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Sports, Awards & Books

General Awareness · Static GK, Science-Tech & Current

Overview

This topic covers stable sports facts, national awards and their fields, and classic books with authors; recent winners belong to current affairs.

Key points

Trophies: Durand Cup (football), Ranji Trophy (cricket), Thomas Cup (men’s badminton), Davis Cup (men’s tennis).
Team sizes on field: cricket 11, football 11, hockey 11, volleyball 6, basketball 5, kabaddi 7.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (highest sports honour), Arjuna Award (players), Dronacharya Award (coaches).
Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award; Jnanpith is a literary award.
Classic books: Discovery of India (Jawaharlal Nehru), Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore), Godan (Premchand), Wings of Fire (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam).

Explanation

Sports terms: "LBW" (cricket), "checkmate" (chess), "deuce" (tennis), "penalty corner" (hockey).
National Sports Day is 29 August (Dhyan Chand’s birthday).
Recent award winners change every year — revise them from official current-affairs notes.
Gallantry awards: Param Vir Chakra (wartime highest), Ashoka Chakra (peacetime highest).

Step by step

Identify the category (sport, award, book).
Recall the pair.
Check the year for any changing fact.

Examples

The Thomas Cup is associated with → badminton.
The award given to sports coaches → Dronacharya Award.
"Wings of Fire" was written by → A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Mixing Arjuna (players) and Dronacharya (coaches).
Trap: Learning old winners as current.
Trap: Wrong team sizes.

Quick revision

Trophy ↔ sport table.
Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dronacharya.
Book ↔ author pairs.

Practice MCQs

Exam practice: Hornbill Festival is associated with which state?
1. Nagaland
2. Haryana
3. Odisha
4. Goa
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Answer: (a) Nagaland. Hornbill Festival is associated with Nagaland.
Exam practice: Kathak is a classical dance form associated historically with which broad region?
1. Only Kerala
2. Only Tamil Nadu
3. Only Assam
4. North India
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Answer: (d) North India. Kathak is a classical dance form associated historically with North India.
Exam practice: ROM is generally used to store what kind of information?
1. Non-volatile instructions/firmware
2. Only printed text
3. Only internet traffic
4. Only temporary running data
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Answer: (a) Non-volatile instructions/firmware. ROM is generally used to store what kind of information? — Non-volatile instructions/firmware.
Exam practice: Two-factor authentication improves security by requiring what?
1. Two passwords typed twice
2. Two antivirus programs
3. Two different categories of verification
4. Two email accounts only
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Answer: (c) Two different categories of verification. Two-factor authentication improves security by requiring Two different categories of verification.
Exam practice: What is the main purpose of encryption?
1. Compress every file
2. Increase screen resolution
3. Delete backups
4. Convert readable data into protected form using a cryptographic process
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Answer: (d) Convert readable data into protected form using a cryptographic process. Convert readable data into protected form using a cryptographic process is the main purpose of encryption.
The Durand Cup is associated with —
1. cricket
2. hockey
3. tennis
4. football
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Answer: (d) football. Football.
The Ranji Trophy is associated with —
1. chess
2. football
3. cricket
4. badminton
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Answer: (c) cricket. Cricket.
The Thomas Cup is associated with —
1. golf
2. hockey
3. men’s badminton
4. men’s tennis
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Answer: (c) men’s badminton. Badminton.
The Davis Cup is associated with —
1. golf
2. men’s tennis
3. badminton
4. football
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Answer: (b) men’s tennis. Tennis.
India’s highest sports honour is the —
1. Padma Shri
2. Arjuna Award
3. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
4. Dronacharya Award
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Answer: (c) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna. Khel Ratna.