SPORTS QUIZ-01

	SPORTS QUIZ-01 Prof. John Kurakar
1	National Sports Day is observed on	August-29(birthday of the Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand)
2	What is the National game of Pakistan?	Hocky
3	The National game of Spain is	Bull fighting
4	Which is Asia’s oldest football tournament	Durand Cup (1889)
5	The first Modern Olympics Games were held in	Athens in 1896
6	The First Asian Games were held in	New Delhi in 1951
7	The First SAF Games were held in	1984, in Kathmandu
8	The highest Award given to sports in India is	Arjuna Award
9	Doronchariya Award is given to	The best sports coach in India
10	Who was father of Modern Olympics	Baren Pierre de Coubertin
11	Who invented volley-ball	William G Morgan (USA) in 1895
12	Basketball was invented by	James Smith (USA) in 1891
13	The National game of China is	Table Tennis
14	The first Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
15	Who is known as the “Flying Sikh of India	Milka Singh
16	The first Sports Museum in India is at	Patiala
17	Which game is known as the king of sports	Horse Racing
18	Who was the first Indian cricketer to take a wicket with his first ball in test cricket	Nilesh Kulkarni
19	The first Indian woman athlete, who won a gold medal in the Asian Games	Kamarjith Sandhu
20	Which game is popularly known as Poona Game	Badminton
21	Who was the first Indian Captain to Indian Cricket Tem	C.K Naidu
22	Which country won the first World Cup Football	Uruguay
23	The first Asian city to host Summer Olympics was	Tokyo ( in 1964)