31. What is Sathiyan Gnanasekaran famous for?
[A] As an Indian badminton player
[B] As an Indian squash player
[C] As an Indian table tennis player
[D] As an Indian tennis player
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Correct Answer: C [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is an Indian table tennis player, currently ranked at 32 in the world as of April 2020. He was a member of the Indian team that took the bronze in the 2011 Junior World Championships. In May 2019, Sathiyan attained his career-best World ranking of 24 and became the first Indian paddler ever to break into the World Top-25 ITTF rankings.
32. Who won the gold medal in table tennis women’s singles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
[A] Feng Tianwei
[B] Yu Mengyu
[C] Manika Batra
[D] Mouma Das
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Correct Answer: C [Manika Batra]
Notes:
Manika Batra won the gold medal in table tennis women’s singles 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.
33. World Golf 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 World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near Florida, in the United States of America, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honours both men and women.
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 competition organization format is “Shotgun Start”?
[A] Golf
[B] Polo
[C] Badminton
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
A Shotgun start is a golf tournament format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. A shotgun is shot into the air to signal the start of the tournament. Each hole on a course will be the tee off hole for each foursome.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. Which are the participants of the famous “Fight of the Century” boxing match held in 1971?
[A] James Jeffries Vs. Jack Johnson
[B] Georges Carpentier Vs. Jack Dempsey
[C] Floyd Mayweather Jr Vs. Manny Pacquiao
[D] Muhammad Ali Vs. Joe Frazier
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Correct Answer: D [Muhammad Ali Vs. Joe Frazier]
Notes:
Muhammad Ali Vs. Joe Frazier billed as the “Fight of the Century” (also known as The Fight), was the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and The Ring/lineal heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the heavyweight title. It is widely regarded as the biggest fight in history and as arguably the most anticipated and hyped sporting event ever. Frazier won in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
39. Which professional boxer holds the record for the longest cumulative boxing heavyweight title region of all time?
[A] Joe Louis
[B] Muhammad Ali
[C] Wladimir Klitschko
[D] Lennox Lewis
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Correct Answer: C [Wladimir Klitschko]
Notes:
Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles. A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the best heavyweight champions of all time. He was known for his exceptional knockout power, using a strong jab, straight right hand and left hook, as well as great footwork and mobility, unusual for boxers of his size. Klitschko holds the record for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion.
40. Which sport’s ancient version is “Shuai jiao”?
[A] Boxing
[B] Wrestling
[C] Fencing
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: B [Wrestling]
Notes:
Shuai Jiao is the term pertaining to the ancient jacket wrestling wushu style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China Plain which was codified by Shan Pu Ying. In modern usage, it is also the general Mandarin Chinese term for any form of wrestling, both inside and outside China.