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 is the highest governing body of the basketball game?
[A] International Basketball Federation
[B] International Basketball Association
[C] International Basketball Council
[D] International Basketball Committee
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Correct Answer: A [International Basketball Federation]
Notes:
International Basketball Federation is the highest governing body of the basketball game. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organises international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees.
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]
Notes:
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 sport is also known as “Whiff-Whaff”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Table Tennis
[C] Ludo
[D] Karate
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Correct Answer: B [Table Tennis]
Notes:
Table Tennis sport is also known as “Whiff-Whaff”. Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.
34. Which sport’s competition is known as the “PGA Championship”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Golf
[C] Badminton
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: B [Golf]
Notes:
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. It is one of the four major championships in professional golf.
35. What is “Lorena Ochoa” famous for?
[A] As a tennis player
[B] As a golf player
[C] As a table tennis player
[D] As a polo player
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Correct Answer: B [As a golf player]
Notes:
Lorena Ochoa is a former Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records). As the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer and the best Latin American female golfer of all time. Ochoa was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.
36. Who was defeated by James J. Corbett in 1892 to clinch the title of “first world boxing heavyweight champion under the Queensberry Rules”?
[A] Jake Kilrain
[B] Charley Mitchell
[C] John L. Sullivan
[D] Paddy Ryan
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Correct Answer: C [John L. Sullivan]
Notes:
John L. Sullivan was defeated by James J. Corbett in 1892 to clinch the title of “first world boxing heavyweight champion under the Queensberry 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.
37. Who is the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title?
[A] Muhammad Ali
[B] Mike Tyson
[C] Joe Frazier
[D] James Toney
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Correct Answer: B [Mike Tyson]
Notes:
Mike Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, Tyson is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title.
38. Which sport’s playing format is “Southpaw Stance”?
[A] Boxing
[B] Wrestling
[C] Archery
[D] Weightlifting
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Correct Answer: A [Boxing]
Notes:
In boxing and some other sports, a southpaw stance is where the boxer has their right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook. It is the normal stance for a left-handed boxer. The corresponding boxing designation for a right-handed boxer is orthodox and is generally a mirror-image of the southpaw stance. In American English, “southpaw” generally refers to a person who is left-handed.
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. International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in which country?
[A] Canada
[B] United States of America
[C] France
[D] United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: B [United States of America]
Notes:
The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in New York, United States, honours boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide. Inductees are selected by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America. The IBHOF started as a 1990 initiative by Ed Brophy.