The First Asian Games was held in ?
Answer: B
The first Asian Games were held at New Delhi in March 1951, with 489 athletes from eleven countries.
The Games were the idea of Guru Dutt Sondhi, and Delhi hosted them a second time in 1982.
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Who received the Wisden Award for the 'Indian Cricketer of 20th Century'?
Answer: C
Kapil Dev was named India's Cricketer of the Century by Wisden in 2002.
He was the all-rounder who led India to its first World Cup in 1983, took 434 Test wickets and scored 5,248 Test runs.
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The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming-
Answer: B
Bula Chaudhury of West Bengal was the first Indian, and the first woman in the world, to swim the seven seas across five continents.
She crossed the English Channel twice, along with the Strait of Gibraltar, the Palk Strait, the Toroneos Gulf, the Cook Strait and the Tyrrhenian Sea. She received the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.
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'Cannon, Cue and Pot' are three terms associated with:
Answer: B
Cannon, cue and pot belong to billiards only.
A cannon strikes both other balls in one stroke, a pot sends a ball into a pocket, and the cue is the tapered stick used to strike. None of the three is a golfing term.
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Who did The Rock beat to win his first WWE Title?
Answer: C
The Rock won his first WWF Championship by beating Mankind in the final of a tournament at Survivor Series in November 1998.
He turned on the fans by accepting Vince McMahon's help in the match, becoming the Corporate Champion and one of the company's leading heels.
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Monica Seles is associated with which games?
Answer: A
Monica Seles is a tennis player who won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them before she turned twenty.
She was stabbed on court by a spectator at Hamburg in 1993 and did not play for two years, returning to win one further major, the 1996 Australian Open.
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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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Indian captain Virat Kohli became the first captain to hit six double centuries in Test cricket. He has surpassed -
Answer: B
Virat Kohli passed Brian Lara in becoming the first captain to score six double centuries in Test cricket.
Lara, along with Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting, had made five as captain. Kohli scored all six of his between 2016 and 2019.
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Which of the following country will host AFC Asian Cup 2019 for football?
Answer: C
The UAE hosted the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, staged across four cities in January and February.
Qatar won the tournament, and it was the first Asian Cup contested by 24 teams. India took part for the fourth time.
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Prakash Padukone is associated with which games?
Answer: D
Prakash Padukone is a badminton player, the first Indian to win the All England Championship, in 1980.
He also reached world number one that year, and later founded a leading academy in Bangalore.
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