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[#221] Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?
Correct Answer

(B) Sri Lanka

Explanation

Solution: Sri Lanka got the status of Test playing country in 1981, and beat India in the 1979 World Cup. Before this they were champion of ICC non-test playing countries.

[#222] Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games?
Correct Answer

(C) Four

Explanation

Solution: Lewis has won nine Olympic gold medals in all: four in 1984 (100m, 200m, 4x100m, long jump), two in 1988 (100m and long jump), two in 1992 (4x100m and long jump), and one in 1996 (long jump).

[#223] Which county did Ravi Shastri play for?
Correct Answer

(A) Glamorgan

Explanation

Solution: Ravi Shastri once hit spinner Tilak Raj for 6 sixes in an over in a First Class match.

[#224] Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
Correct Answer

(B) Wilson Jones

Explanation

Solution: Jones, a dominant national amateur champion for more than a decade, won the amateur world championship twice, in 1958 and 1964. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1963, the Padma Shri Award in 1965, and the Dronacharya Award in 1996. He was the first Indian to be a World champion in any sport.

[#225] Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
Correct Answer

(C) Kamaljit Sandhu

Explanation

Solution: Kamaljeet Sandhu is a female Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman athlete to win gold medal at any Asian games.