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. Who won the gold medal in women’s singles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships?
[A] Ding Ning
[B] Chen Meng
[C] Liu Shiwen
[D] Wang Manyu
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Correct Answer: C [Liu Shiwen]
Notes:
Liu Shiwen won the gold medal in women’s singles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships. The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest.
32. What is Anthony Amalraj famous for?
[A] As an Indian squash player
[B] As an Indian badminton 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:
Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj is a professional table tennis player from India. He won the silver medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games in doubles with Sharath Kamal. Amalraj won the National Table Tennis Championship in January 2012, beating the Indian legend, Sharath Kamal in the finals. In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, he won the gold medal in men’s team event with Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Sanil Shetty.
33. Which sport’s association is known as the “PGA of America”?
[A] Polo
[B] Tennis
[C] Golf
[D] Badminton
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Correct Answer: C [Golf]
Notes:
The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA of America) is an American organization of golf professionals that was founded in 1916. The PGA of America’s undertaking is to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interested and participating in the game of golf.
34. Which sport’s playing format is “Stableford”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Polo
[D] Golf
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Correct Answer: D [Golf]
Notes:
Stableford is a scoring system used in the sport of golf. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole. Unlike traditional scoring methods, where the aim is to have the lowest score, under Stableford rules, the objective is to have the highest score.
35. Which two sports combine to form the game called “Sholf”?
[A] Table Shuffleboard and polo
[B] Table Shuffleboard and golf
[C] Table Shuffleboard and tennis
[D] Table Shuffleboard and table tennis
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Correct Answer: B [Table Shuffleboard and golf ]
Notes:
Sholf is a lawn game that is a cross between table shuffleboard and golf. Players take turns putting golf balls into scoring zones printed on a putting green. Players take turns putting golf balls, trying to score points, bump opposing golf balls off the green, and/or protect their own golf ball from bump-offs. Each player or team of two players is assigned a golf ball colour.
36. Which sport’s playing format is “Bingo Bango Bongo”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Football
[C] Golf
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: C [Golf ]
Notes:
“Bingo Bango Bongo” is the playing format of golf. Bingo Bango Bongo is a points-based game that can be played by two or more players or teams. In Bingo Bango Bongo, three types of achievements are rewarded with a point: the first player to get their ball on the green (bingo), closest to the hole once all balls are on the green (bango), first to hole out (bongo).
37. Which sport’s list of rules was “London Prize Ring Rules”?
[A] Fencing
[B] Boxing
[C] Basketball
[D] Wrestling
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Correct Answer: B [Boxing]
Notes:
The London Prize Ring Rules were a list of boxing rules promulgated in 1838 and revised in 1853. These rules were based on those drafted by England’s Jack Broughton in 1743 and governed the conduct of prizefighting/bare-knuckle boxing for over 100 years. They “introduced measures that remain in effect for professional boxing to this day, such as outlawing butting, gouging, scratching, kicking, hitting a man while down, holding the ropes, and using resin, stones or hard objects in the hands, and biting.”They were later superseded by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, the origins of the modern sport of boxing.
38. Who is the first world boxing heavyweight champion under the Queensbury Rules?
[A] John L. Sullivan
[B] Jake Kilrain
[C] Charley Mitchell
[D] James J. Corbett
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Correct Answer: D [James J. Corbett]
Notes:
James J. Corbett is the first world boxing heavyweight champion under the Queensbury Rules. The first world heavyweight champion under the Queensberry Rules was “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, who defeated John L. Sullivan in 1892 at the Pelican Athletic Club in New Orleans.
39. Which boxing defense technique is in which a boxer rotates the body slightly so that an incoming punch passes harmlessly next to the head?
[A] Slipping
[B] Bobbing
[C] Blocking
[D] Clinching
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Correct Answer: A [Slipping]
Notes:
Slipping rotates the body slightly so that an incoming punch passes harmlessly next to the head. As the opponent’s punch arrives, the boxer sharply rotates the hips and shoulders. This turns the chin sideways and allows the punch to “slip” past.
40. Which professional boxer holds the record for the longest cumulative boxing heavyweight title region of all time?
[A] Joe Louis
[B] Muhammad Ali
[C] Wladimir Klitschko
[D] Lennox Lewis
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Correct Answer: C [Wladimir Klitschko]
Notes:
Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles. A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the best heavyweight champions of all time. He was known for his exceptional knockout power, using a strong jab, straight right hand and left hook, as well as great footwork and mobility, unusual for boxers of his size. Klitschko holds the record for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion.