Daily GK Challenge

More practice: Static GK & Sports

5 more Railways questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1medium

   Who was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games?

   • ALeander Paes
   • BRajyavardhan Singh Rathore
   • CAbhinav Bindra
   • DNeeraj Chopra
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   Correct answer: (C) Abhinav Bindra

   Abhinav Bindra won gold in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India's first individual Olympic gold. Leander Paes won bronze in tennis (1996), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver in double trap shooting (2004), and Neeraj Chopra won India's first athletics gold (javelin) at the Tokyo Games held in 2021. Answer: Abhinav Bindra.

2. Q2medium

   India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, was first awarded in which year?

   • A1950
   • B1952
   • C1954
   • D1956
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   Correct answer: (C) 1954

   The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954. The first recipients that year were C. Rajagopalachari, Dr S. Radhakrishnan and Dr C.V. Raman. Answer: 1954.

3. Q3medium

   Kaziranga National Park, famous for the one-horned rhinoceros, is located in which state?

   • AAssam
   • BWest Bengal
   • CMeghalaya
   • DArunachal Pradesh
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   Correct answer: (A) Assam

   Kaziranga, on the banks of the Brahmaputra in Assam, has the largest population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Jaldapara in West Bengal also has rhinos, but Kaziranga is the park famous for them. Answer: Assam.

4. Q4hard

   The Ryder Cup, contested between teams from Europe and the United States, is associated with which sport?

   • ATennis
   • BPolo
   • CYachting
   • DGolf
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   Correct answer: (D) Golf

   The Ryder Cup is a men's team golf competition between Europe and the USA, normally held every two years. Tennis has the Davis Cup and yachting has the America's Cup; golf terms include birdie, bogey and eagle. Answer: Golf.

5. Q5hard

   What is the standard distance of a full marathon race?

   • A26.2 km
   • B42.195 km
   • C40 km
   • D21.0975 km
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   Correct answer: (B) 42.195 km

   A full marathon is 42.195 km, a distance standardised in 1921 based on the course of the 1908 London Olympics. 26.2 is the same distance expressed in miles, not kilometres. 21.0975 km is a half marathon (exactly half of 42.195 km). Answer: 42.195 km.