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 international tour is known as the “FIBA 3×3 World Tour”?
[A] Basketball
[B] Baseball
[C] Rugby
[D] Football
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Correct Answer: A [Basketball]
Notes:
The “FIBA 3×3 World Tour” is a basketball competition. The FIBA 3×3 World Tour is an international tour of men’s 3×3 basketball teams representing cities. The tournament is organized by FIBA.
32. Who became the “most-valued player” of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup?
[A] Ricky Rubio
[B] Luis Scola
[C] Marc Gasol
[D] Evan Fournier
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Correct Answer: A [Ricky Rubio]
Notes:
Ricky Rubio became the “most-valued player” 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.
33. Which sport is related to the “Ping-pong diplomacy” between the United States of America and China?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
Table Tennis sport is related to the “Ping-pong diplomacy” between the United States of America and China. 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.
34. Which sport’s tournament is known as the “Europe Top-16”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe.
35. Which sport’s competition is known as the “U.S. Senior Open”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Golf
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Correct Answer: D [Golf]
Notes:
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced in 1980. It is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both the PGA Tour Champions and the European Senior Tour. The lower age limit was 55 in 1980, but it was lowered to 50 for the second edition in 1981, which is the standard limit for men’s senior professional golf tournaments.
36. 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.
37. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Masters Tournament”?
[A] Golf
[B] Basketball
[C] Tennis
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Masters’ Tournament is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first major of the year, and unlike the others, it is always held at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, in the city of Augusta, Georgia.
38. What is “Royal Lytham & St. Annes Club” famous for?
[A] As a tennis club
[B] As a golf club
[C] As a football club
[D] As a table tennis club
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Correct Answer: B [As a golf club]
Notes:
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women’s British Open has also been played on the course five times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and four times since.
39. Which boxing punch is in which an arm punch which owes it the power to the shortening of a circular are rather than to transference of body weight; it tends to have more of an effect due to the surprise of the odd angle it lands at rather than the actual power of punch?
[A] Bolo punch
[B] Overhand Punch
[C] Check hook punch
[D] Jab punch
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Correct Answer: A [Bolo punch]
Notes:
Occasionally seen in Olympic boxing, the bolo is an arm punch which owes its power to the shortening of a circular arc rather than to transference of body weight; it tends to have more of an effect due to the surprise of the odd angle it lands at rather than the actual power of the punch.
40. Who is the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals?
[A] Christy Martin
[B] Mary Kom
[C] Lucia Rijker
[D] Ann Wolfe
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Correct Answer: B [Mary Kom]
Notes:
Mary Kom is the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Mary Kom is an Indian amateur boxer. She is the only female to become World Amateur Boxing champion for a record six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she is the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning a bronze medal. She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times.