General Knowledge - Sports - Questions and Answers (Important GK Questions) SET 1
- Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has had several nicknames over his playing career.
Ans:Tubby, Stodge and Helium Bat
- Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?
Ans:Sri Lanka
- Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games?
Ans:Four
- Ravi Shastri play for
Ans:Glamorgan
- Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
Ans:Wilson Jones
- Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
Ans:Kamaljit Sandhu
- Kapil Dev play for Which County Teams?
Ans:Northamptonshire & Worcestershire
- When was Amateur Athletics Federation of India established??
Ans:1946
- Who did Stone Cold Steve Austin wrestle at the 1998 edition of "Over the Edge"?
Ans:Dude Love
- Ricky Ponting is also known as what?
Ans:Punter
- How long are professional Golf Tour players allotted per shot?
Ans:45 Seconds
- The NBA player scored 8 points in the final 7 seconds of a game to lead his team to victory
Ans: Reggie Miller
- The match between India and Pakistan at Jaipur on 02-10-1983, Which new rule was introduced?
Ans: No-balls & wides were debited to bowlers analysis
- The first hang gliders to be flown were flown in...?
Ans: 1800s
- Anil Kumble play for?
Ans: Northamptonshire & Leicestershire
- The nickname of Glenn McGrath is what?
Ans: Pigeon
- Mark Waugh is commonly called what?
Ans: Junior
- India won its first Olympic hockey gold in...?
Ans: 1928
- How many times did Geet Sethi win the lBSF World Billiards title?
Ans: 3
- In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race?
Ans: 1957
- Who won the 1993 "King of the Ring"?
Ans: Bret Hart
- What NHL goaltender has the most career wins?
Ans: Grant Fuhr
- What Major League Baseball player holds the record for all-time career high batting average?
Ans: Ty Cobb - What Major League Baseball player holds the record for all-time career high batting average?
Ans: Brian Lara
- Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?
Ans: Ajit Wadekar
- Where did India play its 1st one day international match?
Ans: Headingley
- India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in...?
Ans: 1966
- The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in...?
Ans: 1951
- Mohammad Azharuddin play for County Team?
Ans: Derbyshire
- Which county did Sunil Gavaskar play for?
Ans: Somerset
- The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to...?
Ans: Coaches
- which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
Ans: Manipur
- Which cricketer died on the field in Bangladesh while playing for Abahani Club?
Ans: Raman Lamba
- Which of the following is a Manipuri version of Hockey?
Ans: Khong Kangjei
- Which county did Javagal Srinath sign for in 2003?
Ans: Durham
- Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?
Ans: Yorkshire
- Where did the 1st ODI match was played in India?
Ans: Ahmedabad
- Who had a torrid time with Lancashire in 2000?
Ans: Saurav Ganguly
- What is the name of the person that controls a football match?
Ans: A referee
- Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as "Captain Grumpy". What was his other nickname?
Ans: AB
- The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in...?
Ans:1948
- Who was the first captain of Indian Test team?
Ans: CK Nayudu
- Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?
Ans: Boland
- Which football hero was nicknamed "The Sundance Kid"?
Ans: Jim Kiick
- Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1999?
Ans: Australia
- Who did The Rock beat to win his first WWE Title?
Ans: Mankind
- The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with...?
Ans: Weight Lifting
- In what year was the first international cricket match held?
Ans: 1844 between Canada and the USA
- How many gold medals have been won by India in the Olympics so far?
Ans: 9
- Which English county did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in the 2003 season?
Ans: Leicestershire
- Who has scored the most Test hundreds ever?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
- When was the first cricket Test match played?
Ans: 1877
- Who beat Duke in the Great Alaskan Shootout Finals in 1998?
Ans:University of Cincinnati
- 'Dizzy' is the nickname of what Australian player?
Ans: Jason Gillespie
- Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket?
Ans: Muttiah Muralitharan
- Which county signed Yuvraj Singh to play for them in 2003?
Ans: Yorkshire
- Which county did the outspoken Spin great Bishen Singh Bedi play for?
Ans: Northamptonshire
- Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
Ans: K.D.Jadhav
- With which sport is the 'Choudhury Trophy' associated?
Ans:Circumnavigation of the earth by car
- The nickname of wicketkeeping great Rod Marsh was what?
Ans: Bacchus
- Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India )?
Ans: R.E. Grant Govan
- How many gold medals did P.T.Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?
Ans: 4
- Who has scored the most runs in a single First-class innings?
Ans: Brian Lara
- Which batsman started his international cricketing career at the age of 16?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
- How many wickets did Yograj Singh take in his 1st ODI match?
Ans: 2
- Who made his Test debut alongwith Salil Ankola in the same match?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
- What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?
Ans: Sharad
- What is the middle name of Akash Chopra, a Delhi batsman?
Ans:Shyamlal
- When did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test debut?
Ans: 1989
- Who was named India's Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?
Ans: Kapil Dev
- What was Sachin Tendulkar's average when he made his first thousand runs in ODIs?
Ans: 35.83
- Syed Kirmani made his ODI debut in 1976 against New Zealand as a wicketkeeper. How many runs did India make in that match?
Ans: 154 all out
- How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test matches when he retired?
Ans: 434
- The highest first wicket partnership in Test Match Cricket was between two Indians: one is V.Mankad, who is the other?
Ans: Pankaj Roy
- Who was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000?
Ans: Rahul Dravid
- What is the middle name of the world class batsman Sachin Tendulkar?
Ans: Ramesh
- Which Indian batsman made his ODI debut in the same match in which Kapil Dev did?
Ans: Surinder Amarnath
- Against which team did Rahul Dravid made his ODI debut?
Ans: Sri Lanka
- What is the middle name of the Ajith Agarkar, a top class all rounder?
Ans: Bhalchandra
- Where did Yuvraj Singh make his ODI debut?
Ans: Nairobi, Kenya
- How many wickets did Zaheer Khan pick up in his ODI debut?
Ans: 3
- Who was named as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004?
Ans: Irfan Pathan
- Which Indian batsman was the first to hit 44 fours in a test match innings?
Ans: Laxman
- Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut?
Ans: Pakistan
- Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
Ans: Karnam Malleshwari
- Which team did Sachin Tendulkar play for in the Ranji Trophy when he made his debut in first class cricket?
Ans: Mumbai
- What is the middle name of V.V.S. Laxman?
Ans: Vangipurapu Venkata Sai
- Where did Mahendra Singh Dhoni make his ODI debut?
Ans: Chittagong
- What is the middle name of Bajji (Harbhajan Singh)?
Ans: Plaha
- How many runs did VVS Laxman score in his ODI debut?
Ans: 0
- Sourav Ganguly made his Test debut in 1996.How many runs did he score in the 1st innings of that match?
Ans: 131
- Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on Test debut against England at England's home?
Ans: Abbas Ali Baig
- In which year did Ajay Jadeja make his ODI debut?
Ans: 1992
- How many runs did Sachin Tendulkar was scored in his ODI debut?
Ans: 0
- How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
Ans: 34
- Who was named as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980?
Ans: Sunil Gavaskar
- Who was the man of the match of the 1983 World Cup Final?
Ans: M. Amarnath
- Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in Tests?
Ans: Virender Sehwag
- When did Sourav Ganguly made his ODI debut?
Ans: 11 January 1992
- What is the middle name of Parthiv Patel?
Ans: Ajay
- What is the middle name of Sourav Ganguly?
Ans: Chandidas
- What is the middle name of Ashish Nehra?
Ans: Diwansingh
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