Quiz On National Sports Day

Ques: Which Indian sports legend’s birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day in
India?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Major Dhyan Chand
C) Milkha Singh
D) PT Usha
Ans: B) Major Dhyan Chand

Ques: When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?

A) 15th August
B) 26th January
C) 29th August
D) 2nd October
Correct Answer: C) 29th August

Ques: Which sport is Major Dhyan Chand famous for?

A) Cricket
B) Football
C) Hockey
D) Badminton
Correct Answer: C) Hockey

Ques: Which Indian athlete holds the national record in women’s 100 meters?
A) PT Usha
B) Hima Das
C) Dutee Chand
D) Anju Bobby George
Answer: C) Dutee Chand

Ques: Who was the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the
Olympic Games?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) P. T. Usha
C) Leander Paes
D) Neeraj Chopra
Correct Answer: A) Abhinav Bindra

Ques: In which year did India win its first-ever Olympic medal in athletics?
A) 1948
B) 1952
C) 2000
D) 2021
Ans: D) 2021

Ques: Who is the first Indian to win the Badminton World Championship?
A) Prakash Padukone
B) Saina Nehwal
C) PV Sindhu
D) Kidambi Srikanth
Ans: C) PV Sindhu

Ques: Who was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games
in athletics ?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) P. T. Usha
C) Leander Paes
D) Neeraj Chopra
Correct Answer: c) Neeraj chopra

Ques: Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games?
A) P. V. Sindhu
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleswari
D) Sakshi Malik
Correct Answer: C) Karnam Malleswari

Ques: In which sport did India win its first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games?
A) Hockey
B) Wrestling
C) Badminton
D) Weightlifting
Ans: D) Weightlifting

Ques: The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, a sports award in India, is given to
organizations and individuals for their contributions to sports. Which ministry
confers this award?
A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Finance
C) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
D) Ministry of External Affairs
Correct Answer: C) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport

Ques: In which city is the National Sports Day ceremony in India usually held,
where awards like the Khel Ratna are presented?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai
Correct Answer: A) New Delhi

Ques: Who is the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in India as of 2023?
A) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B) Kiren Rijiju
C) Anurag Thakur
D) Piyush Goyal
Correct Answer: C) Anurag Thakur

Ques: Which Indian state is known as the “Sports Capital of India”?

A) Kerala
B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Odisha
Correct Answer: B) Haryana

Ques: Which Indian wrestler won a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and
became the first Indian athlete to do so in her weight category?
A) Bajrang Punia
B) Ravi Dahiya
C) Vinesh Phogat
D) Sakshi Malik
Correct Answer: C) Vinesh Phogat
Ques: How many goals did Dhyan Chand finish in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics in the
hockey final versus Holland?
A) 9
B) 7
C) 3
D) 1
Correct Answer: c) 3

Ques: Which year did India host the Asian Games for the first time?
A) 1951
B) 1962
C) 1982
D) 1990
Ans: A) 1951

Ques: In which year was the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award instituted?
A) 1991-1992
B) 1985-1986
C) 1999-2000
D) 2005-2006
Ans: A) 1991-1992

Ques: Who was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) PT Usha
D) leander Paes
Ans: B) Viswanathan Anand

Ques: Which Indian boxer won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics?
A) Vijender Singh
B) Mary Kom
C) Akhil Kumar
D) Shiva Thapa
Ans: B) Mary Kom

Ques: Who is the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics?
A) Dipa Karmakar
B) Aruna Reddy
C) Ashish Kumar
D) Pranati Nayak
Ans: A) Dipa Karmakar

Ques: Which Indian archer has won a gold medal at the Archery World Cup?
A) Deepika Kumari
B) Jayanta Talukdar
C) Dola Banerjee
D) Atanu Das
Answer: A) Deepika Kumari

Ques: Which Indian tennis player is known for winning multiple Grand Slam doubles
titles?
A) Leander Paes
B) Mahesh Bhupathi
C) Rohan Bopanna
D) Sania Mirza
Ans: A) Leander Paes

Ques: Which Indian state is famous for the traditional martial art “Kalaripayattu”?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B) Kerala

Ques: Which Indian city is home to the National Sports Academy?

A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Patiala
D) Lucknow
Ans: C) Patiala

Ques: Which Indian city is known as the “Mecca of Indian football”?

A) Kolkata
B) Mumba
C) Delhi
D) Goa
Ans: A) Kolkata

Ques: Which Indian cricketer is known as the “God of Cricket”?

A) MS Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: D) Sachin Tendulkar

Ques:How many goals did major dhyan Chand scored in 1928 Olympics?
A)17
B)12
C)14
D)11

Ques: Which sport is associated with the Arjuna Award, one of India’s prestigious
sports awards?
A) Wrestling
B) Shooting
C) Boxing
D) Archery
Correct Answer: A) Wrestling

Ques: Which Indian archer has won a gold medal at the Archery World Cup?
A) Deepika Kumari
B) Jayanta Talukdar
C) Dola Banerjee
D) Atanu Das
Ans: A) Deepika Kumari

Ques: Which Indian Paralympic athlete won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics?
A) Devendra Jhajhari
B) Mariyappan Thangavelu
C) Deepa Malik
D) Varun Singh Bhati
Ans: B) Mariyappan Thangavelu

Ques: Which Sports use the phrase “LONA Points.”?

A) Hockey
B) kabbadi
C) Kho-Kho
D) Badminton
Answer: B)Kabaddi

Que: Which sports category receives the Dronacharya Award on National Sports Day?
A)Players
B)Sports journalist
C)Coaches
D)All of the above
Ans: C)Coaches

Ques: Which Indian athlete is known for his contributions to cricket commentary and
writing?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Harsha Bhogle
C) Ravi Shastri
D) Kapil Dev
Answer: B) Harsha Bhogle

Ques: How many times India has won a gold medal in hockey at the Olympics?

A)8
B)6
C)9
D))12
Answer: A)8

Ques: What was the real name of Dhyan Chand?

A) Roop Singh
B) Gulab Chand
C) Prem Chand
D) Dhyan Singh
Answer: D) Dhyan Singh

Ques: Which Indian cricketer has scored the most international centuries?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sourav Ganguly
Answer: B) Sachin Tendulkar

Ques: Which country did India defeat to win its first Olympic gold in hockey?
A) Germany
B) Pakistan
C) Great Britain
D) Australia
Ans: C) Great Britain

Ques: When did first meeting was organized for Modern Olympics Games?
A) 1893
B) 1894
C) 1895
D) 1896
Answer: D) 1996

Ques: Which Indian footballer has played the most matches for the national team?
A) Baichung Bhutia
B) Sunil Chhetri
C) I. M. Vijayan
D) Sandesh Jhingan
Answer: B) Sunil Chhetri

Ques: Which Indian cricketer holds the record for the fastest century in ODIs?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Rohit Sharma
C) Kapil Dev
D) Yuvraj Singh
Answer: B) Rohit Sharma

Ques: The term "citius" is the Olympic motto denotes

A) Higher
B) Faster
C) Stronger
D) All the above
Answer:b) Faster

Ques: In which sport did Neeraj Chopra win India’s first Olympic gold medal in
2021?
A) Wrestling
B) Boxing
C) Shooting
D) Javelin Throw
Answer: D) Javelin Throw

Ques: Which civilian honor was given to Major Dhyan Chand by the Indian government?
A)The Padma Bhushan
B)Bharat Ratna
C)Padma Shree
D)Ashok Chakra
Answer: A)Padma Bhushan

Ques: The Paralympic games are organised after the completion of:
A) Asian Games
B) SAF Games
C) Olympic Games
D) Comman wealth Games
Ans. C) Olympic Games.

Ques: Who is the first president of Indian olympic Association (IOA)

A) Sir Dorabji tata
B) Jawaharhal Nehru
C) Sardas vallabh Bhai Patel
D) M.K. Gandhi

Ques: In which year was Major Dhyan Chand awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-
highest civilian award?
A) 1947
B) 1956
C) 1969
D) 1980
Answer: B) 1956
Ans. A) Sir Dorabji Tata

Ques: Which Indian wrestler won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A) Yogeshwar Dutt
B) Bajrang Punia
C) Sushil Kumar
D) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Answer: B) Bajrang Punia

Ques: Which Indian state hosts the most prominent celebrations of National Sports
Day?
A) Maharashtra
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

Ques: The first special winter Olympic games were started in

A) 1924
B) 1962
C) 1968
D) 1977
Answer: A) 1924

Ques: Which sport is often referred to as India’s national game, although it is not
officially recognized as such?
A) Cricket
B) Hockey
C) Kabaddi
D) Badminton
Answer: B) Hockey

Ques: The International Paralympic Committee was formed in

A)1960
B)1976
C)1989
D)2016
Answer: C) 1989

Ques: Who is the current President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as of
2023?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) P. T. Usha
D) P. V. Sindhu
Answer: C) P. T. Usha