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Olympics Top 121 General Awareness Questions
Olympics Top 121 General Awareness Questions
1. Tokyo Olympic is _______ th edition of Summer 4. Who is the 1st ever Indian Fencer to qualify for the
Olympics. Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 ?
(a) 32 (a) Kabita Devi
(b) 31 (b) Shilpa Garg
(c) 33 (c) CA Bhavani Devi
(d) 30 (d) Pooja Mishra
Answer (a) Answer (c)
2. Which Indian woman Gymnast is going to represent 5. Which team leads the procession of athletes at the
India at Tokyo Olympics 2021? opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
(a) Pranati Nayak (a) Hosting nation
(b) Sunita Sharma (b) Greece
(c) Dipa Karmakar (c) Hosting nation of next 2 Olympic games
(d) Aruna Reddy (d) Hosting nation of previous 3 Olympic games
Answer (a) Answer (b)
3. What do the five rings on the Olympic symbol 6. Who is the women Indian Golfer who qualified for
represent? Tokyo Olympics games 2021 ?
(a) the five oceans (a) Neha Tripathi
(b) the five continents (b) Shaili Chopra
(c) the five countries (c) Aditi Ashok
(d) the five rivers (d) Tvesa Malik
Answer (b) Answer (c)
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Olympics Top 121 General Awareness Questions
7. Where are the headquarters of the International 14. Who of the following is known as the Father of
Olympic Committee located? Modern Olympics?
(a) Lausanne, Switzerland (a) Ivo Ferriani
(b) Paris, France (b) Pierre de Coubertin
(c) Geneva, Switzerland (c) Jacques Count Rogge
(d) Atlanta, Europe (d) Ferenc Kemény
Answer (a) Answer (b)
8. In which year were the first modern Olympic Games 15. who is the president of International Olympic
held? Committee?
(a) 1892 (a) Thomas Bach
(b) 1896 (b) Jacques Count Rogge
(c) 1912 (c) John Coates
(d) 1900 (d) Ivo Ferriani
Answer (b) Answer (a)
9. What does the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius 16. Among the following Indians, who was the first to
mean? win an individual medal at the Olympics?
(a) Character, Attitude, Bigger (a) K.D. Jadhav
(b) Faster, Higher, Bigger (b) Leander Paes
(c) Faster, Higher, Stronger (c) Dhyanchand
(d) Bigger, Stronger, Attitude (d) Karnam Malleswari
Answer (c) Answer (a)
10. The five rings of the Olympic symbol are in five Note :- 1952 Helsinki Olympics – Freestyle
different colours. Red, Green, Yellow, Blue and Wrestling – Bronze medal
_______ 17. Which team is at the end of the procession of
(a) Indigo athletes at the opening ceremony of the Olympic
(b) Pink Games?
(c) White (a) Hosting nation
(d) Black (b) Greece
Answer (d) (c) Hosting nation of the next 2 Olympic games
11. In which year did women participate for the first (d) Hosting nation of the previous 3 Olympic games
time in modern Olympic Games? Answer (a)
(a) 1900, Paris 18. Which language other than English is the Official
(b) 1908, London language of the International Olympic Committee?
(c) 1904, Paris (a) Hindi
(d) 2000, Sydney (b) French
Answer (a) (c) Spanish
12. Who is the youngest athlete in the Tokyo Olympic (d) Arabia
2020? Answer (b)
(a) Hend Zaza
(b) Mollie O’Callaghan
(c) Nino Salukvadze
(d) Andrew Hoy
Answer (a)
Note :- Syria - Hend Zaza - table tennis
13. At which of the following Olympic Games was the
Olympic flag flown for the first time?
(a) 1900, Paris
(b) 1908, Sydney
(c) 1920, Antwerp
(d) 1928, USA
Answer (c)
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19. Who is the oldest athlete in the Tokyo Olympic 26. Who of the following gymnasts was the first to be
2020? awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic
(a) Oscar Swahn gymnastic event?
(b) Hend Zaza (a) Michael Phelps
(c) Mary Hanna (b) Jim Hines
(d) Mollie O’Callaghan (c) Nadia Comaneci
Answer (c) (d) Yelena Davydova
Note :- Australia - Mary Hanna - equestrian Answer (c)
20. According to the Olympic charter, the duration of 27. Who of the following was the first female Olympic
the competitions of the Olympic Games shall not champion?
exceed - (a) Nadia Comaneci
(a) 21 days (b) Charlotte Cooper
(b) 15 days (c) Agnes Morton
(c) 14 days (d) Helen Jackson
(d) 16 days Answer (b)
Answer (d) 28. At which of the following places is the Olympic
21. At which of the following Olympic Games was the flame lit before the start of the Olympic Games
Olympic oath taken for the first time? every four years?
(a) 1936, Berlin (a) Temple of Zeus
(b) 1920, Antwerp (b) Temple of God
(c) 1900, Paris (c) Temple of Hera
(d) 2000, Sydney (d) Temple of Artemis
Answer (b) Answer (c)
22. At which of the following Olympics were gold 29. At which of the Olympic Games was the Olympic
medals made of pure gold last awarded? flame introduced for the first time?
(a) 1912 (a) 1900, Paris
(b) 1916 (b) 1908, London
(c) 1908 (c) 1928, Amsterdam
(d) 1928 (d) 1920, Paris
Answer (a) Answer (c)
23. Who of the following athletes has won the 30. At which of these Olympic Games did Dhyanchand
maximum number of individual gold medals (8) at a captain the gold medal winning Indian hockey
single Olympics? team?
(a) Poul Masson (a) 1956, Melbourne
(b) Michael Phelps (b) 1948, Beijing
(c) Carl Lewis (c) 1928, Amsterdam
(d) James Connolly (d) 1936, Berlin
Answer (b) Answer (d)
24. Who of the following in 1896 became the first 31. Who among the following is the lone winner of gold
champion of the modern Olympic Games? medal from India in the Olympics?
(a) Carl Lewis (a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Paul Masson (b) Vijender Kumar
(c) Carl Schumann (c) P V Sindhu
(d) James Connolly (d) Rajyavardhan Rathore
Answer (d)
25. Who of the following was the first person to Answer (a)
complete the 100 m event in under 10 seconds? 32. In 2020, which game is re-introduced in Olympics?
(a) Jim Hines (a) Golf
(b) Jesse Ownes (b) Baseball
(c) Usain Bolt (c) Vollyball
(d) Carl Lewis (d) Karate
Answer (a) Answer (b)
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33. Who became 1st athlete to win gold medal in Tokyo 38. Where did the 2018 Winter Olympics held?
Olympic 2020? (a) China
(a) Qian Yang (b) Japan
(b) Carl Lewis (c) South Korea
(c) Alvin Harrison (d) USA
(d) Gregory Haughton Answer (c)
Answer (a) 39. How many countries participated in the 2018
Note:- Qian Yang – China – 10 meter Air Rifle Winter Olympics?
34. Which city is the first in the world to be awarded (a) 87
both summer and winter Olympics? (b) 92
(a) Seoul (c) 102
(b) Tokyo (d) 110
Answer (b)
(c) Beijing 40. Where is the headquarters of International Olympic
(d) Melbourne Committee situated?
Answer (c) (a) Germany
35. The first winter Olympics was held in which year? (b) Sweden
(a) 1926 (c) Switzerland
(b) 1918 (d) Italy
(c) 1924 Answer (c)
(d) 1936 41. Who is the present President of International
Answer (c) Olympic Committee?
36. The first Summer Olympics was held in which year? (a) Thomas Bach
(a) 1900 (b) Jacques Rogge
(c) Craig Reedie
(b) 1896 (d) Narinder Batra
(c) 1902 Answer (a)
(d) 1936 42. Who is the first Indian woman to join the
Answer (b) International Olympic Committee?
37. Which Colour represents Asia in Olympics ring? (a) Narinder Batra
(a) Red (b) Nita Ambani
(b) Yellow (c) Karnam Malleswari
(c) Green (d) Craig Reedie
(d) Violet Answer (b)
Answer (b) 43. Who is the current president of Indian Olympic
committee?
(a) Karnam Malleswari
(b) Rajeev Mehta
(c) Narinder Batra
(d) Nita Ambani
Answer (c)
44. Who was the first Indian woman to ever win an
Olympic medal ?
(a) P V Sindhu
(b) Karnam Malleswari
(c) Geeta Phogat
(d) Saina Nehwal
Answer (b)
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