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 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]
Notes:
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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Sunshine Tour”?
[A] Baseball
[B] Tennis
[C] Polo
[D] Golf
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Correct Answer: D [Golf]
Notes:
The Sunshine Tour is a men’s professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its early history, it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vodacom Tour and the FNB Tour.
35. 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.
36. Which is the birthplace of boxing?
[A] Belgium
[B] Greece
[C] Sweden
[D] Spain
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Correct Answer: B [Greece]
Notes:
Greece is the birthplace of boxing. The earliest evidence of boxing rules dates back to Ancient Greece, where boxing was established as an Olympic game in 688 BC. Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. Which are the participants of the “Super Fight II” boxing match held in 1974?
[A] James Jeffries and Jack Johnson
[B] Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey
[C] Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao
[D] Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
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Correct Answer: D [Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier]
Notes:
Super Fight II was a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The second of the three Ali–Frazier bouts, it took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 28, 1974. Ali was a slight favourite to win and did by a unanimous decision albeit a controversial one, in which Ali clinched 133 times.
40. Which Indian boxer won the first-ever Olympic medal in boxing?
[A] Shushil Kumar
[B] Mary Kom
[C] Vijender Singh
[D] Jitender Kumar
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Correct Answer: C [Vijender Singh]
Notes:
Vijender Singh is the first Indian who won the first-ever Olympic medal in boxing. Vijender Singh is an Indian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as silver medals at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, all in the middleweight division.