Questions on Sports, Awards & Summit

1. Vasant Gowrikar, who passed away recently, was a famous personality in which field? 
[A]Literature                                      

[B]Space Science 
[C]Classical Music                             

[D]Politics

2.Which among the following is the official mascot of the 35th National Games? 
[A]Appu                                               

[B]PanPan 
[C]Ammu                                            

[D]Winta

3.Who among the following is the author of “The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years”? 
[A]Manmohan Singh                      

[B]Pranab Mukherjee 
[C]Sanjay Basu                                  

[D]Rahul Gandhi

4. Who among the following has won the ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi?
[A]Rafael Nadal                                                

[B]Andy Murray
[C]Novak Djokovic                           

[D]Roger Federer 

5. Who among the following has become the first to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain?
[A]Virat Kohli                                     

[B]M S Dhoni
[C]Steve Smith                                  

[D]Hashim Amla 

6. Which city is the host of International Hindi Conference (April 2015)?
[A]New York                                      

[B]Chicago
[C]New Jersey                                  

[D]California

7. Stan Wawrinka, who won the Chennai Open title-2015, belongs to which country? 
[A]Russia                                             

[B]Switzerland 
[C]USA                                                                 

[D]France

8. Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award-2015? 
[A]Balakrishnan                                

[B]M Y S Prasad 
[C]Ravi Srivatsa                                                 

[D]Arun Kumar

9. Which among the following has won the best film drama at the Golden Globe Awards? 
[A]Birdman                                        

[B]The Grand Budapest Hotel 
[C] Boyhood                                       

[D]The Affair

10. Which among the following has broke record for highest run-chase in T20 International cricket, recently? 
[A]South Africa                                                 

[B]West Indies 
[C]England                                          

[D]Australia

11. Which among the following has won the Federation Cup Football Tournament 2014-15? 
[A]Bengaluru FC                               

[B]Dempo SC 
[C]Pune FC                                         

[D]Shillong Lajong FC

12. Who among the following has been voted as 2014 “Asian Tour Players’ Player of the year”? 
[A]Anirban Lahiri                              

[B]Shiv Kapur 
[C]Gaganjeet Bhuller                     

[D]Jyoti Randhava

13.Maati Ke Rang’, a national culture festival, has been organised in which one of the following northeast states, recently? 
[A]Assam                                            

[B]Nagaland 
[C]Tripura                                            

[D]Sikkim

14. The winner’s of FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 in men and women category, respectively _____? 
[A]Manuel Neuer and Nadine Kessler 
[B]Cristiano Ronaldo and Nadine Kessler 
[C]Lionel Messi and Abby Wambach 
[D]Cristiano Ronaldo and Abby Wambach

15. Who among the following has been selected for the “ Social Media Person of the Year” award? 
[A]Amir Khan                                     

[B]Sachin Tendulkar 
[C]Amitabh Bachchan                    

[D]Salman Khan

16. Which one of the following is the venue for the 30th Africa Cup of Nations? 
[A]Ivory Coast                                   

[B]Algeria 
[C]Equatorial Guinea                      

[D]Morocco 

17. The winner of women’s Brisbane International Title 2015 in professional tennis tournaments is __? 
[A]Ana Ivanovic                                

[B] Maria Sharapova 
[C]Elina Svitolina                               

[D]Yaroslava Shvedova 

18. The names of mascots for 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Paralympics Games are respectively__? 
[A]Polo & Amik                                

[B]Wenlock and Mandeville 
[C]Vinicius & Tom                            

[D]Roni & Amik 

19.The movie “The Theory of Everything” is based on the life story of which one of the following celebrated physicist? 
[A]Sir Isaac Newton                        

[B]Stephen Hawking 
[C]Albert Einstein                            

[D]C V Raman 

20.The 24th African Union heads of state summit was recently kicked off in _____? 
[A]Addis Ababa, Ethiopia              

[B]Porto-Novo, Benin 
[C]Cairo, Egypt                                  

[D]Gabon, Libreville 

21.Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes, who passed away recently, was associated with which one of the following inventions? 
[A]X-rays                                             

[B]Laser 
[C]ECG                                                  

[D]Xerox 

22.The Thaipoosam festival is celebrated by which one of the following religions? 
[A]Christians                                      

[B] Muslims 
[C] Hindu                                             

[D]Sikhs 

23.Which among the following temples of India is known as Black Pagoda? 
[A]Sun Temple, Konark 
[B]Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjore 
[C]Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri 
[D]Meenakshi Temple, Madurai 

24.Where is the headquarter of IAEA

[A]Singapore                                     

[B] Geneva                         

[C]  Doha                                             

[D]Vienna

25. Recently, WTO summit held

[A]Geneva                                          

[B] Seattle                          

[C] Cancun                                          

[D] Kenya

26.Member of World Trade Organization

[A]160                   

[B] 159                  

[C]149                   

[D] 170

27.Where is the headquarter of WTO

[A]Geneva                                          

[B]Austria                            

[C] Vienna                                          

[D] Hong Kong

28. NAM Summit held

[A]Belgrade                                        

[B]Cairo                                

[C]Colombo                                       

[D]Tehran

29.Headquarter of Commonwealth of Nation

[A] London                                         

[B]Hong Kong

[C] Austria                                           

[D]Cancun

30.Headquarter of NATO

[A]Belgium                                         

[B] geneva                         

[C] Doha                                              

[D]Switzerland

31. Headquarter of Bank for international Settlement (BIS)

[A]Switzerland                                  

[B] Cancun                         

[C]Maxico                                           

[D] Geneva

32. Headquarter of Asian Developing Bank

[A]Manila                                            

[B] Singapore                    

[C] Lima                                                

[D] Hanoi

33. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
[A]. India                                             

[B]. Pakistan
[C]. Combodia                                   

[D]. Nepal

34.Who has been selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014? 
a) Bhalchandra Nemade                               

b) Dilip Chitre 
c) Arun Kolatkar                                

d) Hari Narke

35.Which Indian won the Malaysian Open title for Golf in 2015? 
[A]Jeev Milkha Singh                      

[B] Anirban Lahiri 
[C] Pankaj Advani                            

[D] Jyoti Randhawa

36.The Mascot of the 35th National Games is 

[A]   Elephant                    

[B]   Great Indian Hornbill (Ammu)          

[C]   Tiger            

[D]  Lion Tailed Macaque            

37.Who among the following is a Goodwill Ambassador for  35th National Games 

[A] Sachin Tendulkar                     

[B] Saina Nehwal            

[C] Leander Peas                            

[D] Sarita Devi  

38.Which among the following state is hosting 35th National Games  

 [A] Karnataka                                  

 [B] Tamil Nadu 

 [C] Madhya Pradesh                     

 [D] Kerala

39. Cultural festival "Bharat Rang Mahotsav" is organized by which organization  

 [A]  Shanti Niketen         

 [B]  Sangeet Natak Akademi      

 [C] Kalakshetra Foundation       

 [D]  National School of Drama   

40. Who won the Australian Open 2015 Mixed doubles title recently? 

[A] Sania Mirza and B. Soares    

[B]  Cara Black and J S Cabal        

[C]  M Hingis and Leander Paes  [D]  None of above        

41. "Netball" sport was in news recently. How many players does a netball team have?  

[A]   5                    [B]   6                     [C]  7                      [D]   8   

42. Who among the following has won Australin Open 2015 Women's singles title  

[A]  Maria Sharapova                      

[B]  Martina Hingis

[C]  Serena Williams                        

[D]   Venus Williams

43. Which country will host ICC T 20 World Cup in 2016  

[A]   Pakistan                                      

[B]   England      

[C]   Australia                                     

[D]   India            

44. Who has been appointed as chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi  

[A] Nupur Shastri                             

[B] Shekhar Sen               

[C] Briju Maharaj                              

[D] B Ramaswami            

45. Who has been appointed to the UN Peacebuilding   Panel   

[A]   Puja Singh                                  

[B]   S. Jaishankar            

[C]   Saraswathy Menon                                

[D]  Sujata Singh              

46."Shaurya Chakra"  has been awarded to   

[A]   Prem Sharma                           

[B]   Manjeet Singh        

[C]   Sumer Singh                              

[D]   Veer Bahadur          

47. Which Award is the highest Peacetime Military Honour   ?

[A]  Ashok Chakra                           

[B]  Mahavir Chakra

[C]   Paramveer Chakra                 

[D]   Kirti Chakra               

48.Who has won Khuswant singh memorial prize for poetry  

 [A] Shabana Azmi                           

 [B]  Gulzar         

 [C]   Arundhati Subramanium    

 [D]  Javed Akhtar           

49.Jumpa Lahiri has won DSC prize for Literature for which novel? 

[A]   Up in the Air                             

[B]   One World

[C]   The Nameshake                      

[D]   The Lowland            

50.Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 at the latest Jaipur Literature Festival?  

[A]   Kamila Shamsie                       

[B]  Bilal Tanweer

[C]   Shamsur Rahman Faruqi      

[D]  Jhumpa Lahiri          

51. Who created a national record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms under the 56 kilograms category at 10th Youth National Weightlifting Championship 2015?   

 [A] MC Bhaskar                                       

 [B]  Vicky Batta 

 [C]  Jimjang Deru                             

 [D]   None of the above

52. Which batsman has the world record for the fastest One Day International century against his name? 

[A]   AB De Villiers                            

[B]  Corey Anderson      

[C]  Shahid Afridi                             

[D]  None of the above

53. Bhakti Sharma recently made world record in which field?  

[A]  Climbing Mount everest       

[B]   Swimming

[C]  Table tennis                               

[D]   IQ test        

54. Recently, Who made the fastest ODI century in 31 balls?  

[A]   Shahid Afridi                             

[B]   Corey Anderson     

[C]   Rohit Sharma                            

[D]   AB de Villiers

55. Who won women’s single title of Sydney International Tennis tournament 2015? 

 [A] Maria Sharapova                      

 [B]   Venus Williams       

 [C]   Petra Kvitova                            

 [D]   Karolina Pliskova    

56.Who received Sahitya Academy Award 2014 for Sanskrit?  

[A]   Namdev Tarachandani         

[B]  Ambika Dutt             

[C]  Subodh Sarkar         

[D]  Prabhu Nath Dwivedi            

57.Which football player recently won "FIFA footballer of year 2014" award?  

[A]   Lion Messi                                 

[B]   Neymar      

[C]   Cristiano Ronaldo                    

[D]   P, Lahm      

58. Which country will host the Anti-Terror Summit in February 2015?  

[A]   United States                           

[B]  UK

[C]  France                                         

[D]  India             

59.Which Chinese scientist was presented State Preeminent Science and Technology Award for the year 2014 in January 2015?  

[A] Wu Liangyong                            

[B] Zhang Cunhao

[C]   Yu Min                                         

[D]  Yuan Longping        

60. Which film won the "Best Film" in the drama category at the recently concluded Golden Globe Awards?  

[A]   The Imitation Game              

[B]   Hunger Games

[C]   Still Alice                                     

[D]  Boyhood   

61.Who emerged as the winner of Chennai Open Title for the year 2015?  

[A] Aljaz Bedene                              

[B] Stanislas Wawrinka

[C] D. Goffin                                       

[D] R. Bautista Agut       

62.Who presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015?

  [A] Pranab Mukherji                     

  [B] Rajnath Singh            

  [C] Mohammad Hamid Ansari  

  [D] None of the above 

63.Which country is participating in cricket world cup 2015 for first time?   

[A]   Ireland                                        

[B]   Bangladesh               

[C]   Scotland                                      

[D]  Afghanistan             

64.Which country is NOT participating in Cricket world cup 2015?  

 [A]  Scotland                                     

 [B]  Ireland        

 [C]  UAE                                              

 [D]  Kenya          

65. Which country is host for Cricket World cup 2015 ?  

[A]   West Indies                 

[B]   England      

[C]   Australia                                     

[D]   South Africa             

66.Boxing day is celebrated on ?  

[A]   25th December                       

[B]   26th December       

[C]   2nd January                               

[D] 3rd January               

67.Recently in news, Ankita Raina belongs to which sports?  

[A]   Cricket                                         

[B]   Badminton

[C]   Tennis                                          

[D]   Hockey       

68. Who won the Padma Shri Award 2015 in medicine at Delhi?

[A]Jayakumari Chikkala

[B] Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla

[C]Bibek Debroy                              

[D] Dr. Sarungbam Bimola  Kumari Devi

69. Who won the Padma Vibhsuhan Award in Science & Engineering ?

[A] Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan                 

[B] Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal

[C] Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan                                  

[D] Prakash Singh Badal

70. L. K. Advani Who won the Padma Vibhushan Award 2015 in which of the following field?

[A] Public Affairs                              

[B] Social Work

[C] Art                                                   

[D] Trade & Industry

71. Who won the  Padma Bhushan Award 2015 in Literature & Education?

[A] Swapan Dasgupta                     

[B] N. Gopalaswami

[C] Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap          

[D] Dr. Ambrish  Mithal

72. Who won the Padma Bhushan Award 2015 in Sports?

[A] Jahnu Barua                                                

[B] Satpal

[C] Rajat Sharma                              

[D] Shivakumara Swami

73. Arunima Sinha who won the Padma Shri Award 2015 in sports she is belongs to in which following States?

[A] Telangana                                    

[B] Haryana

[C] Uttar Pradesh                             

[D] Rajasthan

74. Dr.D.Veerendra Heggade who won the Padma Vibhushan Award 2015 in Social Work he is belongs to in which following States?

[A] Karnataka                                    

[B] Punjab

[C] Maharashtra                               

[D] Gujarat

75. Who won the Padma Vibhushan 2015 in Trade & Industry?

[A] Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan                 

[B] Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal

[C] Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan                                 

[D] Jahnu Barua

76. R. Vasudevan won the Padma Shri Award in which of the following field?

[A] Literature & Education           

[B] Social Work

[C] Trade & Industry                       

[D] Civil Service

77. UN Summit 2015 will be held of the in which of the following country?

[A]New York City                             

[B]Turkey

[C] Belgium                                         

[D] Geneva

78. G-20 Summit will be held of the in which of the following country?

[A] Geneva                                         

[B] Turkey

[C] New York City                             

[D] Belgium

79. Who has been appointed as member of the advisory committee for Trade policy and negotiations by US President Obama 
[A] Vinod Khosla                              

[B] Rajat Sharma 
[C] Indra nooyi                                  

[D] Ajay Banga

80. Full Name of US President

[A] Barack Hussein Obama           

[B] Barack Hussein

[C] Barack Obama           

[D] Barack Hussein Obama II