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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India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in?
Answer: B
India reached the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1966, losing to Australia. Ramanathan Krishnan led the side.
India reached the final twice more, in 1974 - when it conceded to South Africa in protest at apartheid - and in 1987, but has never won the trophy.
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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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When was Amateur Athletics Federation of India established?
Answer: B
The Amateur Athletics Federation of India was formed in 1946 as the national governing body for track and field.
It was renamed the Athletics Federation of India in 1996 and selects and trains India's athletics teams for international competition.
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Who did The Rock wrestle in the main event at the 1999 edition of "Wrestlemania"?
Answer: A
The Rock met Stone Cold Steve Austin in the main event of WrestleMania XV in 1999, defending the WWF Championship in a no-disqualification match.
Austin won the title, and the two met again in the main events of WrestleMania X-Seven and XIX.
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Which county did Javagal Srinath sign for in 2003?
Answer: B
Javagal Srinath signed for Durham for the 2003 county season.
The fast bowler had earlier played for Gloucestershire in 1995 and for Leicestershire, and he remains India's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals among pace bowlers.
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Who beat Duke in the Great Alaskan Shootout Finals in 1998?
Answer: B
The University of Cincinnati beat Duke in the final of the 1998 Great Alaska Shootout, the pre-season college basketball tournament held each November in Anchorage.
Cincinnati, coached by Bob Huggins, won 77–75.
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Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
Answer: D
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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Which English county did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in the 2003 season?
Answer: B
Virender Sehwag joined Leicestershire for the 2003 county season.
He was one of several Indian players signed by counties that summer, alongside Rahul Dravid at Scotland, Yuvraj Singh at Yorkshire and Javagal Srinath at Durham.
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Which county did Ravi Shastri play for?
Answer: A
Ravi Shastri played county cricket for Glamorgan, from 1987 to 1991.
It was for Bombay rather than Glamorgan, though, that he hit six sixes in an over off Tilak Raj in the 1985 Ranji Trophy - the fastest first-class double century on record.
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