Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship?
- A.Nandu Natekar
- B.Syed Modi
- C.Prakash Padukone
- D.Pullela Gopichand
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Prakash Padukone. He won the men’s singles title at the All England Open in 1980, the first Indian to do so in the oldest badminton tournament in the world, first held in 1899. Option D, Pullela Gopichand, is the second Indian to win it, in 2001, and he later coached a generation of Indian players, so papers use the two names against each other and expect the candidate to know which came first. Option A, Nandu Natekar, was one of India’s finest early players and won many international titles, but not the All England. Option B, Syed Modi, was an eight-time national champion who won the Commonwealth Games gold in 1982, again without an All England title. Fix the pair by year: Padukone in 1980, Gopichand in 2001.
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Practice Questions
View allBlack Card given to a badminton player during the game indicates _____________.
- A.suspension
- B.fault
- C.warning
- D.disqualification
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Badminton umpires use three cards, and the black one is the last of them: it removes the player or the pair from the match altogether, and the referee is informed.
Read the full explanation →Corbillon Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
- A.Golf
- B.Hockey
- C.Table Tennis
- D.Badminton
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The Corbillon Cup is the trophy of the women’s team event at the World Table Tennis Championships, and its companion, the Swaythling Cup, is the men’s team trophy.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the world team championship trophy for men in badminton?
- A.Thomas Cup
- B.Uber Cup
- C.Swaythling Cup
- D.Sudirman Cup
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Read the full explanation →How many feathers are fixed in a standard feathered shuttlecock used in badminton?
- A.12
- B.14
- C.16
- D.20
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The Laws of Badminton require a feathered shuttle to carry sixteen feathers fixed in a cork base covered with thin leather, and the feathers, usually from the wing of a goose or a duck, must be of the same length in one shuttle.
Read the full explanation →What is the height of the net at the centre of a badminton court?
- A.1.50 m
- B.1.55 m
- C.1.62 m
- D.1.524 m
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The badminton net sags very slightly at the middle, so the laws fix two heights: 1.524 metres at the centre of the court and 1.55 metres over the side lines, at the posts.
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