Sport Questions and Answers

1. Which country won the Thomas Cup 2008 ?
(A) Spain
(B) Australia
(C) France
(D) China
Ans : (D)

2. When was the last time that India won the Gold medal in Hockey at the Olympics ?
(A) 1992
(B) 1980
(C) 1964
(D) 1972
Ans : (B)

3. Who is the present President of International Cricket Council ?
(A) David Morgan
(B) Percy Sonn
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Sharad Pawar
Ans : (A)


4. Which team won the ICC World Twenty-20 Cricket Tournament played in June 2009 in England ?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Australia
(D) South Africa
Ans : (B)

5. Who is the new President of the BCCI ?
(A) Shashank Manohar
(B) Jagmohan Dalmia
(C) Sharad Pawar
(D) Suresh Kalmadi
Ans : (A)

6. Who holds the record of taking the maximum number of wickets in test cricket ?
(A) Anil Kumble (India)
(B) Muthia Murlitharan (Sri Lanka)
(C) Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
(D) Irfan Pathan (India)
Ans : (B)

7. Who won the Ranji Cricket Trophy played in Mysore in January 2010 ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (D)

8. Who among the following has won the World Chess Championship for the year 2010-11 ?
(A) Vishwanathan Anand
(B) Veselin Topalov
(C) Karen Asrian
(D) Mark Diesen
Ans : (A)

9. Which of the following country has won the 2010 Men’s Hockey World Cup held in new Delhi on March 13, 2010 ? ?
(A) Australia
(B) Germany
(C) Netherland
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

10. Which country won the ‘FIFA World Cup Football 2006’ in July 2006 ?
(A) Brazil
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Italy
Ans : (D)

11. Who among the following Cricketers has not had the distinction of being the highest wicket taker at one time or another in Test Cricket ?
(A) Dennis Lillee
(B) Imran Khan
(C) Richard Hadlee
(D) Courtney Walsh
Ans : (B)

12. Which team won the 2nd FIFA U-17 World Cup held in November 2009 ?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Switzerland
(C) Spain
(D) Colombia
Ans : (B)

13. Who was adjudged as the Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games held at Melbourne, Australia in March 2006 ?
(A) Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (India)
(B) Alexandra Orlando (Canada)
(C) Samresh Jung (India)
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

14. Who won the Australian Lawn Tennis Women’s Singles Championships 2010, held in January 2010 ?
(A) Serena Williams (USA)
(B) Anastasia Msykina (Russia)
(C) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
(D) Venus Williams (USA)
Ans : (A)

15. Who won the World Team Chess Championship title played in Bursa, Turkey in January 2010 ?
(A) Kazhakhstan
(B) Ukraine
(C) Russia
(D) India
Ans : (C)

16. 2015-Cricket World Cup will be held in—
(A) New Zealand
(B) England
(C) Australia
(D) South Africa
Ans : (C)

17. Which country won the African Nations Cup of Football on January 31, 2010 ?
(A) Cameroon
(B) Egypt
(C) Nigeria
(D) Ghana
Ans : (B)

18. Saina Nehwal who was recently in the news is associated with—
(A) Badminton
(B) Lawn Tennis
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Chess
Ans : (A)

19. The 2008 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament was won by—
(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) England
(D) Denmark
Ans : (B)

20. Which country will be host the World Cup Football Tournament in 2014 ?
(A) New Zealand
(B) West Indies
(C) Brazil
(D) South Africa
Ans : (C)