Sports Awards of India Quiz

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1. 1In which year was the Indian Olympic Association established? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
2. 2Who among the following was the first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)? [SSC CPO 2023]
3. 3In which year were the first Paralympic Games held? [SSC CGL 2023]
4. 4Due to the First and Second World Wars, in which years were the Olympic Games not held? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
5. 5In which year was the first Winter Olympic Games held? [SSC CGL 2023]
6. 6In which year did the Men's Cricket World Cup begin? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
7. 7The first Women’s Cricket World Cup was hosted by which of the following countries? [SSC CGL 2023]
8. 8In which year did India make its One Day International debut? [SSC CHSL 2023]
9. 9The first ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was held in the year ______. [Matric Level 2023]
10. 10When did India win the Hockey World Cup title for the first time? [SSC CGL 2023]
11. 11In which year did the Football World Cup begin? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
12. 12The Durand Cup was established in Shimla in the year ___. [SSC MTS 2023]
13. 13In which year was the Indian Football Association established? [SSC CHSL 2022]
14. 14In which year was the Pro Kabaddi League established? [SSC CHSL 2022]
15. 15In which year was the Arjuna Award started? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
16. 16In which year was the Dronacharya Award started? [SSC Stenographer 2023]
17. 17Who among the following was the first para-athlete to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award? [SSC CHSL 2021]
18. 18____ is the first female hockey player to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. [SSC CGL 2022]
19. 19Who was the first Arjuna Award winner in Kabaddi? [SSC CPO 2023]
20. 20In 2000, the first female weightlifting coach to win the Dronacharya Award was _____. [SSC CHSL 2023]
21. 21Who among the following was the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri award from the Government of India? [SSC MTS 2021]
22. 22When was Kapil Dev awarded the Padma Shri? [SSC CHSL 2023]
23. 23Gurcharan Singh received the Padma Shri in 2023 for his contribution to which sport? [SSC CHSL 2023]
24. 24Mirabai Chanu was named BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2022. She belongs to which sport? [SSC MTS 2023]
25. 25Who was the first Indian to receive the Blue Cross from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)? [SSC CGL 2020]
26. 26Who was the first winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna)? [SSC CHSL 2020]
27. 27India participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in _____. [SSC MTS 2023]
28. 28Which of the following female athletes is known as an Olympic “double medalist” (winning two medals)? [SSC Selection Post 2023]
29. 29Indian player Bhavani Devi is related to which sport? (First to qualify for the Olympics) [SSC CHSL 2021]
30. 30In the 1992 Summer Olympics, __ became the first woman to carry India's flag at the opening ceremony of any Olympics. [SSC CHSL 2021]
31. 31After Independence, in which Olympics did India first win a gold medal in men's hockey? [SSC MTS 2021]
32. 32Which of the following Indian players scored the most runs for India in the 1983 Cricket World Cup? [SSC MTS 2023]
33. 33After Independence, who was India’s first World Champion in any sport? [SSC MTS 2021]
34. 34Who was the first American male athlete to win a Marathon gold medal in the Olympics? [SSC CHSL 2023]
35. 35Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympic Games? [SSC MTS 2023]
36. 36Who was the first cricketer from the sports field to receive the Bharat Ratna?
37. 37Who was India’s first female Olympic medalist?
38. 38Who won India’s first individual Olympic gold medal?
39. 39In which year was the Dhyan Chand Award started?
40. 40On which date is National Sports Day celebrated in India?
41. 41In which year were the first Commonwealth Games held?