Rio Olympics 2016 : Expected Questions for Competitive Exams - PDF Download

Hi Aspirants, in this post we are sharing with you some expected questions from the recently concluded  Rio Olympics 2016 useful for all Comeptitive Exams like Civil Services, IBPS SBI Bank Exams, Railway Exam, SSC, UPSC Exams etc.

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1) Which was the host country of 31st edition of Summer Olympics 2016? - Brazil

2) Number of Countries participated in the Rio Olympics 2016? - 207

3) Number of Sporting disciplines held during the Summer Olympics 2016? - 42

4) Theme and Motto of 31st Summer Olympics? - 'World Peace and Environment' is the theme and 'A New World' is the motto

5) Mascot of Rio Olympics 2016? -  Vinicius

6) Indian Flag Bearer at the opening ceremony of 31st summer Olympics on 5th August, 2016? - Abhinav Bindra (Shooting)

7) First Indian medallist at Rio Olympics? - Sakshi Malik (Bronze, 58 Kg Freestyle Wrestling)

8) First Indian Woman to win a Silver medal and the first Indian shuttler to reach the final? - PV Sindhu (Silver, Women's Single Badminton)

9) Number of Indian Athletes participated in 31st Summer Olympics, Brazil? - 117

10) The Largest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics? - USA (554 athletes)

11) The Smallest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics? - South Pacific Nation of Tuvalu (1 athletes)

12) First Gold Medal at Rio Olympics? - Virginia Thrasher (Women's 10 meter air rifle, USA)

13) The athlete who won highest Individual Medal at Rio 2016? - Michael Phelps (Swimmer) (6 Medals: Gold- 5, Silver-1, USA)

14) Countries who won their first-ever medal at Olympics? - Fiji, Jordan and Kosovo (All of them claimed Gold)

15) Country which topped the medal tally at Rio Olympics 2016? - USA (46 Gold, 37 Silver and 38 Bronze)

16)  The Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics? - Gaurika Singh (13-Year Old, Swimmer, Nepal)

17) The Youngest athlete to win Gold Medal? RenQian (15-Year Old, Women's 10m Platform Diving Event)

18) New Sports Events at Rio Olympics 2016? - Golf, Rugby

19) India's Flag-bearer at Closing Ceremony at Summer Olympics 2016? - Sakshi Malik

20) Stadium in which the Opening & Closing Ceremony of 31st Rio Olympics held? - Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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