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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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Sports GK Series

February 3rd, 2009

MOST RUNS IN A TEST MATCH BRIAN LARA

MOST NO.OF WICKETS TAKER IN TEST CRICKET SHANE WARNE

MOST NO.OF ONE DAY MATCHES JAYASURYA

WIMBLEDON COURT ENGLAND

VENUE OF 2007 WORLD CUP CRICKET WEST INDIES

“THE TERM “” GOOGLY”" ASSOCIATED WITH” CRICKET

ASHES CUP CRICKET

EDEN GARDENS CALCUTTA

DOUBLE – FAULT TENNIS

LORDS IN ENGLAND

DAVIS CUP TENNIS

PRAKASH PADUKONE BADMINTON

OLYMPICS HELD ONCE IN 4 YEARS

LAST ASIAN GAMES ( 2006 ) HELD AT DOHA

FIRST ASIAN GAMES HELD AT DELHI

THE TERM CHINAMAN ASSOCIATED WITH CRICKET

DURAND CUP FOOTBALL

THE FIRST OLYMPICS HELD AT ATHENS

NATIONAL GAME OF AUSTRALIA CRICKET

THE TERM OUT SWINGER ASSOCIATED WITH CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2007 (LADIES ) WINNER SERENA WILLIAMS

WINNER OF FIRST WORLD CUP CRICKET WEST INDIES

IN CRICKET , THE TWO SETS OF WICKETS ARE 22 YARD APART

THE NAME OF SUSI SUSANTI IS ASSOCIATED TO BADMINTON

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINEERING INSTITUTE IS AT DARJEELING

NAMBIAR IS THE COACH OF P.T USHA

LADY RATTAN TATA TROPHY ASSOCIATED WITH WOMENS HOCKEY

DHYAN CHAND TROPHY IS ASSOCIATED TO HOCKEY

BUTTERFLY STROKE ASSOCIATED WITH SWIMMING

BULL FIGHTING IS THE NATIONAL GAME OF SPAIN

THE DRONACHARYA AWARD FOR SPORTS COACHES

MOST NUMBER OF GRAND SLAM TITLES PETE SAMPRAS

FIRST INDIAN CRICKETER WHO SCORED TRIPLE CENTURY VIRENDER SEHWAG
FIRST INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN C.K NAYUDU

FIRST INDIAN HAT-TRICK IN TEST CRICKET HARBHAJAN SINGH

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL (2006) WINNER ITALY

WOMENS ASIA CUP CRICKET WINNER INDIA

WTA BEST NEWCOMER AWARD SANIA MIRZA

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP IN TEST CRICKET JAYAWARDENE AND SANGAKKARA
SANTHOSH TROPHY WINNER 2006 PUNJAB

MOST CAPPED SKIPPER IN ODI STEPHEN FLEMING

INDIA WON THE WORLD CUP CRICKET IN 1983

THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES BEGAN IN Athens

WORLD CHESS CHAMPION VLADIMIR KRAMNIK

FIRST INDIAN TO COMPLETE 500 TEST WICKETS ANIL KUMBLE
APARNA POPAT ASSOCIATED WITH BADMINTON

2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES HELD AT MELBOURNE

GOLDEN BOOT 2006 AWARD MILOSLAV KLOSE

KHEL RATNA AWARD 2006 PANKAJ ADVANI

THE HIGHEST SPORTING HONOUR IN INDIA KHEL RATNA

THE GOLDEN GIRL OF INDIA P.T USHA

A CRICKET MATCH IS PLAYED BY TWO TEAMS OF 11 PLAYERS EACH

A CRICKET BALL CANNOT WEIGH LESS THAN 156g

THE CRICKET BAT IS MADE OF WILLOW

CRICKET IS VERY SIMILAR TO BASEBALL

WORLD CRICKET IS GOVERNED BY ICC

WORLD CRICKET CUP ( 2003 ) WINNER AUSTRALIA

WORLD CRICKET CUP ( 2003 ) RUNNER-UP INDIA

“WHO IS CALLED “”COLONEL”" IN INDIAN CRICKET” DILIP VEGSARKAR
FIRST BOWLER IN TEST TO TAKE HAT-TRICK IN FIRST OVER
IRFAN PATHAN
WHO INVENT BASKET BALL James Naismith

WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 WINNER AUSTRALIA

WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP SRI LANKA

FRENCH OPEN 2007 WOMENS TITLE WINNER JUSIN HENIN

WHO COMPLETED 15000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY SACHIN TENDULKAR

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CRICKET GK

February 2nd, 2009

MOST RUNS IN A TEST MATCH BRIAN LARA
MOST NO.OF WICKETS TAKER IN TEST CRICKET SHANE WARNE
MOST NO.OF ONE DAY MATCHES JAYASURYA
VENUE OF 2007 WORLD CUP CRICKET WEST INDIES
“THE TERM “” GOOGLY”" ASSOCIATED WITH” CRICKET
ASHES CUP CRICKET
EDEN GARDENS CALCUTTA
LORDS IN ENGLAND
THE TERM CHINAMAN ASSOCIATED WITH CRICKET
NATIONAL GAME OF AUSTRALIA CRICKET
THE TERM OUT SWINGER ASSOCIATED WITH CRICKET
WINNER OF FIRST WORLD CUP CRICKET WEST INDIES
IN CRICKET , THE TWO SETS OF WICKETS ARE 22 YARD APART
FIRST INDIAN CRICKETER WHO SCORED TRIPLE CENTURY VIRENDER SEHWAG
FIRST INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN C.K NAYUDU
FIRST INDIAN HAT-TRICK IN TEST CRICKET HARBHAJAN SINGH
WOMENS ASIA CUP CRICKET WINNER INDIA
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP IN TEST CRICKET JAYAWARDENE AND SANGAKKARA
MOST CAPPED SKIPPER IN ODI STEPHEN FLEMING
INDIA WON THE WORLD CUP CRICKET IN 1983
FIRST INDIAN TO COMPLETE 500 TEST WICKETS ANIL KUMBLE
A CRICKET MATCH IS PLAYED BY TWO TEAMS OF 11 PLAYERS EACH
A CRICKET BALL CANNOT WEIGH LESS THAN 156g
THE CRICKET BAT IS MADE OF WILLOW
CRICKET IS VERY SIMILAR TO BASEBALL
WORLD CRICKET IS GOVERNED BY ICC
WORLD CRICKET CUP ( 2003 ) WINNER AUSTRALIA
WORLD CUP CRICKET ( 2003 ) RUNNER-UP INDIA
“WHO IS CALLED “”COLONEL”" IN INDIAN CRICKET” DILIP VEGSARKAR
FIRST BOWLER IN TEST TO TAKE HAT-TRICK IN FIRST OVER IRFAN PATHAN
WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP SRI LANKA
WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 WINNER AUSTRALIA
WHO COMPLETED 15000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY SACHIN TENDULKAR

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