Miscellaneous (Sports) (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

41. Thomas Cup is associated with which of the following sports? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 11.09.2016 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (d) Badminton
Solution:Thomas Cup/trophy signifying world supremacy in the sport of badminton. The cup was donated in 1939 by Sir George Thomas for a series of men's international team competitions to be managed by the International Badminton Federation (IBF), of which Thomas was then president.

42. 'Caliber' is related to which sport? [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.I. (T-I) 2.07.2017 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (a) Shooting
Solution:In shooting, caliber is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel or the diameter of the projectile it fires, in hundredths or sometimes thousandths of an inch.

43. Apurvi Chandela is related to __________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 5.10.2017 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (d) Shooting
Solution:Apurvi Chandela is a famous Indian shooter. She won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle shooting event at the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow in the year 2014.

44. Who among the following is an ace pistol shooter? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 26.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (c) Saurabh Chaudhary
Solution:Saurabh Chaudhary is a top-class pistol shooter. He has won a gold medal in the 10m air pistol shooting event at the Asian Games in 2018 and a silver medal in the 10m air pistol event of the ISSF Presidency Cup in November 2021.

45. Who among the following is an international shooting player? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 6.08.2021 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 20.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Anjum Moudgil
Solution:Anjum Moudgil is an international player in shooting. Moudgil won a silver medal in the women's 50m rifle three-position event at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico in 2018.

46. Who among the following won the 2002 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Champion of Champions combined-air-rifle event to become the first Indian to win that competition? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Anjali Bhagwat
Solution:Indian female shooter Anjali Bhagwat became the first Indian to win the 2002 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Champion of Champions Combined Air Rifle event. She became a gold medalist in the year 2002 in the 10m Air Rifle event.

47. Who won the 10 m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship in October 2020? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 05.08.2021 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (d) Visnu Shivaraj Pandian
Solution:India's Visnu Shivaraj Pandian won the 10m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship on 3 October 2020.

48. Who was the first woman shooter from India to reach number 1 in world ranking by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2014? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (c) Heena Sidhu
Solution:According to the International Shooting Sport Federation, Heena Sidhu was the first Indian female shooter to reach number 1 in the world rankings in the year 2014. She became the world's No. 1 player in the 10m air pistol category (women). He won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Competition in the year 2018 at the International Shooting Competition, Hannover (Germany).

49. Who among the following is the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 4.08.2021 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 6.10.2017 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (d) Heena Sidhu
Solution:According to the International Shooting Sport Federation, Heena Sidhu was the first Indian female shooter to reach number 1 in the world rankings in the year 2014. She became the world's No. 1 player in the 10m air pistol category (women). He won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Competition in the year 2018 at the International Shooting Competition, Hannover (Germany).

50. Who among the following won P4 gold at the Al Ain 2021 Para Shooting World Cup in March 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 13.04.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Manish Narwal
Solution:Manish Narwal won P4 gold at the Al Ain 2021 Para Shooting WorldCup in March 2021.He was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021. He is an Indian Para Pistol Shooter.

Note- Manish narwal clinched a gold medal in the men's som pistol SH1 event at the tokyo paralympics 2021.