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Which county did Mohammad Azharuddin play for?
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Answer: Option D
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire.
32
The first hand glider was designed by?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The first hand glider was designed by Leonardo Da Vinci.
33
Which county did Sunil Gavaskar play for?
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Answer: Option A
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Sunil Gavaskar played for Somerset.
34
The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to?
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Answer: Option B
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The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.
35
In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
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Answer: Option C
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India is the birthplace of modern polo. The modern game of polo is derived from Manipur, where the game was known as 'Sagol Kangjei', 'Kanjai-bazee', or 'Pulu'. It was the anglicised form of the last, referring to the wooden ball that was used, which was adopted by the sport in its slow spread to the west.
36
What do African-American football players Ernie Davis, Archie Griffin, and Tony Dorsett have in common?
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Answer: Option B
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Ernie Davis was the first African American to win the prize in 1961, and Archie Griffin is the only player to have won it twice, in 1974 and 1975. Only Dorsett played for Pittsburgh. Davis played for Syracuse and Griffin played for Ohio State. Only Dorsett did lead his team to a Super Bowl title as NFC Rookie of the Year in 1977-78.
37
Which cricketer died on the field in Bangladesh while playing for Abahani Club?
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Answer: Option D
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Raman Lamba, Rambo to friends, had played for India in four Tests and 32 one-day internationals. While fielding, he was felled at silly mid-on by a shot from national player Mehrab Hussain Opee's willow. Lamba was admitted to a private clinic and later to the Dhaka Medical College. From there he was shifted to the postgraduate hospital where he died.
38
Which of the following is a Manipuri version of Hockey?
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Answer: Option A
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Khong kangjei, also known as mukna kangjei or sometimes kanjei, and commonly known as foot hockey, Manipuri hockey or hockey on foot, is a sport similar to field hockey primarily of the state of Manipur in India.
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Which county did Javagal Srinath sign for in 2003?
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Answer: Option B
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Javagal Srinath signed for Durham in 2003.
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Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?
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Answer: Option B
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Sachin didn't have the greatest of times in Geoff Boycott's land. He averaged 40 odd, which is pretty low by his standards.