Badminton (Sports)

21. Who among of the following is not a badminton player? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Naresh Kumar
(b) Nandu Natekar
(c) Sayed Modi
(d) Deepu Ghosh

Correct Answer: (a) Naresh Kumar

22. Which country won the Thomas Cup competition? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

(a) Malaysia
(b) Indonesia
(c) China
(d) Korea

Correct Answer: (a) Malaysia

23. Consider the following pairs - [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

Person	Game/Sport
1. Anand Pawar	Chess
2. Akhil Kumar	Boxing
3. Shiv Shankar Prasad Chaurasia	Golf

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only

24. Who was the winner of the men's singles competition at the 1995 Indonesia Open Badminton Championship? [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Ardy Wiranata
(b) Bang-So-Hyun
(c) Susi Susanti
(d) Joko Suprianto

Correct Answer: (a) Ardy Wiranata

Solution:The 1995 men's singles winner of the Indonesia Open was Ardy Wiranata. Indonesia Open is a badminton event held every year since 1982 by Perustuan Bulutangkis Seluruh of Indonesia. The 2021 men's singles title was won by Victor Axelsen (Denmark) by defeating An Se-Young of South Korea. The 2022 Indonesia Open (Officially known as the East ventures Indonesia open 2022) was a badminton tournament which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in January 2024.

In this tournament the winners are -

Men's singles - Anders Antonson

Women's singles - Wong Zhiyi

25. Who among the following defeated Saina Nehwal in the Women's singles final match of Indonesian Open Super Series 2011? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

(a) Wang Yihan
(b) Wang Shin
(c) Tye Baun
(d) Cheng Shao Chie

Correct Answer: (a) Wang Yihan

Solution:In the women's singles final match of the Indonesian Open Super Series 2011, Wang Yihan of China defeated Saina Nehwal of India. The woman's singles event of the year 2019 was won by Akane Yamaguchi by defeating P.V. Sindhu of India.