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 Tomokazu Harimoto famous for?
[A] As a Japanese table tennis player
[B] As a Japanese tennis player
[C] As a Japanese badminton player
[D] As a Japanese polo player
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Correct Answer: A [As a Japanese table tennis player]
Notes:
Tomokazu Harimoto is a Japanese table tennis player. Tomokazu Harimoto is a Japanese table tennis player. In 2018, he won the 2018 World Junior Singles and Team Title at the ITTF 2018 World Junior Championship for Japan.
32. In which year, the World Table Tennis Championship was held for the first time?
[A] 1922
[B] 1924
[C] 1926
[D] 1928
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Correct Answer: C [1926]
Notes:
In the year 1926, the World Table Tennis Championship was held for the first time. The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926. The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was formed. It was retrospectively designated as the first World Championships.
33. Which sport’s competition is the “China Vs World Challenge”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
The “China Vs World Challenge” is a table tennis competition. The China vs. World Challenge was an international table tennis competition organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Volkswagen. Each “China vs. World Challenge” consist of a two-day team competition in Shanghai between a China and a World all-star teams.
34. 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.
35. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Korn Ferry Tour”?
[A] Golf
[B] Baseball
[C] Tennis
[D] Rugby
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level.
36. What is the “Royal Birkdale Club” famous for?
[A] As a golf club
[B] As a tennis club
[C] As a football club
[D] As a table tennis club
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Correct Answer: A [As a golf club]
Notes:
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is a golf course in the United Kingdom in North West England, located in Southport, Merseyside. It is one of the clubs in the rotation for both the Open Championship and Women’s British Open and has hosted the Open Championship ten times from 1954 through 2017.
37. Which sport’s competition is the “Fight of the Century” match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier in 1921?
[A] Wrestling
[B] Boxing
[C] Weightlifting
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: B [Boxing]
Notes:
Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier was a boxing fight between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and world light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier, which was one of the fights named the “Fight of the Century”. The bout took place in the United States on Saturday, July 2, 1921, at Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey.
38. Who is the only boxer in boxing history to become an “Octuple Champion”?
[A] Floyd Mayweather
[B] Joe Frazier
[C] Muhammad Ali
[D] Manny Pacquiao
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Correct Answer: D [Manny Pacquiao]
Notes:
In boxing, an Octuple champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight different weight classes. Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer to win twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao is the only one in boxing history to achieve this feat.
39. Which country won the most number of medals in boxing in the Summer Olympics?
[A] Italy
[B] Russia
[C] United States of America
[D] Cuba
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Correct Answer: C [United States of America]
Notes:
The United States of America won the most number of medals in boxing in the Summer Olympics. Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics were the final games with boxing as a male-only event. Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, women’s boxing is part of the program.
40. The first organized national wrestling tournament took place in which country?
[A] Greece
[B] United States of America
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: B [United States of America]
Notes:
The first organized national wrestling tournament took place in New York City the United Staes of America in 1888.