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Ram Kumar Ramanathan belongs to which sports ?

A) Tennis B) Chess
C) Golf D) Cricket
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cricket

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Which team has won the ICC T20 World Cup 2014?

A) Sri Lanka B) India
C) Australia D) Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sri Lanka

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

A) In 2017, Glenn Maxwell captained the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.

B) Roger Federer won the Table Tennis 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles.

C) Bernhard Langer won the Golf 2017 Senior PGA Championship.

A) Only A B) B and C
C) A and C D) A and B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A and C

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Which will be the new sponsor of the Indian cricket team from April 2017 ?

A) Paytm B) Star
C) Oppo D) Reliance-Jio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Oppo

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OPPO, the mobile manufacturing brand has dealt with Indian Cricket Team for its sponsorship for 05 years. OPPO has paid Rs. 1079 crore for this deal. The BCCI has signed a five-year contract with OPPO and this contract will begin from April.

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Which team became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches  ?

A) Sunrisers Hyderabad B) Bangalore Royal Challengers
C) Kolkata Knight Riders D) Mumbai Indians
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai Indians

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Two times IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) reached a new milestone as they became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches. The Mumbai outfit defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens by 9 runs in their final match of the league stage of IPL 2017.

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Who became the first European : Woman to travel to the Forbidden City of Tibet

A) Gertude Bell B) Althea Gibson
C) Alexandra David Neel D) Ann Bancraft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alexandra David Neel

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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

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The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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Which player has become the first left-arm spinner to take 400 wickets in Test cricket ?

A) Ravindra Jadeja B) Mitchell Starc
C) Rangana Herath D) Kuldeep Yadav
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rangana Herath

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