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. Which of the following won the gold medal in men’s doubles in the 2019 BWF World Championships?
[A] Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan
[B] Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi
[C] Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto
[D] Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen
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Correct Answer: A [Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan]
Notes:
Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan won the gold medal in men’s doubles in the 2019 BWF 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.
32. Who invented the game of basketball?
[A] Phog Allen
[B] James Naismith
[C] Adolph Rupp
[D] Dean Smith
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Correct Answer: B [James Naismith]
Notes:
The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891. Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who was trying to create a new game to keep his students active during the winter months. He came up with the idea of basketball while working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game quickly gained popularity and was soon being played by people of all ages around the world.
33. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Turkish Airlines EuroLeague”?
[A] Football
[B] Baseball
[C] Rugby
[D] Basketball
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Correct Answer: D [Basketball]
Notes:
The “Turkish Airlines EuroLeague” is a basketball competition. The EuroLeague, known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is the top-tier European professional basketball club competition, organized by Euroleague Basketball since 2000.
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. Which two countries are involved in the Ping-pong diplomacy?
[A] United States of America and North Korea
[B] United States of America and Japan
[C] United States of America and China
[D] United States of America and Vietnam
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Correct Answer: C [United States of America and China]
Notes:
The United States of America and China are the two countries involved in the Ping-pong diplomacy. 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.
36. Which country ranks first in the medal table of table tennis at the Summer Olympics?
[A] China
[B] South Korea
[C] Sweden
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: A [China]
Notes:
China ranks first in the medal table of table tennis at the Summer Olympics.
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 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran famous for?
[A] As an Indian badminton player
[B] As an Indian squash player
[C] As an Indian table tennis player
[D] As an Indian tennis player
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Correct Answer: C [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is an Indian table tennis player, currently ranked at 32 in the world as of April 2020. He was a member of the Indian team that took the bronze in the 2011 Junior World Championships. In May 2019, Sathiyan attained his career-best World ranking of 24 and became the first Indian paddler ever to break into the World Top-25 ITTF rankings.
39. What is Bobby Jones famous for?
[A] As an American golf player
[B] As an American tennis player
[C] As an American basketball player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: A [As an American golf player]
Notes:
Bobby Jones was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded the Master’s Tournament. The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete at a national and international level. During his peak from 1923 to 1930, he dominated the top-level amateur competition and competed very successfully against the world’s best professional golfers.
40. What is Juli Inkster famous for?
[A] As an American tennis player
[B] As an American golf player
[C] As an American table tennis player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: B [As an American golf player]
Notes:
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 29 years to date, Inkster’s 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour. She also has more wins in Solheim Cup matches than any other American and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Inkster is the only golfer in LPGA Tour history to win two majors in a decade for three consecutive decades by winning three in the 1980s, two in the 1990s, and two in the 2000s.