Limba Ram is known for his outstanding performance in which of the following
Answer: D
Limba Ram is an archer from Rajasthan, who equalled the world record in the 30 m event at the 1992 Asian Championships.
He competed at three Olympics and received the Arjuna Award in 1991 and the Padma Shri in 2012.
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Ajit Agarkar made his Test debut in 1998 as a bowler. How many wickets did he take in that match including both 1st and 2nd innings?
Answer: A
Ajit Agarkar took two wickets in the match on his Test debut, against Australia at Adelaide in 1999.
His Test career was uneven, but he took 288 wickets in 191 one-day internationals and is still the fastest Indian to 50 ODI wickets.
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Name the Indian sportsperson who announced to retire after 2016 Rio Olympic Games ?
Answer: B
Mary Kom is the sportsperson recorded here as announcing retirement after the 2016 Rio Games.
She did not in fact stop: she went on to win a sixth world title in 2018 and competed at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, at 38.
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Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams in the 2016 Australian Open women’s singles final. She belongs to
Answer: D
Angelique Kerber is from Germany, born at Bremen in 1988.
Her win over Serena Williams in the 2016 Australian Open final was her first Grand Slam title; she added the US Open the same year and reached world number one.
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What is the length of each stump in Cricket
Answer: A
Each stump is 28 inches (71.1 cm) high above the ground.
The three together, with the bails on top, make a wicket 9 inches wide. The bails add about half an inch, so the whole wicket stands 28.5 inches high.
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Which Indian Criketer was given the title 'Tiger'?
Answer: D
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was called Tiger, a nickname given him as a child long before he played for India.
He captained India in 40 Tests from the age of 21 - then the youngest Test captain ever - and led the side to its first overseas series win, in New Zealand in 1968, playing throughout with the sight of one eye lost in a car accident.
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How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test matches when he retired?
Answer: D
Kapil Dev retired with 434 Test wickets, then the world record, from 131 matches.
He passed Richard Hadlee's 431 in his final Test series in 1994. He is still the only cricketer with over 400 Test wickets and more than 5,000 Test runs.
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Which female tennis player equalled the record for her fifth Olympic 2016 tennis medal?
Answer: A
Venus Williams won her fifth Olympic tennis medal at Rio in 2016, taking silver in the mixed doubles.
She had won four golds before that - singles and doubles at Sydney in 2000, and doubles at Beijing and London. The total equals the record for the sport.
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Michael Ferreira is associated with which game/sport?
Answer: A
Michael Ferreira is an Indian billiards player, and won the World Amateur Billiards Championship three times, in 1977, 1981 and 1983.
He held the world record break of 1,276 and received the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.
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Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?
Answer: B
Sachin Tendulkar played for Yorkshire in 1992, the first overseas player the county had ever signed in its 129-year history.
He was 19, and scored 1,070 runs at 46.52 in his single season there.
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