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Sports : Last Minute Revision for NTPC(RRB). Compiled from different websites and previous year questions of NTPC

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  • Seventh Edition of Khelo India Youth Games took place in Bihar and New Delhi from 4 may to 15 May 2025.
  • Shooting, Gymnastic and cycling took place in New Delhi for Khelo India 2025.
  • Patna, Rajgir, Gaya Bhagalpur and Begusarai conducted different events of Khelo India Youth Games 2025
  • Women’s doubles Australian Open -Katerina Siniakov(CZE) and Taylor Townsend(USA)
  • FIFA World Cup 2018- Russia
  • FIFA World Cup 2022- Qatar
  • FIFA World Cup 2026- Jointly by Canada, Mexico, and the US
  • FIFA World Cup 2030- jointly by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain
  • FIFA World Cup 2034- Saudi Arabia
  • The highest number of Olympic Gold medals in swimming is Michael Phelps
  • Men’s Individual Title in the Asian Squash Championship -Ng Eain Yow (Hong Kong)and Runner up Velavan Senthilkumar (India) in 2023 at Hong Kong
  • Women’s Individual in Asian squash Championship Chan Sin Yuk (Hong Kong) and Runner up Sivasangari Subramaniam(Malaysia)-2023
  • ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023- India
  • India won the first Olympic Hockey gold at Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • The Olympic Museum and the Olympic park are located at  Lausanne, Switzerland
  • The theme of 2024 Paris Olympic is “Games wide Open”
  • The theme of the International Olympic Day in 2024 was “Let’s Move and Celebrate”
  • The theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics is “World peace and Environment”. It is the 31st edition of Summer Olympic Games
  • The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896
  • First Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France
  • The Sports Authority of India is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1984 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sport in India.
  • Queensberry rules is associated with Boxing 
  • The Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis tournament started in 1877
  • FIFA headquarter is located in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Shiva Thapa is associated with Boxing
  • First commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada
  • Pranav Dhanawade has scored 1000 runs in one innings
  • Neeraj Chopra is related to Javelin throw
  • P V Sindhu is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian woman to win an individual Olympic medal
  • Beighton cup is related to Hockey
  • Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of
  • The term Dolphin Kick is associated with Swimming
  • The National Dope Testing Laboratory functions under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) has become the first bowler in the world to claim five international hat-tricks
  • Karnam Malleswari Won Bronze Medal in Sydney, 2000
  • The summer Olympics of 2028 will be organized at Los Angeles
  • Mohan Kumarmngalam Stadium is located at Bokaro
  • The Brabourne Cricket Stadium is situated in the Indian State of Maharashtra
  • Anjum Chopra is the first woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Mithali Raj is the first woman cricketer scored 6000 runs in ODIs
  • West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden
  • India played their first ever ODI against England in 1974 at Headingley in Leeds
  • All Sher, an Arjuan award winner is associated with Golf
  • Mudassar Nazar holds the record of slowest century in Test cricket.
  • The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in 1948
  • First Asian games were held at New Delhi in 1951
  • Ramanathan Krishnan Was the first Indian to reach the semifinal in Wimbledon Tennis Championship
  • Thailand is the nation who has hosted the Asian Games for the maximum number of times
  • Harbhjan Singh became the first Indian Cricketer to take hat-trick in test cricket. He took hat-trick against Australia in 2001
  • Bachhendri Pal was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest
  • Virender Sehwag has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests
  • Regatta is associated with Rowing
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his ODI debut at Chittagong on Dec 23, 2004. The match was between Bangladesh and India
  • Football was inducted as a competitive game in Olympics in 1908.
  • Westchester Cup belongs to Polo
  • The first test match began on 15 march 1877 between Australia and England  at Melbourne
  • The popping crease is 4 feet (1.22 m) in front of and parallel to the bowling crease.
  • The Distance between the Wickets is 20.12 metres.
  • The 31st Olympic games  held in brazil
  • The 32nd Olympic games will be held in Tokyo, Japan
  • The 18th Asian Games are organized in the Jakarta and Palembang cities of the Indonesia. In the 18th Asian Games 8 new games have been added, so total number of games increased to 40.Motto of 18th  Asian Games is “Energy of Asia”
  • The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou City, China in 2022.
  • The 20th Asian games will be held in Japan from 19 Sep to 04 Oct 2026.
  • Every year on August 29 India celebrates its National sports day. The day is celebrated to honor the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh
  • Sandy storm” is the autobiography of Sandeep Patil
  • The famous football player Maradona belongs to Argentine
  • The term “Tee” is used commonly in Golf
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the First Indian Women to get an Olympic Medal
  • Grand Slam is used in Lawn Tennis 
  • The Shilaroo Hockey Stadium is a hockey stadium located in Shilaroo, Himachal Pradesh, India. This Stadium is the world’s highest altitude hockey stadium.
  • Wisden is known as “Bible of Cricket”
  • Yuba Bharti Stadium is the other name of Salt Lake Stadium
  • C. K. Nayudu served as India‟s first Test Captain
  • Pen Holder grip is used in Table Tennis
  • Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi in India was the first to Host a Test match in Independent India
  • Commonwealth games were previously called „British Empire Games‟
  • Kookaburras is the nickname of Hockey Team of Australia
  • “Magnus Carlsen” is a player of Chess
  • The terms “Technical foul” and “Flagrant Foul” are associated with Basket Ball
  • Manish Pandey was the first Indian Batsman to score a century in the IPL
  • Australia open is played on a synthetic hard court
  • Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century against Bangladesh
  • Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh are only two Indian who have won „Man of the Tournament‟ award. Sachin was the first Indian player who won it first time in 2003.
  • Mohinder Amarnath was declared “Man of the Match” award in the final of the ICC World Cup 1983
  • Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian cricket team in the ICC World Cup 1983
  • England has hosted the ICC World Cup 5 times
  • The duration of a kabaddi match for men shall be 2 halves of 20 minutes each. For women and juniors there will be 2 halves of the duration of 15 minutes each. There shall be an interval of 5 minutes between both the halves
  • A football match consists of two halves and each half is 45 minutes long
  • The 36th National Games of India will be held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in Goa, India  Khelo India School Games, which are a part of the Khelo India programme was held at 2018 in New Delhi
  • The second edition of Khelo India School Games rechristened as Khelo India Youth Games held at 2019 in Pune, Maharashtra.
  • The Third edition of Khelo India Youth Games was held at 2020 in Guwahati, Assam
  • Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer who scored 5 centuries in a single ICC Cricket World Cup event.
  • The maximum permitted length of cricket bat is 38 inches
  • First Captain for Indian ODI team is Ajit Wadekar(1974)
  • First Captain for Indian T20 team is Virender Sehwag (2006)
  • Five new sports have been added to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. They are baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing
  • Miraitowa  is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Someity is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
  • Seventh Edition of Khelo India Youth Games took place in Bihar and New Delhi from 4 may to 15 May 2025.
  • Shooting, Gymnastic and cycling took place in New Delhi for Khelo India 2025.
  • Patna, Rajgir, Gaya Bhagalpur and Begusarai conducted different events of Khelo India Youth Games 2025
  • Women’s doubles Australian Open -Katerina Siniakov(CZE) and Taylor Townsend(USA)
  • FIFA World Cup 2018- Russia
  • FIFA World Cup 2022- Qatar
  • FIFA World Cup 2026- Jointly by Canada, Mexico, and the US
  • FIFA World Cup 2030- jointly by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain
  • FIFA World Cup 2034- Saudi Arabia
  • The highest number of Olympic Gold medals in swimming is Michael Phelps
  • Men’s Individual Title in the Asian Squash Championship -Ng Eain Yow (Hong Kong)and Runner up Velavan Senthilkumar (India) in 2023 at Hong Kong
  • Women’s Individual in Asian squash Championship Chan Sin Yuk (Hong Kong) and Runner up Sivasangari Subramaniam(Malaysia)-2023
  • ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023- India
  • India won the first Olympic Hockey gold at Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • The Olympic Museum and the Olympic park are located at  Lausanne, Switzerland
  • The theme of 2024 Paris Olympic is “Games wide Open”
  • The theme of the International Olympic Day in 2024 was “Let’s Move and Celebrate”
  • The theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics is “World peace and Environment”. It is the 31st edition of Summer Olympic Games
  • The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896
  • First Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France
  • The Sports Authority of India is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1984 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sport in India.
  • Queensberry rules is associated with Boxing 
  • The Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis tournament started in 1877
  • FIFA headquarter is located in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Shiva Thapa is associated with Boxing
  • First commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada
  • Pranav Dhanawade has scored 1000 runs in one innings
  • Neeraj Chopra is related to Javelin throw
  • P V Sindhu is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian woman to win an individual Olympic medal
  • Beighton cup is related to Hockey
  • Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of
  • The term Dolphin Kick is associated with Swimming
  • The National Dope Testing Laboratory functions under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) has become the first bowler in the world to claim five international hat-tricks
  • Karnam Malleswari Won Bronze Medal in Sydney, 2000
  • The summer Olympics of 2028 will be organized at Los Angeles
  • Mohan Kumarmngalam Stadium is located at Bokaro
  • The Brabourne Cricket Stadium is situated in the Indian State of Maharashtra
  • Anjum Chopra is the first woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Mithali Raj is the first woman cricketer scored 6000 runs in ODIs
  • West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden
  • India played their first ever ODI against England in 1974 at Headingley in Leeds
  • All Sher, an Arjuan award winner is associated with Golf
  • Mudassar Nazar holds the record of slowest century in Test cricket.
  • The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in 1948
  • First Asian games were held at New Delhi in 1951
  • Ramanathan Krishnan Was the first Indian to reach the semifinal in Wimbledon Tennis Championship
  • Thailand is the nation who has hosted the Asian Games for the maximum number of times
  • Harbhjan Singh became the first Indian Cricketer to take hat-trick in test cricket. He took hat-trick against Australia in 2001
  • Bachhendri Pal was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest
  • Virender Sehwag has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests
  • Regatta is associated with Rowing
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his ODI debut at Chittagong on Dec 23, 2004. The match was between Bangladesh and India
  • Football was inducted as a competitive game in Olympics in 1908.
  • Westchester Cup belongs to Polo
  • The first test match began on 15 march 1877 between Australia and England  at Melbourne
  • The popping crease is 4 feet (1.22 m) in front of and parallel to the bowling crease.
  • The Distance between the Wickets is 20.12 metres.
  • The 31st Olympic games  held in brazil
  • The 32nd Olympic games will be held in Tokyo, Japan
  • The 18th Asian Games are organized in the Jakarta and Palembang cities of the Indonesia. In the 18th Asian Games 8 new games have been added, so total number of games increased to 40.Motto of 18th  Asian Games is “Energy of Asia”
  • The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou City, China in 2022.
  • The 20th Asian games will be held in Japan from 19 Sep to 04 Oct 2026.
  • Every year on August 29 India celebrates its National sports day. The day is celebrated to honor the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh
  • Sandy storm” is the autobiography of Sandeep Patil
  • The famous football player Maradona belongs to Argentine
  • The term “Tee” is used commonly in Golf
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the First Indian Women to get an Olympic Medal
  • Grand Slam is used in Lawn Tennis 
  • The Shilaroo Hockey Stadium is a hockey stadium located in Shilaroo, Himachal Pradesh, India. This Stadium is the world’s highest altitude hockey stadium.
  • Wisden is known as “Bible of Cricket”
  • Yuba Bharti Stadium is the other name of Salt Lake Stadium
  • C. K. Nayudu served as India‟s first Test Captain
  • Pen Holder grip is used in Table Tennis
  • Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi in India was the first to Host a Test match in Independent India
  • Commonwealth games were previously called „British Empire Games‟
  • Kookaburras is the nickname of Hockey Team of Australia
  • “Magnus Carlsen” is a player of Chess
  • The terms “Technical foul” and “Flagrant Foul” are associated with Basket Ball
  • Manish Pandey was the first Indian Batsman to score a century in the IPL
  • Australia open is played on a synthetic hard court
  • Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century against Bangladesh
  • Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh are only two Indian who have won „Man of the Tournament‟ award. Sachin was the first Indian player who won it first time in 2003.
  • Mohinder Amarnath was declared “Man of the Match” award in the final of the ICC World Cup 1983
  • Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian cricket team in the ICC World Cup 1983
  • England has hosted the ICC World Cup 5 times
  • The duration of a kabaddi match for men shall be 2 halves of 20 minutes each. For women and juniors there will be 2 halves of the duration of 15 minutes each. There shall be an interval of 5 minutes between both the halves
  • A football match consists of two halves and each half is 45 minutes long
  • The 36th National Games of India will be held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in Goa, India  Khelo India School Games, which are a part of the Khelo India programme was held at 2018 in New Delhi
  • The second edition of Khelo India School Games rechristened as Khelo India Youth Games held at 2019 in Pune, Maharashtra.
  • The Third edition of Khelo India Youth Games was held at 2020 in Guwahati, Assam
  • Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer who scored 5 centuries in a single ICC Cricket World Cup event.
  • The maximum permitted length of cricket bat is 38 inches
  • First Captain for Indian ODI team is Ajit Wadekar(1974)
  • First Captain for Indian T20 team is Virender Sehwag (2006)
  • Five new sports have been added to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. They are baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing
  • Miraitowa  is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Someity is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sports : Last Minute Revision for NTPC(RRB)

  • Seventh Edition of Khelo India Youth Games took place in Bihar and New Delhi from 4 may to 15 May 2025.
  • Shooting, Gymnastic and cycling took place in New Delhi for Khelo India 2025.
  • Patna, Rajgir, Gaya Bhagalpur and Begusarai conducted different events of Khelo India Youth Games 2025
  • Women’s doubles Australian Open -Katerina Siniakov(CZE) and Taylor Townsend(USA)
  • FIFA World Cup 2018- Russia
  • FIFA World Cup 2022- Qatar
  • FIFA World Cup 2026- Jointly by Canada, Mexico, and the US
  • FIFA World Cup 2030- jointly by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain
  • FIFA World Cup 2034- Saudi Arabia
  • The highest number of Olympic Gold medals in swimming is Michael Phelps
  • Men’s Individual Title in the Asian Squash Championship -Ng Eain Yow (Hong Kong)and Runner up Velavan Senthilkumar (India) in 2023 at Hong Kong
  • Women’s Individual in Asian squash Championship Chan Sin Yuk (Hong Kong) and Runner up Sivasangari Subramaniam(Malaysia)-2023
  • ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023- India
  • India won the first Olympic Hockey gold at Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • The Olympic Museum and the Olympic park are located at  Lausanne, Switzerland
  • The theme of 2024 Paris Olympic is “Games wide Open”
  • The theme of the International Olympic Day in 2024 was “Let’s Move and Celebrate”
  • The theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics is “World peace and Environment”. It is the 31st edition of Summer Olympic Games
  • The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896
  • First Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France
  • The Sports Authority of India is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1984 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sport in India.
  • Queensberry rules is associated with Boxing 
  • The Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis tournament started in 1877
  • FIFA headquarter is located in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Shiva Thapa is associated with Boxing
  • First commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada
  • Pranav Dhanawade has scored 1000 runs in one innings
  • Neeraj Chopra is related to Javelin throw
  • P V Sindhu is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian woman to win an individual Olympic medal
  • Beighton cup is related to Hockey
  • Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of
  • The term Dolphin Kick is associated with Swimming
  • The National Dope Testing Laboratory functions under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) has become the first bowler in the world to claim five international hat-tricks
  • Karnam Malleswari Won Bronze Medal in Sydney, 2000
  • The summer Olympics of 2028 will be organized at Los Angeles
  • Mohan Kumarmngalam Stadium is located at Bokaro
  • The Brabourne Cricket Stadium is situated in the Indian State of Maharashtra
  • Anjum Chopra is the first woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Mithali Raj is the first woman cricketer scored 6000 runs in ODIs
  • West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket: he scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden
  • India played their first ever ODI against England in 1974 at Headingley in Leeds
  • All Sher, an Arjuan award winner is associated with Golf
  • Mudassar Nazar holds the record of slowest century in Test cricket.
  • The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in 1948
  • First Asian games were held at New Delhi in 1951
  • Ramanathan Krishnan Was the first Indian to reach the semifinal in Wimbledon Tennis Championship
  • Thailand is the nation who has hosted the Asian Games for the maximum number of times
  • Harbhjan Singh became the first Indian Cricketer to take hat-trick in test cricket. He took hat-trick against Australia in 2001
  • Bachhendri Pal was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest
  • Virender Sehwag has become the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests
  • Regatta is associated with Rowing
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his ODI debut at Chittagong on Dec 23, 2004. The match was between Bangladesh and India
  • Football was inducted as a competitive game in Olympics in 1908.
  • Westchester Cup belongs to Polo
  • The first test match began on 15 march 1877 between Australia and England  at Melbourne
  • The popping crease is 4 feet (1.22 m) in front of and parallel to the bowling crease.
  • The Distance between the Wickets is 20.12 metres.
  • The 31st Olympic games  held in brazil
  • The 32nd Olympic games will be held in Tokyo, Japan
  • The 18th Asian Games are organized in the Jakarta and Palembang cities of the Indonesia. In the 18th Asian Games 8 new games have been added, so total number of games increased to 40.Motto of 18th  Asian Games is “Energy of Asia”
  • The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou City, China in 2022.
  • The 20th Asian games will be held in Japan from 19 Sep to 04 Oct 2026.
  • Every year on August 29 India celebrates its National sports day. The day is celebrated to honor the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh
  • Sandy storm” is the autobiography of Sandeep Patil
  • The famous football player Maradona belongs to Argentine
  • The term “Tee” is used commonly in Golf
  • Karnam Malleshwari is the First Indian Women to get an Olympic Medal
  • Grand Slam is used in Lawn Tennis 
  • The Shilaroo Hockey Stadium is a hockey stadium located in Shilaroo, Himachal Pradesh, India. This Stadium is the world’s highest altitude hockey stadium.
  • Wisden is known as “Bible of Cricket”
  • Yuba Bharti Stadium is the other name of Salt Lake Stadium
  • C. K. Nayudu served as India‟s first Test Captain
  • Pen Holder grip is used in Table Tennis
  • Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi in India was the first to Host a Test match in Independent India
  • Commonwealth games were previously called „British Empire Games‟
  • Kookaburras is the nickname of Hockey Team of Australia
  • “Magnus Carlsen” is a player of Chess
  • The terms “Technical foul” and “Flagrant Foul” are associated with Basket Ball
  • Manish Pandey was the first Indian Batsman to score a century in the IPL
  • Australia open is played on a synthetic hard court
  • Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century against Bangladesh
  • Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh are only two Indian who have won „Man of the Tournament‟ award. Sachin was the first Indian player who won it first time in 2003.
  • Mohinder Amarnath was declared “Man of the Match” award in the final of the ICC World Cup 1983
  • Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian cricket team in the ICC World Cup 1983
  • England has hosted the ICC World Cup 5 times
  • The duration of a kabaddi match for men shall be 2 halves of 20 minutes each. For women and juniors there will be 2 halves of the duration of 15 minutes each. There shall be an interval of 5 minutes between both the halves
  • A football match consists of two halves and each half is 45 minutes long
  • The 36th National Games of India will be held between 20 October and 4 November 2020 in Goa, India  Khelo India School Games, which are a part of the Khelo India programme was held at 2018 in New Delhi
  • The second edition of Khelo India School Games rechristened as Khelo India Youth Games held at 2019 in Pune, Maharashtra.
  • The Third edition of Khelo India Youth Games was held at 2020 in Guwahati, Assam
  • Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer who scored 5 centuries in a single ICC Cricket World Cup event.
  • The maximum permitted length of cricket bat is 38 inches
  • First Captain for Indian ODI team is Ajit Wadekar(1974)
  • First Captain for Indian T20 team is Virender Sehwag (2006)
  • Five new sports have been added to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. They are baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing
  • Miraitowa  is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Someity is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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