What is the name of the mascot of Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: B
Vinicius was the mascot of the 2016 Rio Olympics, a yellow creature combining features of Brazilian animals.
He was named after the poet and songwriter Vinícius de Moraes, who wrote 'The Girl from Ipanema'. The Paralympic mascot, Tom, was named after his collaborator Tom Jobim.
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Who won the first Gold medal at the Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: C
Virginia Thrasher of the United States won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics, taking the women's 10 m air rifle on 6 August 2016.
She was 19 and a college freshman, and beat two Chinese Olympic champions to the title. The shooting events are scheduled first at every Games.
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Who is the first Indian sportsman to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Answer: B
K.D. Jadhav won bronze in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the first individual Olympic medal won by an Indian.
India's earlier medals had all been won by the hockey team. Jadhav's achievement went largely unrewarded in his lifetime; he was given the Arjuna Award only posthumously, in 2001.
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Who is the Youngest competitor in Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: D
Gaurika Singh of Nepal, aged 13, was the youngest competitor at the Rio Olympics in 2016, swimming the 100 m backstroke.
She had survived the 2015 Nepal earthquake the year before.
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Which country has won World Team Chess Championship 2015?
Answer: A
China won the 2015 World Team Chess Championship, held at Tsakhkadzor in Armenia.
China finished ahead of Ukraine and Armenia, and won the Chess Olympiad the following year.
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Who is the oldest participant in Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: A
Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan was the oldest gymnast at the Rio Olympics in 2016, aged 41, competing at her seventh Games.
She first competed for the Soviet Union in 1992 and has since represented Uzbekistan and Germany, and went on to compete at Tokyo in 2021 aged 46.
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Badminton is National game of which country?
Answer: B
Badminton is the national game of Malaysia.
Malaysia has won the Thomas Cup five times, and its players - Lee Chong Wei above all - have been among the world's best for decades.
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Which of the following teams won the championship in the La Liga football league in 2015?
Answer: A
Barcelona won La Liga in the 2014–15 season, finishing two points ahead of Real Madrid.
They completed a treble that year, adding the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, with Messi, Suárez and Neymar scoring 122 goals between them.
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Gagan Narang is related to which game?
Answer: D
Gagan Narang is a shooter, who won bronze in the 10 m air rifle at the 2012 London Olympics.
He was the first Indian to qualify for the London Games, and received the Khel Ratna in 2011 and the Padma Shri in 2011.
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Which state govt. has recently announced to confer Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai award for her Olympic win?
Answer: D
Uttar Pradesh announced the Rani Laxmi Bai award for Sakshi Malik after her Olympic bronze at Rio in 2016.
Malik, who wrestles at 58 kg, was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal, coming from 0–5 down in the bronze-medal bout.
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