Sports Award MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Sports Award - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is S Vijayalakshmi.

Key Points

• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi is the first female Indian Grandmaster in Chess.
• In 2001, she became the first Indian to achieve the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster,
• In 2001 the Indian government gave her the Arjuna Award.
• Viswanathan Anand was the first grandmaster in chess from India in 1988.

Additional Information

The Correct Answer is Option 3 i.e Rugby.

The correct answer is Viswanathan Anand.

• Viswanathan Anand was the first recipient of the award.
• He was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92

  Important Points
About Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

• It is the highest sporting honour of India.
• The recipient(s) is/are honoured for their outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at an international level.
• It was instituted in 1991–92.
• The award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh.
• Abhinav Bindra is the youngest recipient of the award.

  Additional Information

• For the year 2020 five sportspersons received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna on the occasion of the National Sports Day on 29th August.

• Oinam Bembem Devi, flag bearer of Indian women’s football over the past 2 decades has been named as the winner of Arjuna Award.
• Bembem becomes the 2nd Indian woman footballer to win the award, the first being Shanti Mullick in 1983.
• Bembem, nicknamed ‘Durga of Indian Football’, made her international debut in 1995, bowed out on a high after winning SAF Games Gold Medal in Shillong in 2015.
• Bembem had led her side Eastern Sporting to the title in the inaugural Indian Women’s League.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e Volley Ball

The correct answer is option 4 i.e Abhinav Bindra.

Key Points

• The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna now named Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award is the highest sports award in India.
  • Award is named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India.
  • Awarded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
  • Instituted in 1991.
  • Viswanathan Anand is the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
  • Sport shooter Abhinav Bindra is the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
  • Last awarded in 2019.
  • Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award winners 2019: Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia.

Additional Information

• Abhinav Bindra is a former Indian sport shooter.
  • He is India's individual Olympic gold medalist.
  • He won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Virat Kohli is an Indian Cricketer.
  • He was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2018.
• Geet Sethi is a professional player of English billiards.
  • He was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1992.

The correct answer is Vinesh Phogat.

Important Points

• She became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for the Laureus world sports Awards.
• The Laureus World Sports Award
  • It is an annual award ceremony honoring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year.
  • Established in 1999.
• Vinesh Phogat
  • She is an Indian woman wrestler.
  • The first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in Commonwealth and Asian games.

The Correct Answer is Cricket.

Important Points

The correct answer is Football.

Key Points

• The Golden Ball was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015.
• Awarded jointly by FIFA and France Football, the prize was a merger of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the Ballon d'Or, the two most prestigious individual honours in world football. 
• Note: In an exam, options would be very close or same at times. We have to choose the most appropriate answer. The Golden Ball is given in football, where the majority of countries participate. But in IPL, its only international players and don't represent other countries.

The correct answer is Table Tennis.

Key Points

• Corbillon Cup is associated with women's table tennis.

• Table-tennis:

  • Table tennis was invented in England in the early days of the 20th century and was originally called Ping-Pong, a trend name.
  • It is a ball game similar to lawn tennis and played on a flat table divided into two equal courts by a net fixed across its width in the middle.
  • The object is to hit the ball so that it goes over the net and bounces on the opponent’s half of the table so that the opponent cannot reach it or return it correctly.
  • The lightweight hollow ball is propelled back and forth across the net by small rackets (bats, or paddles) held by the players.
  • The game is famous all over the world.
  • In most countries, it is highly organized as a competitive sport, especially in Europe and Asia, particularly China and Japan.​

Additional Information

The correct answer is ​Alexia Putellas.

Key Points

• Alexia Putellas won The Best FIFA Women's Award in 2021.
• The Best FIFA Women's Award for the first time in her career in 2021 beating Australia and Chelsea forward Samantha Kerr and teammate Jennifer Hermoso.
• The FIFA Player of the Year Award for women was instituted in 2001, 10 years after the FIFA Men's Player of the Year award.

Important Points

• The first-ever recipient of the FIFA Women's Player of the Year award was former US Women's National Team attacker Mia Hamm.
• Brazil women's football legend Marta has won the award a record six times in her career.
• She is followed by Germany's Birgit Prinz who has bagged the prize thrice.

Additional Information

• FIFA President-Gianni Infantino(As of April 2022). Its Headquarters is in Zurich Switzerland.

The correct answer is Rani Rampal.

Key Points

• Rani Rampal is the first woman hockey player to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
• She was the youngest player in the national team that competed in the 2010 World Cup at the age of 15.
• She completed her education but was unable to obtain a graduate degree due to scheduled practice sessions and competitions. On her team, she is a forward.
• She has scored 134 goals in 212 international appearances.
• She is the captain of the Indian Women's Hockey Team at the moment.
• She is also recognised as a striker who frequently plays in the midfield. The Indian government awarded her the Padma Shri in 2020.

Important Points

• Vandana Katariya is an Indian field hockey player who represents her country as a forward. Vandana rose to attention after scoring the most goals for India in the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup in 2013.
• Nikki Pradhan is a professional field hockey player from India who also plays for the national squad. She was the first female athlete from Jharkhand to compete in the Olympics for India.
• Sharmila Devi is a field hockey player from India. In the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, she made her international debut against the USA, scoring a goal. 

The correct answer is Dara Singh.

• Dara Singh was an Indian professional wrestler.
  • He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996. 
  • He has not received Arjuna award.

Additional Information

• Vishesh Bhriguvanshi is a professional Indian Basketball captain.
  • He received the Arjuna Award for the year 2020.
• Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player.
  • He is the current chief coach for the Indian Badminton team.
  • He received the Arjuna Award for the year 2000.
• Pradip Kumar Banerjee received the Arjuna award in the year 1961 for football.

The correct answer is Balbir Singh Dosanjh.

Key Points

• Balbir Singh Dosanjh has been the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri award from the Government of India in 1957.
• Balbir Singh Dosanjh was a former Indian hockey player.
• As of March 2021, he holds the Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic men's hockey final.
• He set this unique record when he scored five goals in India's 6-1 gold medal game triumph over the Netherlands at the 1952 Olympic Games.
• He was a three-time Olympic gold medallist in the team event at:
  • 1948 London.
  • 1952 Helsinki.
  • 1956 Melbourne.
• He died at the age of 96 in Mohali on 25 May 2020.
• The Mohali International Hockey Stadium has been renamed the Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium in honour of his death anniversary on May 25th, 2021.​

Additional Information

• Milkha Singh:
  • He is known as The Flying Sikh and was an Indian track and field sprinter.
  • He was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army.
  • He is the only athlete who won gold in 400 meters race at Asian Games & Games Commonwealth
  • In 1957, Milkha Singh won the first National title in the 400 m race.
  • He won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games.
  • He also represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
  • Milkha Singh was awarded the Padma Shri Medal in 1959.
• Dhanraj Pillay is a retired field hockey player who played forward.
  • He is also the former captain of the Indian National Hockey team.
  • He is recorded to have scored 170 goals and for his contribution to the sport, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2000.
• Manpreet Singh Pawar is an Indian hockey player and is also the captain of the Indian men’s national field hockey team since May 2017.

The correct answer is Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat

Key Points:

• The first recipients of the award were Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing), and O. M. Nambiar (Athletics), who was honored in 1985.

Additional Information:

• ‘The Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
• List of the Winners(Regular Category):
  • Lalit Kumar - Wrestling
  • R. B. Ramesh - Chess
  • Mahaveer Prasad Saini - Para Athletics
  • Shivendra Singh - Hockey
  • Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar - Mallakhamb
• Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023 Winners:
  • ​Manjusha Kanwar - Badminton
  • Vineet Kumar Sharma - Hockey
  • Kavitha Selvaraj - Kabaddi
• Dronacharya Award-2023 (Lifetime Category) Winner:
  • Jaskirat Singh Grewal (Golf)
  • Bhaskaran E (Kabaddi)
  • Jayant Kumar Pushilal (Table Tennis)