1. Ana Ivanovic, who won the French Open Tennis
women's singles title 2008, is from which country ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Serbia
(C) Germany
(D) Slovakia
2. With which one of the following sports is Jayanta
Talukdar associated ?
(A) Golf
(B) Snookar
(C) Archery
(D) Shooting
3. Consider the following statements—
1. FIFA World Cup - 2010 will be held in Argentina.
2. FIFA World Cup - 2002 was held in Japan/South
Korea.
3. No term from oceania too part in FIFA World Cup -
2006. Which of the statements given above is/are
correct ?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 3 only
4. Who among the following cricket players has/have
held the record for scoring the highest number of runs
in an inning in a cricket test match at different
times ?
1. Garfield Sobers
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Zaheer Abbas
Select the correct answer using the code given below—
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
5. Asafa Powel, The 100-metres race world record
holder is from which countries ?
(A) Jamaica
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Canada
(D) Nigeria
6. What is the total number of matches which were
played in the FIFA World Cup - 2006 in Germany ?
(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 63
(D) 64
7. The 19th Common Wealth Games will be held in 2010
in—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Kolkata
(C) New Delhi
(D) Mumbai
(E) Hyderabad
8. M. S. Dhoni is the first wicket keeper to make two
centuries in One-day International cricket in India.
He made these centuries while playing against—
(A) Sri Lanka and Pakistan
(B) Pakistan and Bangladesh
(C) Bangladesh and New Zealand
(D) Australia and Sri Lanka
9. Which of the following Trophies/Cups is associated
with the game of Golf ?
(A) Iran Cup
(B) Padmawati Trophy
(C) Topolino Trophy
(D) V. C. Gupta Trophy
10. OTIS is brand name of—
(A) Software
(B) Shoes
(C) Lifts and elevators
(D) Chemicals and paints
11. The final match of the Uber Cup Badminton 2006 was
played between China and—
(A) Japan
(B) Denmark
(C) Italy
(D) Netherlands
(E) None of these
12. Which of the following countries won world team
Table Tennis Championship 2006 for men and women both
?
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Hong Kong
(D) Germany
(E) USA
13. The World Sports Award ceremony was held recently
in—
(A) Spain
(B) Italy
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) Canada
14. Marion Jones is a well known—
(A) Badminton players
(B) Tennis player
(C) Golfer
(D) Athlete
(E) None of these
15. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated
with the game of Volleyball ?
(A) India Swarn Cup
(B) Ramanujam Trophy
(C) Lincoln Trophy
(D) Dhyanchand Trophy
(E) Him Gold Cup
16. FIFA World Cup 2010 will be organized in—
(A) Italy
(B) Brazil
(C) South Africa
(D) Britain
(E) None of these
17. Which of the following terms in not related with
the game of Hockey ?
(A) Soda line
(B) Tie breaker
(C) Hat trick
(D) Half volley
(E) Follow on
18. Mr. David Morgan who is newly elected President of
the International Cricket Council (ICC) is from which
of the following countries ?
(A) England
(B) Zimbabwe
(C) New Zealand
(D) Australia
(E) None of these
19. Consider the following statements—
1. The International Badminton Federation is located
in Kualalumpur.
2. The Federation has decided in favour of India as
the host for 2009 World Badminton Championship. Which
of the above statement (s) is/are correct ?
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
20. Consider the following statements about one of
India's leading batsman—
1. He has scored now more than 8000 runs in test
matches.
2. He has made four successive centuries.
3. He has made five test double hundered.
4. He is credited with most catches by an Indian
player.
Who is he—
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
21. The term Beamer' is associated with—
(A) Football
(B) Hockey
(C) Cricket
(D) Chess
22. Of which country is Bull-fighting the National
game ?
(A) Spain
(B) Japan
(C) Portugal
(D) Poland
23. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held at—
(A) Beijing
(B) Montreal
(C) Atlanta
(D) London
24. Narain Karthikenyan is the sportsman in the field
of—
(A) Formula One Car Racing
(B) Shooting
(C) Chess
(D) Golf
25. Which of the following Tennis players announced
his retirement from the game recently ?
(A) Benjamin Becker
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andre Agassi
(D) Lleyton Hewit
(E) None of these
26. Italy played its FIFA World Cup 2006 final against
which of the following countries ?
(A) Germany
(B) Brazil
(C) Spain
(D) France
(E) South Africa
27. Who amongst the following is not a French Open
Tennis 2008 winner ?
(Under any category)
(A) Ana Ivanovic
(B) Pablo Cuevas
(C) Luis Horna
(D) Rafael Nada
(E) Roger Federer
28. The National Sports Day is observed on which of
the following days ?
(A) August 29th
(B) July 29th
(C) September 29th
(D) August 20th
(E) September 20th
29. Which of the following Cups/Tropies is associated
with the game of Football ?
(A) Wimbledon Cup
(B) Evert Cup
(C) Agha Khan Cup
(D) Mardeka Cup
(E) None of these
30. Which of the following terms is not associated
with the game of Lawn Tennis ?
(A) Smash
(B) Slice
(C) Bouncer
(D) Delice
(E) Ground Stroke
Answers
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (A)
6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (C)
11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (A)
16. (C) 17. (E) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (C)
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (C)
26. (D) 27. (E) 28. (A) 29. (D) 30. (C) |
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