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1. The Santosh Trophy is associated with which sport?
a. Hockey
b. Tennis
c. Football
d. Cricket
2. Who became India's first volleyball player to play professionally in European competitions?
a. Jimmy George
b. Gurinder Singh
c. Tom Joseph
d. G E Sridhar
3. Who was the first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event?
a. Sania Mirza
b. G Aryapriya
c. PT Usha
d. Karnam Malleshwari
4. Who was the first individual medal winner of independent India?
a. Leander Paes
b. Rajyavardan Singh Rathore
c. Milkha Singh
d. Khashaba Jhadhav
5. Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship?
a. Prakash Padukone
b. P Gopichand
c. Srikanth Kidambi
d. Parupalli Kashyap
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Answers
1. The Santosh Trophy is associated with which sport?
a. Hockey
b. Tennis
c. Football
d. Cricket
Did You Know?
In 1973, under the captaincy of Mani, Kerala won their first Santhosh Trophy. Football is more popular in Kerala than cricket.
Read more about it in this link.
2. Who became India's first volleyball player to play professionally in European competitions?
a. Jimmy George
b. Gurinder Singh
c. Tom Joseph
d. G E Sridhar
Did You Know?
Jimmy George received the Arjuna Award in 1976 and even played for professional leagues in Italy.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Who was the first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event?
a. Sania Mirza
b. G Aryapriya
c. PT Usha
d. Karnam Malleshwari
Did You Know?
PT Usha is fondly called the 'Payyoli Express'. During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, PT Usha missed out on an Olympic bronze in the 400m hurdles by just 0.01 seconds.
Read more about it in this link.
4. Who was the first individual medal winner of independent India?
a. Leander Paes
b. Rajyavardan Singh Rathore
c. Milkha Singh
d. Khashaba Jhadhav
Did You Know? Khashaba Jadhav is India's first individual Olympic medallist. He won an Olympic bronze in wrestling during the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.
Read more about it in this link.
5. Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship?
a. Prakash Padukone
b. P Gopichand
c. Srikanth Kidambi
d. Parupalli Kashyap
Did You Know? The All England Open Badminton Championship is like the Wimbledon for badminton players. Prakash Padukone won the tournament by defeating the World No 1 Liem Swie King of Indonesia.
Read more about it in this link.
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