Question

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched ?
1. Hockey – Sunil Chhetri 
2. Weight lifting – Karnam Malleswari 
3. Wrestling – Yogeshwar Dutt
4. Shooting – Gagan Narang

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Hockey – Sunil Chhetri 

The correct answer is Hockey – Sunil Chhetri.

• Shri Sunil Chhetri is associated with Football.

• Shri Sunil Chhetri is a professional footballer who plays as a striker and captains Indian National Football Team.
  • He is popularly known as Captain Fantastic and holds the record of scoring the highest number of goals after Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • He was awarded Arjuna Award in 2011 and Padma Shree in 2019.

• Karnam Malleswari is retired from weightlifting.
  • She is the first Indian woman who has won a medal in the Olympics.
  • She was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1995 and Padma Shree in 1999.
• Yogeshwar Dutt is a freestyle wrestler who won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics and won gold at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  • He was awarded Padma Shri in 2013.
• Gagan Narang is an Indian shooter who was the first to qualify for the London Olympics.
  • He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2010 and Padmashree in 2011.