The 'Agha Khan Cup' is associated with which game?
Answer: B
The Aga Khan Cup is a hockey tournament, first played at Bombay in 1896 and among the oldest hockey competitions in the world.
It was endowed by the Aga Khan III and is one of India's historic club tournaments, alongside the Beighton Cup.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Name the Indian Chess player who has broken the World Record by finishing the game in first twelve moves?
Answer: A
Viswanathan Anand is the Indian chess player credited with the record for the shortest decisive game at the top level, finishing in twelve moves.
Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988 and held the undisputed world championship from 2007 to 2013.
Please log in or register to report this question.
What is the middle name of Ashish Nehra?
Answer: A
Ashish Nehra's full name is Ashish Diwansingh Nehra.
The left-arm fast bowler took 6 for 23 against England at Durban in the 2003 World Cup, still among the best figures by an Indian in the tournament.
Please log in or register to report this question.
A hockey player is supposed to know the meaning of the term-
Answer: A
A penalty corner is a hockey term - the set piece awarded for a defensive foul inside the circle, taken from the back line with the attackers outside the circle until the ball is pushed.
Bouncer and lbw are cricket terms, and a dead ball belongs to several games but not particularly to hockey.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Syed Kirmani made his ODI debut in 1976 against New Zealand as a wicketkeeper. How many runs did India make in that match?
Answer: D
India were bowled out for 154 in the match in which Syed Kirmani made his one-day international debut, against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1976.
Kirmani kept wicket in 88 Tests and 49 ODIs, and was named the best wicketkeeper of the 1983 World Cup.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Who won the Grand Slam title four times successively?
Answer: B
Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam titles in a single calendar year, in 1988, and added the Olympic gold that year for what is called the Golden Slam - the only player ever to do so.
She won 22 Grand Slam singles titles in all and held the world number one ranking for a record 377 weeks.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Which Indian athlete bagged the first medal in Olympics 2016?
Answer: B
Sakshi Malik won India's first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, a bronze in the 58 kg freestyle wrestling on 17 August.
She was trailing 0–5 in the bronze-medal bout and scored eight points in the last two minutes.
Please log in or register to report this question.
How many times did Geet Sethi win the IBSF World Billiards title?
Answer: B
Geet Sethi won the IBSF World Billiards title three times as an amateur, in 1985, 1987 and 2001.
He also won the World Professional Billiards Championship six times, and was among the first recipients of the Khel Ratna in 1992–93.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in Tests?
Answer: D
Virender Sehwag was the first Indian to score a Test triple century, making 309 against Pakistan at Multan in March 2004.
He did it again with 319 against South Africa at Chennai in 2008, becoming one of only four batsmen to score two Test triple hundreds.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Who won the Woman French Open Title in 2013?
Answer: C
Serena Williams won the 2013 French Open women's singles, beating Maria Sharapova in the final.
It was her second Roland Garros title, eleven years after her first, and her sixteenth Grand Slam singles title.
Please log in or register to report this question.
