Miscellaneous (Sports) (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

21. Who won the Toyota Thailand Open Women's Singles Title in Bangkok in January 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 13.08.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Tai Tzu-ying
(b) Carolina Marin
(c) P.V. Sindhu
(d) Ashwini Ponnappa

Correct Answer: (b) Carolina Marin

Solution:In the Toyota Thailand Open badminton tournament held on 24 January 2021, Denmark's Viktor Axelsen won the men's singles title by defeating Hans Kristian Solberg Wittinghus of Denmark. Carolina Marin (Spain) won the women's singles title by defeating Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan.

22. Who became India's first badminton world champion in 2019? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 17.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Jwala Gutta
(b) Kidambi Srikanth
(c) Saina Nehwal
(d) P.V. Sindhu

Correct Answer: (d) P.V. Sindhu

Solution:In the year 2019, PV Sindhu became India's first Badminton World Champion. She defeated Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the final match.

23. Who among the following is associated with Badminton? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 15.10.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) R.S. Brar
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Prakash Padukone
(d) Jaspal Rana

Correct Answer: (c) Prakash Padukone

Solution:Prakash Padukone is a famous player in badminton. Jaspal Rana is a famous player in shooting and Leander Paes is a tennis player.

24. Lakshya Sen is associated with which of the following sports? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 13.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Basketball
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Table Tennis
(d) Badminton

Correct Answer: (d) Badminton

Solution:Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. Sen is a former world junior no. 1. He won gold medals at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles and at the Summer Youth Olympics in the mixed team event. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships and was runner-up at 2022 All England Open.

25. Which Indian badminton player was runner-up at the 2019 Swiss Open Tournament? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 12.06.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Sai Praneeth
(b) Kidambi Srikanth
(c) Parupalli Kashyap
(d) Chetan Anand

Correct Answer: (a) Sai Praneeth

Solution:The 2019 Swiss Open or the YONEX Swiss Open 2019, was a badminton tournament which organised at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland from 12 to 17 March 2019. Sai Parneeth runner-up at the 2019 Swiss open tournament.

26. The Indian badminton player who won the Canadian Open Women's Doubles title in 2015 along with Ashwini Ponnappa was ___________. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 11.06.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Jwala Gutta
(b) P.C. Tulasi
(c) Saina Nehwal
(d) P.V. Sindhu

Correct Answer: (a) Jwala Gutta

Solution:The Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta won the Canadian Open Women's Doubles title in 2015 along with Ashwini Ponnappa. The Indian badminton pair beat the Netherlands pair of Eefge Muskens and Selena Piek.

27. Where was the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy founded in 2008? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 17.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Hyderabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru

Correct Answer: (a) Hyderabad

Solution:In 2006 the Badminton Association of India named Gopichand the coach of the Indian national badminton team, and in 2008 he opened a badminton academy in Hyderabad. The Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy was founded by Pullela Gopichand in 2008 in Hyderabad, with an aim to produce future badminton champions.

28. Who among the following scripted history by becoming the second Indian male shuttler after Prakash Padukone to win the title of 'BWF Badminton World Championships' in August, 2019? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 14.10.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Ajay Jayaram
(b) Kidambi Srikanth
(c) H.S. Prannoy
(d) B. Sai Praneeth

Correct Answer: (d) B. Sai Praneeth

Solution:Kento Momota of Japan won the BWF Badminton World Championships title (Men's Singles) that concluded on August 25, 2019. Indian male shuttler B. Sai Praneeth (Bhamidipti Sai Praneeth) won the bronze medal and became the first Indian male player to win a medal in 36 years. Praneeth was awarded the Arjuna Award in the year 2019. Prior to him, Prakash Padukone had won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships.

29. With which of the following sports is Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth associated? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Cricket
(b) Badminton
(c) Tennis
(d) Hockey

Correct Answer: (b) Badminton

30. In 2015, who among the following became the first Indian female player to top the Badminton rankings? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 2.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Ashwini Ponnappa
(b) Saina Nehwal
(c) Jwala Gutta
(d) PV Sindhu

Correct Answer: (b) Saina Nehwal

Solution:In 2015, Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman player to reach the top spot in the badminton rankings. As per the current(14th April 2022) ranking Olympic medalist, Saina Nehwal is ranked number 23 and she was also on the verge of beating current badminton number 1 Akane in the recently concluded All England Open.

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