakistan

44. Who won the five gold medals from India in eighteenth common wealth games in shooting event?

(a) Samresh Jang (b) Jaspal Rana (c) Anuja Jang (d) Gagan Narang 45. Name the Indian table tennis player who won gold medal in 18 th commonwealth games. (a) A. Sharat Kamal (b) Ramesh Kumar (c) Krishan Kumar (d) Raj Singh 46. In which commonwealth games did flying Sikh Milkha Singh win the first gold medal for India? (a) 1934. London (b) 1938. Sidney (c) 1950. Auckland (d) 1958. Cardiff 47. When did first modern Olympic game start? (a) 1896 (b) 1892 (c) 1900 (d) 1895 48. How many rings are there in an Olympic Flag? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 9 (d) 5 49. Who was the father of Modern Olympic Games? Ans Baron pierre De Coubertin

50. What is the Olympic Motto? Ans 1- Who is the Commerce & Industry minister of India?
(A). Anand Sharma (B). Kapil Sibbal (C). Salman Khurshid (D). Kamal Nath Ans:- (A) 2- Who among the following was recently appointed as the new India-head of Pepsi Co Inc.? (A). Manu Anand (B). Chetan Anand (C). Chitra Desai (D). Sanjeet Bhatia Ans:- (A) 3- Detergent Tide is manufactured by which company? (A). Procter and Gamble (B). Hindustan Unilever (C). Henkel (D). Wipro Ans:- (A) 4- Name the senior member on the central Board of Directors of RBI who will chair the sub-committee set up by the RBI to study issues and concerns of the micro-finance sector, including interest rates charged by the lenders in this area (A). Subir Gokarn (B). Y.H. Malegam (C). Deepak Mohanty (D). Usha Thorat Ans:- (B) 5- Which country is set to overtake India as the worlds back office for voice-based customer support and sales this year, as firms such as Cisco, HSBC, T-Mobile and BT Plc shift work to the nation to avoid Indias high staff turnover, and build an alternate support hub.

(A). The Philippines (B). Taiwan (C). China (D). Sri Lanka Ans:- (A) 6- Which Indian corporate group has entered into a Joint venture with USAs Lockheed Martin Corporation for manufacture of defence equipment and aircraft parts in India? (A). TVS (B). L&T (C). Birla (D). Tata Ans:- (D) 7- Who among the following recently became the official ambassador of World Cup 2011? (A). Rahul Dravid (B). Ricky Ponting (C). Sachin Tendulkar (D). Virender Sehwag Ans:- (C) 8- As per the latest electronic transactions released by Reserve Bank of India which among the following bank leads in electronic transactions in India? (A). ICICI (B). HDFC (C). SBI (D). Citi Bank Ans:- (B) 9- Pakistans attempts to persuade US President Barack Obama to visit the country have failed. White House has said he will make the trip only in (A). 2011 (B). 2012 (C). 2013 (D). 2014 Ans:- (A)

10- Extending the deadline for the second time, the Centre has asked Blackberry maker Research in Motion to offer a solution by ________ on giving security agencies access to its services. (A). Dec 1, 2010 (B). Dec 31, 2010 (C). Dec 23, 2010 (D). Jan 26,2011 Ans:- (B) 11- Who among the following became the new CEO of Adani group? (A). Prabal Banerji (B). Anuj Rastogi (C). Anil Desai (D). Atul Prasad Ans:- (A) 12- The meeting of finance ministers and central bank heads of G-20 in Oct-Nov 2010 was held in (A). Tokyo (B). London (C). Seoul (D). New Delhi Ans:- (C) 13- The car Manza belongs to which of the following companies? (A). Hyundai (B). Tata (C). Honda (D). Toyota Ans:- (B) 14- Name the country whose supercomputer Tianhe-1 has overtaken the United States Jaguar system to gain the top spot as the worlds fastest computer. (A). Israel (B). France (C). Japan

(D). China Ans:- (D) 15- The Union Cabinet has decided to rename Amritsars Raja Sansi International Airport to ________ International Airport. He was the ______ of the 10 Gurus of the Sikhs and was the founder of Amritsar. (A). Guru Ram Das, sixth (B). Guru Tegh Bahadur, fourth (C). Guru Tegh Bahadur, sixth (D). Guru Ram Das, fourth Ans:- (D) 16- Vedanta group has been denied permission to start its activities In Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa. What activity was it pursuing? (A). Steel production (B). Bauxite mining (C). Gas exploration (D). Timber cutting Ans:- (B) 17- A new Bill was passed in Parliament for a joint mechanism to sort out differences between the financial regulators in the country. Who would be heading the joint mechanism? (A). Finance Minister (B). RBI Governor (C). Dy Chairman, Planning Commission (D). Finance Secretary Ans:- (A) 18- A reciprocal social security agreement (SSA) and protocol that will benefit a huge number of Indiansparticularly those working in the fields of information technology, medicine and finance was signed with (A). North Korea (B). South Korea (C). Malaysia (D). Indonesia Ans:- (B)

19- Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata is among the eight world business leaders shortlisted by _______ magazine for its Business Person of the Year award. (A). Asiaweek (B). Time (C). Forbes (D). Fortune Ans:- (D) 20- Name the bank which has sought the approval of the RBI to hive off its IT (information Technology)-related activities into an independent subsidiary. (A). SBI (B). PNB (C). Indian Overseas Bank (D). Bank of Baroda Ans:- (C) 21- Reliance BIG Entertainment inked a deal with BBC Earth to co-produce and distribute ______ films. (A). two (B). three (C). four (D). six Ans:- (B) 22- Tata Motors recently announced to start selling its small car Nano in ________ more state across India from November 22, 2010. (A). 2 (B). 4 (C). 5 (D). 6 Ans:- (D) 23- Who is the creative director and head of Balaji Telefilms? (A). Jackie Shroff (B). Ekta Kapoor (C). Rajnikant

(D). Rajesh Khanna Ans:- (B) 24- Udyant helpline was inaugurated by the Prime Minister recently for assisting which sector? (A). Large business houses (B). Micro, small and medium enterprises (C). For RTI activists (D). For the agricultural sector Ans:- (B) 25- With the recent increase in reports and reserve repo rates announced by RBI there is speculation that the leading rates of banks would also increase. Why? (A). Cost of funds for banks would increase (B). Banks use this opportunity raise lending rates (C). RBI would instruct the banks to raise the lending rates (D). None of these Ans:- (A) 26- Another associate bank of the State Bank group has merged with State Bank of India. Which is this bank? (A). State Bank of Mysore (B). State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (C). State Bank of Saurashtra (D). State Bank of Indore Ans:- (D) 27- Government has set up a fund for paying banks towards their expenses for promoting financial inclusion. What is the size of this fund? (A). Rs. 1,500 crore (B). Rs. 800 crore (C). Rs. 500 crore (D). Rs. 1200 crore Ans:- (B) 28- Which Indian company entered into a pact with chinas Jiangsu Tongguang Communication Co. Ltd to produce optical fibres?

(A). Sterlite Technologies (B). AMR Infra (C). GSK Technologies (D). Suzlon Energy Ans:- (A) 29- Management thinker M.B. Athreya bases his concepts on (A). Common sense (B). The Holy Bible (C). The Gita and the Vedas (D). Modern science Ans:- (C) 30- The big bold beautiful line in watches comes from (A). Titan (B). HMT (C). Swatch (D). Timex Ans:- (D)

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b) Paris c) Harare d) New York 4) Who is the author of A streetcar named desire? a) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Tennessee Williams c) Ian Fleming d) Salman Rushdie 5) Which film is in Aramaic and Latin? a) The Ten Commandments b) Ben-Hur c) Apocalypto d) The Passion of the Christ 6) Who won Wimbledon Mens Singles Championship in 1977? a) John McEnroe b) Arthur Ashe c) Boris Becker d) Bjorn Borg 7) Who won the Olympic Gold Medal for hockey in 1980 Moscow Olympics? a) India b) UK c) USA d) USSR 8) What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph Sarto when he became pope? a) John XXIII b) Paul VI c) Benedict XVI d) Pius X 9) How many metres is one mile? a) 1000 b) 100

c) 1609.344 d) 1705.212 10) What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called? a) Amphibians b) Cats c) Grasshoppers d) Frogs 11) Which of the following books is not part of Pentateuch? a) Genesis b) Numbers c) Ruth d) Exodus 12) Which of the following countries is landlocked? a) Brazil b) Cuba c) Bolivia d) Colombia 13) What does Yugoslavia mean? a) The land of the rising sun b) The land of the midnight sun c) The land of the Southern Slavs d) The land of Yahoos