Tennis (Sports) (Part-I)

41. Which of the following is not a Grand Slam in Tennis? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 14.08.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Australian Open
(b) Wimbledon
(c) Roland Garros
(d) Indian Open

Correct Answer: (d) Indian Open

Solution:Indian Open is the most appropriate option among the given options. , The four Grand Slams of tennis are as follows - Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros), Wimbledon, and U.S. Open.

42. With which sport is Archana Kamath associated? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 6.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

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

Correct Answer: (b) Table Tennis

Solution:Archana Kamath is a female table tennis player. In the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, G. Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event.

43. Who among the following was the first Indian table tennis player ever to become nine times senior national champion as of January 2021? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 18.08.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Achanta Sharath Kamal
(b) Harmeet Desai
(c) Soumyajit Ghosh
(d) Manav Thakkar

Correct Answer: (a) Achanta Sharath Kamal

Solution:As per the information, till January 2021, Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian table tennis player to become the senior champion nine times. He broke the record of eight-time national champion Kamlesh Mehta.

44. Who among the following table tennis players won nine Senior National Championships as of April 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 18.04.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Soumyajit Ghosh
(b) Sujay Ghorpade
(c) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
(d) A Sharath Kamal

Correct Answer: (d) A Sharath Kamal

Solution:Achanta Sharath Kamal was the first Indian table tennis player to become a nine-time senior cham-pion in April 2021. He is the first Indian table tennis player to be a nine-time national champion, breaking the record of eight-time national champion Kamlesh Mehta.

45. With which sport is Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj associated? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.04.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Lawn tennis
(b) Table tennis
(c) Football
(d) Cricket

Correct Answer: (a) Lawn tennis

Solution:Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj are associated with the sport of Lawn Tennis. Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1976. Anand Amritraj was part of the Indian team led by Vijay Amritraj, which reached the Davis Cup final against Sweden in 1987.

46. In which of the following countries is the headquarters of International Table Tennis Federation situated? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Thailand
(b) Switzerland
(c) England
(d) Japan

Correct Answer: (b) Switzerland

Solution:The International Table Tennis Federation was established in the year 1926. Its headquarter is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

47. With which of the following sports is Sebastian Korda associated? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.04.2021 (Shift-III)]

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

Correct Answer: (a) Tennis

Solution:Sebastian Korda (USA) is a professional tennis, player.

48. Which two Indians became the first pair to reach the finals of all Grand Slams in a year in the Open era, winning French Open and Wimbledon as top seeds? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi
(b) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
(c) Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri
(d) Yuki Bhambri and Leander Paes

Correct Answer: (b) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi

Solution:Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were the first Indian pair to reach the finals of all Grand Slams in a year in the Open era, winning French Open and Wimbledon as top seeds.

49. __________ became the first Indian to win the under-18 title in the Orange Bowl tournament in 2008. [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 18.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Yuki Bhambri
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Manas Dhamne
(d) Rohan Bopanna

Correct Answer: (a) Yuki Bhambri

Solution:Yuki Bhambri was the first Indian to win Under-18 the title in the Orange Bowl tournament in 2008.

50. In which of the following places was the first edition of the World Para Table Tennis Championships held in 1990? [S.S.C. Online CPO SI (T-I) 10.11.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Assen, Netherlands
(b) Granada, Spain
(c) Beijing, China
(d) Lasko, Slovenia

Correct Answer: (a) Assen, Netherlands

Solution:The World Para Table Tennis Championship, which started in 1990 in Assen, Netherlands, has been held formerly every four times featuring both platoon and individual events, with its last edition in Beijing, China in 2014. The event has been restructured to point to platoon events at odd times, and individual events at times.