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 Michael Jordan famous for?
[A] As an American baseball player
[B] As an American football player
[C] As an American basketball player
[D] As an American rugby player
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Correct Answer: C [As an American basketball player]
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Michael Jordan is an American basketball player. Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is a former American professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. His biography on the official NBA website states: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time”. He was integral in helping to popularize the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon in the process.
32. Which country became the champion of the first FIBA World Basketball Championship held in 1950?
[A] Argentina
[B] United States of America
[C] Chile
[D] Brazil
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Correct Answer: A [Argentina]
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Argentina became the champion of the first FIBA World Basketball Championship held in 1950. The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 October to 3 November 1950.
33. Which country topped the medal table in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships?
[A] Sweden
[B] Japan
[C] Romania
[D] China
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Correct Answer: D [China]
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China topped the medal table 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.
34. 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]
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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.
35. What is Jean-Philippe Gatien famous for?
[A] As a French table tennis player
[B] As a French tennis player
[C] As a French badminton player
[D] As a French football player
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Correct Answer: A [As a French table tennis player]
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Jean-Philippe Gatien is a French table tennis player. He competed at four Olympics from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (with Patrick Chila) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He won the World Table Tennis Championships in 1993, the Table Tennis World Cup in 1994, and was 13-time “champion de France”. His long list of victories makes him the greatest French table tennis player of all time.
36. What is Karrie Webb famous for?
[A] As an Australian golf player
[B] As an Australian polo player
[C] As an Australian tennis player
[D] As an Australian badminton player
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Correct Answer: A [As an Australian golf player]
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Karrie Webb is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
37. What is Brooks Koepka famous for?
[A] As an American golf player
[B] As an American tennis player
[C] As an American badminton player
[D] As an American table tennis player
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Correct Answer: A [As an American golf player]
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Brooks Koepka is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. In October 2018, he became World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He won the U.S. Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously.
38. 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]
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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.
39. Who won the gold medal in golf women’s individual at the 2018 Asian Games?
[A] Bianca Pagdanganan
[B] Liu Wenbo
[C] Du Mohan
[D] Yuka Saso
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Correct Answer: D [Yuka Saso]
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Yuka Saso won the gold medal in golf women’s individual at the 2018 Asian Games. Golf at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Pondok Indah Golf Course, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 23 to 26 August 2018 and featured four events: the men’s individual and team events and women’s individual and team events.
40. Who codified the boxing code of rules “Marquess of Queensberry Rules”?
[A] Jack Broughton
[B] John L. Sullivan
[C] Daniel Mendoza
[D] John Graham Chambers
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Correct Answer: D [John Graham Chambers]
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John Graham Chambers codified the boxing code of rules. “Marquess of Queensberry Rules”The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were named so as the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, although they were written by a Welsh sportsman named John Graham Chambers. The code of rules on which modern boxing is based, the Queensberry rules were the first to mandate the use of gloves in boxing.