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 sport’s competition is known as the “FIBA AmeriCup”?
[A] Basketball
[B] Football
[C] Baseball
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: A [Basketball]
Notes:
The “FIBA AmeriCup” is a basketball competition. The FIBA AmeriCup (formerly known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
32. What is LeBron James famous for?
[A] As an American football player
[B] As an American basketball player
[C] As an American tennis player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: B [As an American basketball player]
Notes:
LeBron James is an American basketball player. LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players, James is frequently compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player of all time.
33. 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.
34. Headquarters of the International Table Tennis Federation is located in which country?
[A] Spain
[B] Belgium
[C] Switzerland
[D] Sweden
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Correct Answer: C [Switzerland]
Notes:
Switzerland houses the headquarters of the International Table Tennis Federation. International Table Tennis Federation is the highest governing body of table tennis sport. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tennis. The headquarters of the ITTF is located in Switzerland.
35. What is “Fan Zhendong” famous for?
[A] As a Chinese table tennis player
[B] As a Chinese tennis player
[C] As a Chinese badminton player
[D] As a Chinese polo player
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Correct Answer: A [As a Chinese table tennis player]
Notes:
“Fan Zhendong” is a Chinese table tennis player. Fan Zhendong is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men’s singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion.
36. What is Mima Ito famous for?
[A] As a Japanese polo player
[B] As a Japanese badminton player
[C] As a Japanese table tennis player
[D] As a Japanese tennis player
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Correct Answer: C [As a Japanese table tennis player]
Notes:
Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women’s Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. Often termed as the ‘greatest threat’ to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women’s table tennis.
37. What is Zhang Jike famous for?
[A] As a Chinese table tennis player
[B] As a Chinese badminton player
[C] As a Chinese tennis player
[D] As a Chinese squash player
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Correct Answer: A [As a Chinese table tennis player]
Notes:
Zhang Jike is a Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men’s singles at the Olympic Games in London 2012. The first three are Jan-Ove Waldner (in 1992), Liu Guoliang (in 1999), and Kong Linghui (in 2000). Zhang won the Grand Slam in only 445 days. He won, consecutively, first WTTC 2011, then World Cup 2011, and then London Olympics 2012, which made him the fastest player ever to win a Grand Slam. After the first Grand Slam, he won WTTC 2013 and World Cup 2014, which makes him the player who is closest to achieve a second career Grand Slam. He is one of the three male players who hold the most major titles in the table tennis history, at five. He is the only one who won 5 major titles in a row in the table tennis history.
38. Which players won the gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
[A] Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho
[B] Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu
[C] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra
[D] Sharath Achanta and Mouma Das
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Correct Answer: B [Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu]
Notes:
Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu won the gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.
39.
Which sport’s competition is known as the “Curtis Cup”?
[A] Golf
[B] Squash
[C] Cricket
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Curtis Cup is the best-known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and “Great Britain and Ireland”.
40. What is the “Pebble Beach Club” famous for?
[A] As a tennis club
[B] As a cricket club
[C] As a golf club
[D] As a football club
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Correct Answer: C [As a golf club]
Notes:
Pebble Beach Golf Links is a public golf course on the west coast of the United States, located in Pebble Beach, California. Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful courses in the world, it hugs the rugged coastline and has wide-open views of Carmel Bay, opening to the Pacific Ocean on the south side of the Monterey Peninsula. In 2001, it became the first public course to be selected as the No. 1 Golf Course in America by Golf Digest. Greens fees are among the highest in the world.