Who was the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal?
- A.Vinesh Phogat
- B.Geeta Phogat
- C.Sakshi Malik
- D.Babita Kumari
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Sakshi Malik. Sakshi Malik of Rohtak in Haryana won the bronze medal in the 58 kilogram freestyle category at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games of 2016, coming back from behind in the last seconds of her repechage bout, and she thus became the first Indian woman wrestler to stand on an Olympic podium. Option A is wrong because Vinesh Phogat, though a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold medallist, had not won an Olympic medal. Option B is wrong because Geeta Phogat made history as the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games, at London in 2012, and as a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, but she did not win an Olympic medal. Option D is wrong because Babita Kumari's honours are Commonwealth Games medals, not an Olympic one.
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Practice Questions
View allIndependent India's first individual Olympic medal was won in wrestling by
- A.Sushil Kumar
- B.Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
- C.Guru Hanuman
- D.Yogeshwar Dutt
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Jadhav, a wrestler from Satara in Maharashtra, won the bronze medal in freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the Helsinki Olympic Games of 1952, and that was the first Olympic medal won by an individual athlete of independent India, all earlier medals having come to the men's hockey team.
Read the full explanation →In which style of wrestling are holds below the waist not allowed?
- A.Freestyle
- B.Greco-Roman
- C.Sumo
- D.Beach wrestling
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In Greco-Roman wrestling a competitor may not seize the opponent below the waist and may not use the legs actively to trip or lock, so every attack must be made with the arms and the upper body and the style is famous for its high throws.
Read the full explanation →Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in which event?
- A.25 metre rapid fire pistol
- B.Double trap
- C.10 metre air rifle
- D.50 metre rifle three positions
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Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008, and it remains the first individual gold medal ever won by India at the Olympics; the only earlier golds had been won by the men's hockey team.
Read the full explanation →The terms 'southpaw' and 'below the belt' are associated with which sport?
- A.Wrestling
- B.Boxing
- C.Shooting
- D.Fencing
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A southpaw is a boxer who stands with the right foot forward and leads with the right hand because the left is the stronger one, and below the belt describes an illegal punch landed under the waistline, for which the referee warns or disqualifies the offender.
Read the full explanation →The Marquess of Queensberry rules of 1867 form the basis of the modern rules of
- A.Wrestling
- B.Boxing
- C.Shooting
- D.Weightlifting
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The code published in 1867 under the patronage of John Douglas, the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, turned bare-knuckle prize fighting into a regulated sport: it made padded gloves compulsory, fixed the round at three minutes with a minute of rest, introduced the ten-second count for a downed boxer and forbade…
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