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
31. What is Viktor Axelsen famous for?
[A] A Danish cricket player
[B] A Danish tennis player
[C] A Danish football player
[D] A Danish badminton player
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Correct Answer: D [A Danish badminton player]
Notes:
Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player. He was the 2017 World Champion and the bronze medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating Korea’s Kang Ji-Wook in the final to become the first-ever European player to hold the title. Axelsen was crowned European men’s singles champion in 2016 and 2018.
32. Which of the following won the gold medal in badminton women’s doubles in the 2016 Summer Olympics?
[A] Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan
[B] Christina Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl
[C] Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi
[D] Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova
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Correct Answer: C [Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi]
Notes:
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi won the gold medal in badminton women’s doubles 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.
33. How many team members are there in each team of a basketball game?
[A] 5
[B] 7
[C] 9
[D] 11
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Correct Answer: A [5]
Notes:
Five team members are there in each team of a basketball game. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
34. Which country ranks first in the FIBA Basketball Women’s World Ranking?
[A] Canada
[B] Spain
[C] Australia
[D] United States of America
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Correct Answer: D [United States of America]
Notes:
The United States of America ranks first in the FIBA Basketball Women’s World Ranking.
35. What is Ma Long famous for?
[A] As a Chinese badminton player
[B] As a Chinese tennis player
[C] As a Chinese table tennis player
[D] As a Chinese polo player
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Correct Answer: C [As a Chinese table tennis player]
Notes:
Ma Long is a Chinese table tennis player. Ma Long is a Chinese table tennis player. The current Olympic and World Champion, he is ranked number 3 in the world (as of March 2020) by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
36. Which sport is related to the “Ping-pong diplomacy” between the United States of America and China?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
Table Tennis sport is related to the “Ping-pong diplomacy” between the United States of America and China. Ping-pong diplomacy refers to the exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States (US) and People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s, that began during the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan as a result of an encounter between players Glenn Cowan (of the US) and Zhuang Zedong (of the PRC). The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon in 1972. The event has been seen as a key turning point in relations, and the policy approach has since been carried out elsewhere.
37. Who won the gold medal in table tennis men’s singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
[A] Zhang Jike
[B] Ma Long
[C] Jun Mizutani
[D] Timo Boll
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Correct Answer: B [Ma Long]
Notes:
Ma Long won the gold medal in table tennis men’s singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men’s and women’s singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
38. What is Mouma Das famous for?
[A] As an Indian table tennis player
[B] As an Indian tennis player
[C] As an Indian badminton player
[D] As an Indian squash player
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Correct Answer: A [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Mouma Das is an Indian table tennis player. She has won multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games including a gold in the Women’s Team Competition in 2018. She was awarded the Arjuna Award, India’s second-highest sporting honour in 2013 for her contributions to the sport. Das participated in the 2004 Olympic Games where she competed in the singles table tennis competition. Das reached the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles event at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships partnering Manika Batra; the duo became the first Indian pair (and the first Indians in over 61 years) to do so. The pair also won the silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
39. Which of the following is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for golf?
[A] International Golf Federation
[B] The R&A
[C] The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
[D] United States Golf Association
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Correct Answer: A [International Golf Federation]
Notes:
International Golf Federation is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for golf. The International Golf Federation (IGF) was founded in 1958 in Switzerland and is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the world governing body for golf.
40. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Alps Tour”?
[A] Golf
[B] Basketball
[C] Cricket
[D] Rugby
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men’s golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour.