Sports in Odisha, Odisha                  highly visited by tourists for which 
                Objective GK General                   sports in Odisha? 
                                                       (1) Puchi 
                        Knowledge                      (2) Paen Anba 
                                                       (3) Canoeing and Boating 
             1. Which place of Odisha is known         (4) Wrestling 
             as the ‘Sports Capital of India’?         Ans: (3) 
             (1) Cuttack                               ____________________________________
             (2) Bhubaneswar                           ____ 
             (3) Puri                                  5. Who of the following is 
             (4) Ganjam                                associated with Field Hockey Sport 
             Ans: (2)                                  in Odisha? 
             ____________________________________      (1) Dilip Tirkey 
             ____                                      (2) Ignace Tirkey 
             2. The Asian Athletics                    (3) Birendra Lakra 
             Championship 2017 was organised in        (4) All of the above 
             which place of Odisha?                    Ans: (4) 
             (1) Biju Patnaik Stadium, Rourkela        ____________________________________
             (2) Barabati Stadium, Cuttack             ____ 
             (3) Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar          6. In which part of Odisha is Biju 
             (4) Ispat Stadium, Rourkela               Patnaik Hockey Stadium located? 
             Ans: (3)                                  (1) Cuttack 
             ____________________________________      (2) Rourkela 
             ____                                      (3) Bhubaneswar 
             3. Rakesh Oram, Susmita Malik and         (4) Sambalpur 
             Manisha Panna are associated with         Ans: (2) 
             which sports in Odisha?                   ____________________________________
             (1) Wrestling                             ____ 
             (2) Rugby                                 7. In which year Odisha hoisted the 
             (3) Football                              ‘Asia Rugby Women’s 
             (4) Hockey                                Championship’? 
             Ans: (3)                                  (1) 2001 (2) 2005 
             ____________________________________      (3) 2010 (4) 2018 
             ____                                      Ans: (4) 
             4. Dhabaleswar and Barkul are             ____________________________________
                                                       ____ 
             8. Odisha hoisted which world cup        (1) Khapara Dian 
             in Bhubaneswar 2018?                     (2) Paen Anba 
             (1) Hockey World Cup                     (3) Nadia Phinga 
             (2) Cricket World Cup                    (4) Machhasare Ghina 
             (3) T20 World Cup                        Ans: (3) 
             (4) Kho Kho Championship                 ____________________________________
             Ans: (1)                                 ____ 
             ____________________________________     13. Ganthi Ganana is played by 
             ____                                     Kharial tribes of which district of 
             9. Gautam Kumar Kahali and               Odisha? 
             Chandan Behera are associated with       (1) Sundargarh (2) Balasore 
             sports in Odisha?                        (3) Shimuga (4) None of these 
             (1) Field Hockey (2) Wrestling           Ans: (1) 
             (3) Sword Fighting (4) Rugby             ____________________________________
             Ans: (2)                                 ____ 
             ____________________________________     14. Which game starts with Ratha 
             ____                                     Yatra? 
             10. The ideal time for trekking in       (1) Gedi 
             Odisha is                                (2) Hatbika 
             (1) January–March                        (3) Bahu Chor 
             (2) June–August                          (4) Nadia Phinga 
             (3) October–January                      Ans: (1) 
             (4) Only February                        ____________________________________
             Ans: (3)                                 ____ 
             ____________________________________     15. The Football Association has its 
             ____                                     headquarters at 
             11. Which traditional game in Odisha     (1) Cuttack (2) Ganjam 
             is played only by young girls?           (3) Puri (4) Sundargarh 
             (1) Gedi (2) Ganthi Ganana               Ans: (1) 
             (3) Puchi (4) Rassi Tana                 ____________________________________
             Ans: (3)                                 ____ 
             ____________________________________     16. In which year was Odisha 
             ____                                     Cricket Association was formed? 
             12. Which traditional game in            (1) 1982 (2) 1967 
             Odisha is played by throwing             (3) 1955 (4) 1949 
             coconut on land and water?               Ans: (4) 
             ____________________________________       21. Biju Patnaik Award, the highest 
             ____                                       honour of the Odisha Government 
             17. Which institution in Odisha            was instituted in which year? 
             maintains the Barabati Cricket             (1) 2001-02 (2) 2004-05 
             Stadium located in Cuttack?                (3) 2007-08 (4) 2010-11 
             (1) Odisha Cricket Academy                 Ans: (1) 
             (2) Odisha Council of Sports               ____________________________________
             (3) Odisha Cricket Association             ____ 
             (4) Odisha Sports Association              22. Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium is 
             Ans: (3)                                   located in which place of Odisha? 
             ____________________________________       (1) Bhubaneswar 
             ____                                       (2) Sambalpur 
             18. The headquarters of Odisha             (3) Rourkela 
             Olympic Association is located in          (4) Malkangiri 
             (1) Puri (2) Cuttack                       Ans: (3) 
             (3) Bhubaneswar (4) Dhenkanal              ____________________________________
             Ans: (2)                                   ____ 
             ____________________________________       23. Debasish Sarbeswar Mohanty 
             ____                                       belongs to which place of Odisha? 
             19. Ispat stadium is located in            (1) Puri 
             (1) Rourkela                               (2) Bargarh 
             (2) Angul                                  (3) Bhubaneswar 
             (3) Bhubaneswar                            (4) Ganjam 
             (4) Puri                                   Ans: (3 
             Ans: (1)                                   ____________________________________
             ____________________________________       ____ 
             ____                                       24. Who among the following 
             20. KIIT Stadium is located in             received Award for Outstanding 
             which place of Odisha?                     Sportperson of the state of Odisha 
             (1) Bhubaneswar                            in 2017? 
             (2) Nuapada                                (1) Pramod Bhagat 
             (3) Rayagada                               (2) Rajesh Meher 
             (4) Balasore                               (3) Dispan Tirkey 
             Ans: (1)                                   (4) All of the above 
             ____________________________________       Ans: (4) 
             ____                                       ____________________________________
             ____                                      ____ 
             25. Anuradha Biswal is associated         29. Which sports person of Odisha 
             with                                      won 3 Gold medals in 2009 
             (1) Athletics                             Commonwealth Games held in 
             (2) Hockey                                Malaysia? 
             (3) Cricket                               (1) Natraj Behera 
             (4) Wrestling                             (2) Katulu Ravi Kumar 
             Ans: (1)                                  (3) Dispan Tirkey 
             ____________________________________      (4) Sarita Routray 
             ____                                      Ans: (2) 
             26. Pragyan Ojha is associated with       ____________________________________
             (1) Cricket (2) Hockey                    ____ 
             (3) Football (4) None of these            30. Katulu Ravi Kumar is related 
             Ans: (1)                                  to 
             ____________________________________      (1) Trekking 
             ____                                      (2) Canoeing and Boating 
             27. Which player of Odisha won 2          (3) Weightlifting 
             silver medals in 2018 ‘Asian Games’       (4) None of the above 
             held in Jakarta?                          Ans: (3) 
             (1) Sarbani Nanda                         ____________________________________
             (2) Katulu Ravi Kumar                     ____ 
             (3) Dutee Chand                           31. Consider the following about 
             (4) Natraj Behera                         Paen Anba game. 
             Ans: (3)                                  1. It is played by both boys and 
             ____________________________________      girls of 
             ____                                      Ans: (3) 
             28. Which sportsperson of Odisha          ____________________________________
             won a Gold and a Silver medal in          ____ 
             2016 ‘South Asian Games’ held in          32. Scheme for Coaching for 
             Assam?                                    Excellence was launched in which 
             (1) Srabani Nanda                         year in Odisha? 
             (2) Dutee Chand                           (1) 2001 (2) 2005 
             (3) Katulu Ravi Kumar                     (3) 2010 (4) 2018 
             (4) Sarita Routray                        Ans: (4) 
             Ans: (1)                                  ____________________________________
             ____________________________________      ____