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Daily GK Challenge
Wednesday, 10 June
The Ryder Cup, contested between teams from Europe and the United States, is associated with which sport?
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5 more Railways questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.
- Q1medium
In 2021, India's highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna Award, was renamed after which hockey legend?
- ABalbir Singh Sr.
- BMajor Dhyan Chand
- CDhanraj Pillay
- DLeslie Claudius
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Correct answer: (B) Major Dhyan Chand
In August 2021 the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was renamed the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Dhyan Chand, called 'The Wizard', helped India win Olympic hockey gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and his birthday, 29 August, is observed as National Sports Day. Answer: Major Dhyan Chand.
- Q2medium
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.
- Q3medium
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.
- Q4medium
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.
- 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.