Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of test cricket
Answer: D
Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka is Test cricket's leading wicket-taker, with 800 wickets in 133 matches.
Shane Warne is second with 708. Muralitharan also holds the one-day international record, with 534 wickets.
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The first hang gliders to be flown were flown in?
Answer: C
The first hang gliders were flown in the 1800s. Otto Lilienthal made more than 2,000 flights in gliders of his own design in Germany between 1891 and 1896.
His careful records of lift and drag were studied by the Wright brothers and were essential to their own success in 1903.
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How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
Answer: C
Sunil Gavaskar retired with 34 Test centuries, then the world record, having passed Don Bradman's 29 in 1983.
He was also the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs. The record of 34 stood until Sachin Tendulkar passed it in 2005.
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The first hand glider was designed by?
Answer: A
Leonardo da Vinci designed the first hang glider, sketching a winged frame from which a pilot would hang in his notebooks around 1490.
None of his machines was ever built in his lifetime; practical gliding waited for Otto Lilienthal in the 1890s, and Francis Rogallo's flexible wing of 1948 gave the modern sport its shape.
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The 2012 Olympic Games were held in
Answer: C
The 2012 Olympic Games were held in London, England, from 27 July to 12 August.
London became the first city to host the modern Games three times, having also staged them in 1908 and 1948.
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Who scored the fastest ODI century, beating the record of Shahid Afridi?
Answer: A
Corey Anderson of New Zealand scored the fastest one-day international century, off 36 balls against the West Indies at Queenstown in January 2014.
He beat Shahid Afridi's 37-ball century, which had stood for seventeen years. A.B. de Villiers took the record with 31 balls a year later.
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The term 'Butterfly Stroke' is associated with
Answer: D
The butterfly stroke is a swimming stroke, in which both arms recover over the water together while the legs make a simultaneous dolphin kick.
It developed out of the breaststroke in the 1930s and was recognised as a separate stroke in 1952. It is the second fastest stroke after freestyle.
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Which player has become the first left-arm spinner to take 400 wickets in Test cricket ?
Answer: C
Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka was the first left-arm spinner to take 400 Test wickets, reaching the mark in 2017.
He finished with 433 in 93 Tests, most of them taken after he turned 30 - a career shaped by the years he spent behind Muttiah Muralitharan.
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Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run
Answer: C
Kamaljit Sandhu won the women's 400 m at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in track and field.
P.T. Usha and M.L. Valsamma won their titles at later Games, and Karnam Malleswari is a weightlifter.
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Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games?
Answer: B
The first Afro-Asian Games were held at Hyderabad in October 2003.
Athletes from 96 countries across the two continents competed in eight sports. It was the only edition ever staged.
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