Sports GK MCQs
Sports GK (General Knowledge) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on different sports and games for competitive examinations. These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App
21. Which continent’s governing body of association football is known as “CONCACAF”?
[A] South America
[B] Africa
[C] Europe
[D] North America
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Correct Answer: D [North America]
Notes:
North America’s governing body of association football is known as “CONCACAF”. The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) is one of FIFA’s six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern America.
22. O2 Arena Tennis Stadium is located in which country?
[A] Netherlands
[B] United States of America
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: C [United Kingdom]
Notes:
United Kingdom houses the “O2 Arena Tennis Stadium”. The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom.
23. Who is “Margaret Court”?
[A] An Australian cricket player
[B] An Australian polo player
[C] An Australian football player
[D] An Australian tennis player
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Correct Answer: D [An Australian tennis player]
Notes:
Margaret Court is an Australian retired tennis player and former world No. 1. She won 24 Grand Slam women’s singles titles in her career, 19 Grand Slam doubles titles, and 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She won more Grand Slam titles than any other player in history and is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
24. Who became the first tennis player to win a medal at four separate Olympic games, as well as the first player in the Open Era to win an Olympic medal in all three events (singles, doubles, mixed)?
[A] Serena Williams
[B] Venus Williams
[C] Steffi Graf
[D] Maria Sharapova
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Correct Answer: B [Venus Williams]
Notes:
Venus Williams became the first tennis player to win a medal at four separate Olympic games, as well as the first player in the Open Era to win an Olympic medal in all three events (singles, doubles, mixed).
25. Which country hosted the 2019 Badminton World Federation World Championships?
[A] Japan
[B] Switzerland
[C] China
[D] Netherlands
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Correct Answer: B [Switzerland]
Notes:
Switzerland hosted the 2019 Badminton World Federation World Championships. The 2019 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 19 to 25 August 2019 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
26. Which country won the most number of medals in badminton in the Summer Olympics since the introduction of badminton in the official games program in 1992?
[A] China
[B] Indonesia
[C] South Korea
[D] Denmark
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Correct Answer: A [China]
Notes:
China won the most number of medals in badminton in the Summer Olympics since the introduction of badminton in the official games program in 1992.
27. Who won the gold medal in badminton women’s singles in the 2016 Summer Olympics?
[A] Nozomi Okuhara
[B] Wang Yihan
[C] P.V. Sindhu
[D] Carolina Marin
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Correct Answer: D [Carolina Marin]
Notes:
Carolina Marin won the gold medal in badminton women’s singles in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil took place from 11 to 20 August.
28. Which country became the champion of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup?
[A] Argentina
[B] France
[C] Australia
[D] Spain
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Correct Answer: D [Spain]
Notes:
Spain became the champion of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men’s national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 that did not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup (which was held the previous year). The tournament expanded from 24 to 32 teams.
29. What is Manika Batra famous for?
[A] As an Indian squash player
[B] As an Indian tennis player
[C] As an Indian table tennis player
[D] As an Indian badminton player
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Correct Answer: C [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. As of January 2019, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 47th in the world. She specialises in playing long-pimples on her backhand, a rubber which is not often played by top players. She received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2020.
30. What is Sanil Shetty famous for?
[A] As an Indian badminton player
[B] As an Indian cricket player
[C] As an Indian tennis player
[D] As an Indian table tennis player
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Correct Answer: D [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Sanil Shankar Shetty is an Indian table-tennis player. In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, He won gold in men’s team event with Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Harmeet Desai & bronze in Men’s doubles event with Harmeet Desai.