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Sports Previous Questions from PSC, UPSC and SSC

Who won the latest ICC cricket award ‘The spirit of Cricket’ ?
Asked : KPSC LD Typist, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation 2012
AM.S. Dhoni
BSachin Tendulkar
CMisbah-ul-Haq

DDevendra Bishoo
Explanation:

2013 Spirit of cricket award – Mahela Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)

2014 Spirit of cricket award - Katherine Brunt (England)

2015 Spirit of cricket award - Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

2016 Spirit of Cricket: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

The first match of the 2007 cricket world cup was between:
Asked : BDO Preliminary 2008
AIndia and Pakistan
BWest Indies and Srilanka
CWest Indies and England
DWest Indies and Pakistan

Explanation:

World Cup Cricket 2011 was conducted in India, Srilanka and Bengladesh

Winner : India (Captain : Mahendra Singh Dhoni)

Directions (next five questions) : Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

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The doctors are been worried that the ace cricketer will suffer from a heart ailment for the rest of his life.
Asked : RBI Grade-B Officer 2015
AThe doctors are been worried

Bthat the ace cricketer will
Csuffer from a heart ailment
Dfor the rest of his life
ENo error
Explanation:

Remove "been" after "are"

Directions (Next Six Questions) : study the following graph carefully to answer the given questions .

Strength of even technology institutes with

Speciallisations in IT. Electronics

and mechanical in 2012

Institute

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If out of the total number of students for all three specialisations together in institute Q number of students having liking for music, painting and cricket are in the ratio of 5:6:7 respectively, then what is the number of students liking music from this institute ?
Asked : RBI Grade - B Officer August 2014
A250

B300
C350
D360
E280
Explanation:

Total number of students for all three specialisations in institute Q

= 240+300+360 = 900

Total number of students liking music = 900× 5/18 = 250

Which country hosted the 2014 FIFA world Cup?
Asked : RBI Grade - B Officer August 2014
AArgentina
BBrazil

CGermany
DSpain
EFrance

The Arjuna Award selection committee for choosing outstanding sportspersons of the country for the year 2014 was headed by former Indian cricket captain ?
Asked : IBPS Regional Rural Bank PO September 2014
ASourav Ganguly
BSunil Gavaskar
CRahul Dravid
DAzharuddin
EKapil Dev

Gagan Narang is an Indian sportsman associated with :
Asked : IBPS October 2014
ABadminton
BAir rifle shooting

CGolf
DWrestling
EAthletics

Which Cup/Trophy is associated with the game of Hockey?
Asked : SBI PO November 2014
ADhyanchand Trophy

BDavis Cup
CMerdeka Cup
DWimbledon Trophy
ESantosh Trophy

which one of the following terms is not associated with cricket?
Asked : KPSC Thaluk Supply Officer : Civil Supplies 2012
Afollow on
Bhit wicket
Csmash

Dno ball

Who won an unprecedented eight gold medal at the Beijing Olympics?
Asked : KPSC Thaluk Supply Officer : Civil Supplies 2012
AMichael Phelps

BMark Spitz
CUsain Bolt
DYelena Isinbayeva

I _________tennis with Sania for a week now.
Asked : KPSC Sales Assistant : Handicrafts Development Corporation 2013
Ahas played
Bplayed
Chave been playing

Dwas playing

Who scored 1009 runs in one innings, in the Bhandari Trophy under-16 Inter School Cricket
Asked : KPSC University Assistant 2016
APraveen Dhanvade
BPrakash Dhanvade
CPratheesh Dhanvade
DPranav Dhanvade

_________cricket is my favourite pass time.
Asked : KPSC LDC Wayanad 2013
Aplay
Bplayed
Cplaying

Dplays

2014 ലെ ഇന്ത്യൻ നാഷണൽ ഗെയിംസ് നടക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം
Asked : KPSC LDC Idukki 2013
Aകർണാടക
Bചെന്നൈ
Cകൽക്കത്ത
Dതിരുവനന്തപുരം

താഴെപ്പറയുന്നവയിൽ 2013 ലെ അർജ്ജുന അവാർഡ് നേടിയ ക്രിക്കറ്റ് താരം ആര്
Asked : KPSC LDC Idukki 2013
Aസച്ചിൻ തെണ്ടുൽക്കർ
Bവിരാട് കോഹ്ലി

Cഎം.എസ്.ധോണി
Dസൗരവ്ഗാംഗുലി

വനിതകളുടെ 100 മീ, 200 മീ സ്പ്രിൻറ് ഇനങ്ങളിൽ ലോക ഒളിംപിക്‌സ് റെക്കോർഡുകൾ ആരുടെ പേരിലാണുള്ളത്
Asked : KPSC LDC Kottayam 2013
Aടിക്കി ഗലേന
Bമറിയൻ ജോൺസ്
Cപോളോ ഇവാൻ
Dഫ്ളോറൻസ് ഗ്രിഫിത്ത് ജോയ്നേർ

2013 ൽ ഇംഗ്ലണ്ടിൽ വച്ച് നടന്ന ഐ.സി.സി ചാമ്പ്യൻസ് ട്രോഫി നേടിയ ടീം
Asked : KPSC LDC Kollam 2013
Aഇന്ത്യ

Bഇംഗ്ലണ്ട്
Cവെസ്റ്റ് ഇൻഡീസ്
Dശ്രീലങ്ക

ഏറ്റവും അധികം തവണ ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസിനു വേദിയായ നഗരം ഏതാണ്
Asked : KPSC LDC Thiruvananthapuram 2013
Aലണ്ടൻ
Bബാങ്കോക്ക്

Cക്വലാലംപൂർ
Dന്യൂഡൽഹി

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Children play football.-----------------------?
Asked : KPSC LDC Malappuram 2013
Adid they
Bdo they
Cdon't they

Ddidn't they

ഒളിമ്പിക്സ് 2016 -നു വേദിയാകാനുള്ള സ്ഥലം ?
Asked : KPSC LDC Malappuram 2013
Aലണ്ടൻ
Bലോസ് ഏഞ്ചൽസ്
Cഫ്രാൻസ്
Dറിയോഡി ജനീറോ

നാല് തവണ ലോക കപ്പ് ഫുട്ബോൾ ചാമ്പ്യന്മാരായ രാജ്യം ഏത് ?
Asked : KPSC LDC Malappuram 2013
Aഅര്ജന്റീന
Bജർമ്മനി
Cഇറ്റലി

Dഉറുഗുവേ

Which among the following teams won the Duleep Trophy Cricket Tournament ,2014?
Asked : UPSC Combined Defence Services 2015
AEast zone
BCentral Zone

CWest Zone
DSouth Zone

India won Future Cup Twenty-20 cricket match held in October 2007 in Mumbai. The match was played against—
Asked : Nabard Bank Officers 2008
APakistan
BEngland
CSouth Africa
DNew Zealand
EAustralia

Who amongst the following is not a famous Lawn tennis player ?
Asked : Nabard Bank Officers 2008
ARoger Federer
BLeander Paes
CSvetlana Kuznetsova
DJustin Henin
EKimi Raikkonen

Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007 ?
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
AShiny Wilson
BAnju Bobby George

CNeha Sanwal
DPrajakta Sawant
ENone of these
Explanation:

Anju Bobby George got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics meet at Lever Kusen, Germany. Anju jumped 6•51 m on her third attempt to take the third place behind Portuguese Naide Gomes (6•83 m) and German Bianca Kapler (6•37 m). Anju also had two jumps of 6•48 and one of 6•39 apart from two fouls.

Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of—
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
AJamaica

BSouth Africa
CIndia
DUSA
ESouth Korea
Explanation:

Asafa Powell is a Jumaican sprinter who currently holds the 100 M world record with a time of 9•74 seconds.

Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
ABaichung Bhutia
BDilip Tirkey
CPankaj Adwani
DManavjit Singh Sandhu
ENone of these

The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organized in—
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
ABeijing
BNew Delhi
COsaka

DDhaka
ELondon

India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating—
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
ASyria

BPakistan
CBritain
DFrance
ENone of these

Justine Henin won the Women's singles US Open Tennis championship-2007 after defeating—
Asked : SBICLERICAL#2
ASvetlana Kuznetsova

BSania Mirza
CDinara Safina
DMathalie Dechy
ENone of these