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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Euro Cup 2016 fixture, schedule & time table (Indian time) - PDF Download

The 2016 Euro Cup football tournament will start on 10 June 2016. This year France is playing the host nation. There are a total of 24 teams that have qualified for Euro 2016. In this post we bring you the details of the tournament with Fixtures in Indian Timings and with Download PDF option.

Here is a look at the teams

GROUP A - France, Switzerland, Albania, Romania

GROUP B - England, Russia, Slovakia, Wales

GROUP C - Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Northern Ireland

GROUP D - Spain, Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey

GROUP E - Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Republic of Ireland

GROUP F - Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Iceland 

2016 Euro Cup Match Fixtures in Indian Standard Time
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Match	Day/ Date	Time
France v Romania – Group A	Saturday 11 June	01.30 AM IST
Albania v Switzerland – Group A	Saturday 11 June	7.30 PM IST
Wales v Slovakia – Group B	Saturday 11 June	10.30 PM IST
England v Russia – Group B	Sunday 12 June	01.30 AM IST
Turkey v Croatia – Group D	Sunday 12 June	7.30 PM IST
Poland v Northern Ireland – Group C	Sunday 12 June	10.30 PM IST
Germany v Ukraine – Group C	Monday 13 June	01.30 AM IST
Spain v Czech Republic – Group D	Monday 13 June	7.30 PM IST
Republic of Ireland v Sweden – Group E	Monday 13 June	10.30 PM IST
Belgium v Italy – Group E	Tuesday 14 June	01.30 AM IST
Austria v Hungary – Group F	Tuesday 14 June	10.30 PM IST
Portugal v Iceland – Group F	Wednesday 15 June	01.30 AM IST
Russia v Slovakia – Group B	Wednesday 15 June	7.30 PM IST
Romania v Switzerland – Group A	Wednesday 15 June	10.30 PM IST
France v Albania – Group A	Thursday 16 June	01.30 AM IST
England v Wales – Group B	Thursday 16 June	7.30 PM IST
Ukraine v Northern Ireland – Group C	Thursday 16 June	10.30 PM IST
Germany v Poland – Group C	Friday 17 June	01.30 AM IST
Italy v Sweden – Group E	Friday 17 June	7.30 PM IST
Czech Republic v Croatia – Group D	Friday 17 June	10.30 PM IST
Spain v Turkey – Group D	Saturday 18 June	01.30 AM IST
Belgium v Republic of Ireland – Group E	Saturday 18 June	7.30 PM IST
Iceland v Hungary – Group F	Saturday 18 June	10.30 PM IST
Portugal v Austria – Group F	Sunday 19 June	01.30 AM IST
Switzerland v France – Group A	Monday 20 June	01.30 AM IST
Romania v Albania – Group A	Monday 20 June	01.30 AM IST
Slovakia v England – Group B	Tuesday 21 June	01.30 AM IST
Russia v Wales – Group B	Tuesday 21 June	01.30 AM IST
Northern Ireland v Germany – Group C	Tuesday 21 June	10.30 PM IST
Ukraine v Poland – Group C	Tuesday 21 June	10.30 PM IST
Croatia v Spain – Group D	Wednesday 22 June	01.30 AM IST
Czech Republic v Turkey – Group D	Wednesday 22 June	01.30 AM IST
Hungary v Portugal – Group F	Wednesday 22 June	10.30 PM IST
Iceland v Austria – Group F	Wednesday 22 June	10.30 PM IST
Sweden v Belgium – Group E	Thursday 23 June	01.30 AM IST
Italy v Republic of Ireland – Group E	Thursday 23 June	01.30 AM IST
Round of 16
Runner-up Group A v Runner-up C – Match 1	Saturday 25 June,	7.30 PM IST
Winner B v Third-place A/C/D – Match 2	Saturday 25 June,	10.30 PM IST
Winner D v Third-place B/E/F – Match 3	Sunday 26 June,	01.30 AM IST
Winner A v Third-place C/D/E – Match 4	Sunday 26 June,	7.30 PM IST
Winner C v Third-place A/B/F – Match 5	Sunday 26 June,	10.30 PM IST
Winner F v Runner-up E – Match 6	Monday 27 June,	01.30 AM IST
Winner E v Runner-up D – Match 7	Monday 27 June,	10.30 PM IST
Runner-up B v Runner-up F – Match 8 -	Tuesday 28 June	01.30 AM IST

Quarter-finals
Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 3 – QF1	Friday 30 June,	01.30 AM IST
Winner Match 2 v Winner Match 6 – QF2	Saturday 1 July,	01.30 AM IST
Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 7 – QF3	Sunday 3 July,	01.30 AM IST
Winner Match 4 v Winner Match 8 – QF4	Monday 4 July,	01.30 AM IST

Semi-finals
Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 – SF1	Thursday 7 July,	01.30 AM IST
Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 – SF2	Friday 8 July	01.30 AM IST

Final
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2	Monday 11 July	01.30 AM IST

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