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. In which Commonwealth Games, table tennis was introduced for the first time?
[A] 1998 Commonwealth Games
[B] 2002 Commonwealth Games
[C] 2006 Commonwealth Games
[D] 2010 Commonwealth Games
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Correct Answer: B [2002 Commonwealth Games]
Notes:
In the 2002 Commonwealth Games, table tennis was introduced for the first time. Table tennis competition has been in the Commonwealth Games as an optional sport since 2002, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.
32. Which golf player is nicknamed as “The Golden Bear”?
[A] Bobby Jones
[B] Tiger Woods
[C] Gary Player
[D] Jack Nicklaus
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Correct Answer: D [Jack Nicklaus]
Notes:
Jack Nicklaus is nicknamed as “The Golden Bear”. Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed The Golden Bear, is an American retired professional golfer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. Over a quarter-century, he won a record 18 major championships, three more than second-placed Tiger Woods.
33. Which golf player is nicknamed “The Big Fijian”?
[A] Ben Hogan
[B] Vijay Singh
[C] Luka Modric
[D] Dustin Johnson
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Correct Answer: B [Vijay Singh]
Notes:
Vijay Singh nicknamed “The Big Fijian”, is a Fijian professional golfer. He has won 34 events on the PGA Tour, including three major championships: one Masters title (2000) and two PGA Championships (1998, 2004). He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006.
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 sport’s professional tour is “Symetra Tour”?
[A] Cricket
[B] Polo
[C] Golf
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: C [Golf ]
Notes:
The Symetra Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour. Tour membership is open to professional women golfers and to qualified amateurs.
36. 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.
37. Which country won the most number of medals in golf at the Asian Games?
[A] Japan
[B] South Korea
[C] Philippines
[D] India
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Correct Answer: B [South Korea]
Notes:
South Korea won the most number of medals in golf at the Asian Games.
38. Which sport’s three main play styles are “outside fighter”, “brawler”, and “inside fighter”?
[A] Wrestling
[B] Boxing
[C] Weightlifting
[D] Archery
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Correct Answer: B [Boxing]
Notes:
“Outside fighter”, “brawler”, and “inside fighter” are three main play styles of boxing. “Style” is often defined as the strategic approach a fighter takes during a bout. No two fighters’ styles are alike, as each is determined by that individual’s physical and mental attributes. Three main styles exist in boxing: outside fighter (“boxer”), brawler (or “slugger”), and Inside fighter (“swarmer”).
39. What is Roberto Duran famous for?
[A] As a footballer
[B] As a baseballer
[C] As a boxer
[D] As a weightlifter
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Correct Answer: C [As a boxer]
Notes:
Roberto Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as well as reigns as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion, and the lineal welterweight champion. He is also the second boxer to have competed over a span of five decades, the first being Jack Johnson.
40. Which professional boxer is nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”?
[A] Muhammad Ali
[B] Jack Johnson
[C] Jim Corbett
[D] John L. Sullivan
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Correct Answer: B [Jack Johnson]
Notes:
Jack Johnson, nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). Among the period’s most dominant champions, Johnson remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the “fight of the century”.