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Modern Olympics-Host Countries and Venues

February 19th, 2010

City               Year                      Country

London          2012                     United Kingdom
Beijing          2008                     China
Athens          2004                      Greece
Sydney         2000                      Australia
Atlanta         1996                     United States
Barcelona    1992                      Spain
Seoul             1988                      South Korea
Los Angeles    1984                   United States
Moscow    1980                           U S S R
Montreal    1976                        Canada
Munich    1972                           Germany
Mexico City    1968                    Mexico
Tokyo    1964                               Japan
Rome    1960                                 Italy
Melbourne    1956                     Australia
Helsinki    1952                          Finland
London    1948                          United Kingdom

Berlin    1936 Germany(No Olympics was held for 12 years due to Second World War)
Los Angeles            1932              United States
Amsterdam           1928              Holland
Paris                         1924              France
Antwerp                  1920             Belgium
Stockholm    1912           Sweden(No Olympics was held for 8 years due to First World War)
London    1908                  United Kingdom
St Louis    1904                 United States
Paris    1900                       France
Athens    1896                  Greece

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The first Indian boxer to clinch a gold medal at the inter-continental President’s Cup

February 3rd, 2010

Suranjoy wins gold at President’s Cup boxing
Asian champion Suranjoy Singh has become the first Indian boxer to clinch a gold medal at the inter-continental President’s Cup. He out-punched Frenchman Nordine Oubaali 8-1 in the flyweight (51kg) final, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 22-year-old Manipuri’s triumph also fetched him US $3,000 at the prestigious season-ending event, where confederations from Asia, America, Africa, Europe and Oceania are pitted against each other.

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Sports GK-Indian Cricket

January 17th, 2010


1. The Biography of Mohammed Azharuddin, “Azhar” was written by—
(A) Azharuudin
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Harbhajan singh
(D) Azhar’s Mother.
Ans : (B)

2. India played its first one day in—
(A) 1970
(B) 1971
(C) 1972
(D) 1974
Ans : (D)

3. Yuvraj Singh scored his first one-day century against—
(A) Bangladesh.
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)

4. India-Srilanka world cup semi final in 1996 played in—
(A) Mumbai
(B) Calcutta
(C) Chennai
(D) Hyderabad
Ans : (B)

5. ________led India in more than 150 one-day matches.
(A) Dravid
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Sachin
(D) Azharddin
Ans : (D)

6. ________opened the bowling in India’s first One-day International.
(A) Kapildev and Abid Ali
(B) Abid Ali and Eknath solkar
(C) Eknath solkar kapildev
(D) None of the above.
Ans : (B)

7. ________won the finals of 2000 ICC Knock out Trophi in Nairobi.
(A) India
(B) New Zealand
(C) Pakistan
(D) Austarlia
Ans : (B) ( New Zealand won against India)

8. Sachin Tendulkar made his One-day debut in—
(A) India
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans : (C)

8. ________was the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in One-day internationals.
(A) Kapil dev
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Ajit Agarkar
(D) Zaheer Khan
Ans : (C)

9. India has been involved in three tied matches against—
(A) Zimbabwe
(B) West Indies
(C) Australia
(D) Both A and B.
Ans : (D)

10. ________Team won the Titan cup in1996.
(A) Indian
(B) Australian
(C) Pakistan
(D) Australian
Ans : (A)

11. In ________, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath involved in a famous 52-run Partnership at Bangalore against Australia.
(A) 1994
(B) 1990
(C) 1992
(D) 1996
Ans : (D)

12. Vinod Kambli suffered a freakish ankle injury in a one day match at cuttack against—
(A) Zimbabwe
(B) Australia
(C) New Zealand
(D) Pakistan
Ans : (A)

13. ________won the four consecutive “Man of the Match” award.
(A) Sachin
(B) Gilchrist
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Sourav Ganguly
Ans : (D)

14. ________was kapil dev’s final one day victim.
(A) Adam Gilchrist
(B) Vivian Richards.
(C) Zahid fazal
(D) None of the above.
Ans : (D) (It was Hashan Tillakaratne)

15. Kapil dev played his final One day Match against—
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)

16. One-day Hat-trick was registered by—
(A) Chetan sharma
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Both A and B.
(D) Dravid
Ans : (C)

17. Imran Khan was the first one day victim of—
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Parthiv Patel
(D) Vishwanath
Ans : (B)

18. Sunil Gavaskar scored his first one day century against—
(A) Pakistan
(B) England
(C) West Indies
(D) New Zealand.
Ans : (D)

19. ________appointed as an interim coach of the Indian team at Sharjah at 1994.
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Mohammed Azharuudin
(C) Kapil dev
(D) Vengsarkar
Ans : (A)

20. ________is India’s most successful wicket-keeper in One-day cricket.
(A) Nayan Mongia
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) MS Dhoni
(D) Kiren More
Ans : (A)

21. Who is India’s present Test captain?
(A) MS Dhoni
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Virender sehwag.
Ans : (B)

22. ________was the captain of the Under 19 team, which won the world cup.
(A) MS Dhoni
(B) Virot Kholi
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Rahul Dravid
Ans : (B)

23. India Played its first one-day international match at home in—
(A) 1981 at Ahmedabad.
(B) 1981 at Calcutta
(C) 1982 at Chennai
(D) 1981 at Chennai
Ans : (A)

24. ________was India’s first One-day captain.
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Manoj prabhakar
(D) Ajit Wadekar
Ans : (D)

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Cricket Stadiums

January 15th, 2009

Eden Gardens -Kolkata
Vankade Staduim -Mubai

Phiros Shaw Kotla -Dehi
Greenpark-Kanpur
Chinnaswami -Bngalore
Melborene cricket ground -Australia

Barabati -Kattak

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January 9th, 2009

South Africa -Australia Test Series:
Under the leadership of Captian  Grain Smith ,South Africa  thrashed Aussies  to win the Test series 2-0 and registered  their  first ever Test seires win in australia.

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Tennis – Major Tournment Winners in 2008

January 8th, 2009

U.S. Open, 2008
(Flushing Meadow, N.Y., Aug. 25-Sept. 7, 2008)

* Men’s singles—Roger Federer defeats Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
* Women’s singles—Serena Williams defeats elena Jankovic 6-5, 7-5
* Men’s doubles—Mike Brian and Bob Bryan defeat Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10)
* Women’s doubles—Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeat Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6-3, 7-6 (6)
* Mixed doubles—Cara Black and Leander Paes defeat Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray 7-6 (6), 6-4

Australian Open, 2008  Winners

* Men’s singles—Novak Djokovic defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(2)
* Women’s singles— Maria Sharapova defeats Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-3
* Men’s doubles—Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram defeat Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra 7-5, 7-6(4)
* Women’s doubles— Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko defeat Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
* Mixed doubles—Tiantian Sun and Nenad Zimonjic defeat Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi 7-6(4), 6-4

French Open, 2008 Winners

* Men’s singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
* Women’s singles—Ana Ivanovic defeats Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3
* Men’s doubles—Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna defeat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-2, 6-3
* Women’s doubles—Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual defeat Casey Dellacqua and Francesca Schiavone 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
* Mixed doubles—Victoria Azarenka and Bob Bryan defeat Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjic 6-2, 7-6(4)

Wimbledon Champions, 2008 Winners

* Men’s singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 6-7, 9-7
* Women’s singles—Venus Williams defeats Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4
* Men’s doubles—Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic defeat Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett 7-6 (14-12), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3.
* Women’s doubles—Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeat Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-2

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