IMPORTANT GK SET NO.76 FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

IMPORTANT GK SET NO.76 FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

Important Gk Set No.76 For all Competitive Exams

1. The first Indian Player who participated in the Olympics was 
a) Sonia Denancord
b) Norman Prichard
c) Christina Otty
d) Muthukrishnan

Answer b) Norman Prichard.

2. Name the first Indian Woman who participated in Olympic Games?
a) Marrie Lila Ro
b) Tina Sebastian
c) Larina Lavaniya
d) Kausi Bhatia

Answer a) Marrie Lila Ro.

3. The 2012 Olympics was held in
a) Tokyo
b) Beijing
c) London
d) Moscow

Answer c) London.

4. The venue of the First Modern Olympics was __________.
a) London
b) Athens
c) Paris
d) Stockholm

Answer b) Athens. (Greece)

5. The ________ Olympic Games was cancelled due to World War II?
a) Tenth
b) Eleventh
c) Twelfth
d) Thirteenth

Answer d) Thirteenth. In the year 1944.

6. The 2016 Rio Olympics will be ________ Olympics. 
a) Thirtieth
b) Thirty First
c) Thirty Second
d) Thirty Third

Answer b) Thirty First. The proposed venue for Thirty Second Olympic Games (2020) is Tokyo (Japan).

7. Name the Indian who won the first ever gold medal for the Country in Paralympics (Games for the disabled athletes)?
a) Devendra
b) Girisha
c) Nagarajegowda
d) Joginder Singh

Answer a) Devendra. He claimed Gold in Javelin Throw in Athens Paralympics 2004.

8. The venue of 2014 Winter Olympics was
a) Oslo
b) Salt Lake City
c) Sochi
d) Nagano

Answer c) Sochi. It is a place in Russia.

9. The Scheduled venue for 2018 Winter Olympic Games is
a) Turin, Italy
b) Grenoble, France
c) Pyeong Chang, South Korea
d) Innsbruck, Austria

Answer c) Pyeong Chang, South Korea.

10. The Official Slogan for the 2021 London Olympic was
a) Refuse to lose
b) Our Blood Our Sweat
c) Inspire a Generation
d) Champions Play as One

Answer c) Inspire a Generation