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[#446] 'Queensbury rules' is code of rules that directly influences which of the following sports ?
Correct Answer

(B) Boxing

Explanation

Solution: Marquess of Queensberry rules, code of rules applied to boxing. The rules were written by John Graham Chambers, a member of the British Amateur Athletic Club. The rules were first published in 1867.

[#447] At which of the following stadium Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100 th international century ?
Correct Answer

(B) Sher-e-Bangla Stadium

Explanation

Solution: March 16, 2012 will be etched in the minds of cricket fans across the globe as the day when Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century. During the Asia Cup clash against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Tendulkar played a brilliant knock of 114 to bring up his 49th ODI century.

[#448] Who is said to be the father of Modern Olympic ?
Correct Answer

(B) Pierre de Coubetin

Explanation

Solution: Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.

[#449] The first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to whom ?
Correct Answer

(A) Viswanathan Anand

Explanation

Solution: Viswanathan Anand is the first to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

[#450] Who became the first Indian women to win the Korea open series in Badminton ?
Correct Answer

(D) P.V. Sindhu

Explanation

Solution: PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win the Korea Open Super Series.