01 The country that first played chess was India 02 Prakash Padukone was a famous player of Badminton 03 Black Pearl was the name given to Pele 04 Nehru Mountaineering Institute is located at Mahidanda,200 kms from Dalhousie 05 The oldest game in the world is Polo 06 The biggest stadium in the world is Strahov stadium at Prague 07 The YMCA Coach who originated volley ball was A.T.Hallsted of America 08 Bobby Fischer was known as the Chess king 09 The National game of America is Baseball 10 The oldest football tournament is the Durand Cup tournament 11 Major Dhyanchand was a famous name in Hockey 12 The first olympic games were held in Athens 13 The first men to climb Mount everest were Tensing and Hillary 14 The first Asian to win the Hong Kong seiko Super Tennis Title was Ramesh Krishnan 15 Football was first included in the Olympic games in 1900 16 The term `Knock Out is associated with Boxing 17 Wimbledon trophy is associated with Lawn Tennis 18 The full name of the great footballer Pele is Edmond Arantos Nessimente De Pele 19 The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest was Bachendri Pal 20 The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in test cricket was Sunil Gavaskar 21 The youngest player to score a century in the test Cricket is Mushtaq Muhammad of Pakistan 22 The length of a cricket pitch is 22 yards 23 Major Dhyan Chand is also known as Wizard of Hockey 24 `Clean and Jerk is associated with Weight lifting 25 Agakhan Gold Cup is associated with Hockey 26 Indira Gandhi Gold Cup is awarded for Womens Hockey 27 The game in which the referee is called the President is Fencing 28 Zafar Iqbal was associated with Hockey 29 In Basket ball,each team consists of how many players Five 30 The first Grand Slam in tennis was won by Donald Budge 31 Basket ball was included in the Olympics in the year 1936 32 Indian Golf Union was established in the year 1955 33 Milkha Singh won the prestigious Helms trophy in the year 1953 34 IFA stands for Indian Football Association 35 Donald Bradman was associated with Cricket 36 Milkha singh was popularly known as the Flying sikh 37 The first Indian to secure a Grandmaster norm in chess is Vishwanathan Anand 38 Geet Sethi received his first professional title in the year 1991 39 The first boxer to receive Arjuna Award was Buddy Desuza 40 The first Indian woman National Snooker champion was Judi Walia 41 The first Indian Chess player who defeated the world champion was Sultan Khan 42 The mens singles Wimbledon championship of 1997 was won by Pete Sampras 43 The 12th Asian Games were hosted by Japan 44 The 8th Asian Games were held in Bankok 45 In cricket,LBW stands for Leg Before Wicket 46 The overall length of a Badminton court is 44 feet 47 The Indian hockey player who has scored the maximum goals in olympics is Surinder Singh Sodhi 48 Joe Louis is associated with Boxing 49 Prudential world cup was awarded for Cricket 50 `To hell with hockey was written by Aslam Sher Khan 51 The sport also known as Toxophily is Archery 52 The height of the cricket stumps is 71.12 cms 53 The name of the cricket test venue at Leads is Headingley 54 The first Indian woman powerlifter to set a world record was Sumita Latha 55 The name of the cricket test venue at Birmingham is Edgbaston 56 The first Indian to score a double hundred against the West Indies was Dilip Sardesai 57 The diameter of the Tennis ball is 63.5 to 67 mm 58 Divyendu Barua is associated with Chess 59 The youngest player to lead a country in test cricket was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 60 The first Test Cricket player of India was K.S. Ranjit Singh 61 The youngest player to play cricket for England was D.B.Close 62 The cricketer A.L.Thomson was nicknamed Froggy 63 `Story of a Cricket Person was written by E.W.swanton 64 Two well known bowlers who were killed in the world war II were Ken Farmers and Hedley Verity 65 The term `Crowning is used in Checkers 66 The number of players in a baseball team is Nine 67 Table Tennis Federation of India was established in 1937 68 Diana Eduljee is associated with Cricket 69 A shuttle cock has how many feathers Sixteen 70 `By Gods Grace was written by Kapil Dev 71 The term `Faugio is associated with Motor Racing 72 The old name of table tennis was Ping Pong 73 The duration of an international football match is 90 minutes 74 Saly Joseph excelled in Volleyball 75 S.Prakash is associated with Kho Kho 76 The first kho kho player to receive Arjuna Award was Sudhir Bhaskar Rao 77 Stefi Graff is a citizen of West Germany 78 `The Gold Hattrick was written by Balbir Singh 79 Mohammed Ali Clay was associated with Boxing 80 Richard Hadlee was a cricketer from New zealand 81 the first woman to win six gold medals in swimming in one Olympic (1998) was Kristin Otto 82 The length of a Badminton racket is 26 inches 83 Golf originated in Scotland 84 The award given to persons who excel in the field of coaching is Dronacharya Award 85 The national sport of Japan is Judo 86 The first Himalayan car rally was won by Shekar Mehla of Kenya 87 Foot ball legend Pele belonged to Brazil 88 Karate originated in Japan 89 The word `karate means Bare hands 90 The term `Jockey is associated with Horse racing 91 The term `Niblick is associated with Golf 92 Holkar Trophy is associated with Bridge 93 Gary Kasparov is associated with Chess 94 The commonwealth games were earlier known as British Empire Games 95 The commonwealth games are held once in Four years 96 The 15th Commonwealth games were held at Victoria (Canada) 97 The 1996 Olympic games were held at Atlanta 98 The Swaythling cup is associated with Table Tennis 99 The West Chester cup is associated with Polo 100 Asian Games are held once in
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