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. Who is the first Indian badminton player to achieve the world number.1 ranking in badminton?
[A] Prakash Padukone
[B] Chetan Anand
[C] Pullela Gopichand
[D] Parupalli Kashyap
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Correct Answer: A [Prakash Padukone]
Notes:
Prakash Padukone is the first Indian badminton player to achieve the world number.1 ranking in badminton. Prakash Padukone is a former Indian badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships.
32. What is Chou Tien-Chen famous for?
[A] A Chinese badminton player
[B] A Chinese tennis player
[C] A Chinese basketball player
[D] A Chinese polo player
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Correct Answer: A [A Chinese badminton player]
Notes:
Chou Tien-Chen is a Chinese badminton player. Chou Tien-Chen is a badminton player from Taiwan, representing Chinese Taipei. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men’s singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He won his first BWF Super Series title at the 2014 Yonex French Open, beating Wang Zhengming of China. He is the record holder of three consecutive Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold titles from 2012 till 2014.
33. What is Chen Yufei famous for?
[A] A Chinese badminton player
[B] A Chinese golf player
[C] A Chinese basketball player
[D] A Chinese polo player
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Correct Answer: A [A Chinese badminton player]
Notes:
Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She won the girls’ singles junior titles at 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the 2016 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold. She reaches a career-high as world number 1 in BWF World ranking on 17 December 2019.
34. Which sport’s competition is known as the “FIBA AmeriCup”?
[A] Basketball
[B] Football
[C] Baseball
[D] Tennis
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Correct Answer: A [Basketball]
Notes:
The “FIBA AmeriCup” is a basketball competition. The FIBA AmeriCup (formerly known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
35. What is “George Mikan” famous for?
[A] As an American basketball player
[B] As an American baseball player
[C] As an American rugby player
[D] As an American football player
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Correct Answer: A [As an American basketball player]
Notes:
“George Mikan” is an American basketball player. George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed “Mr Basketball”, was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mikan is seen as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
36. Who won the gold medal in mixed doubles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships?
[A] Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikaua
[B] Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen
[C] Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning
[D] Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja
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Correct Answer: B [Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen]
Notes:
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen won the gold medal in mixed doubles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships. The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest.
37. What is Manika Batra famous for?
[A] As an Indian squash player
[B] As an Indian tennis player
[C] As an Indian table tennis player
[D] As an Indian badminton player
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Correct Answer: C [As an Indian table tennis player]
Notes:
Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. As of January 2019, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 47th in the world. She specialises in playing long-pimples on her backhand, a rubber which is not often played by top players. She received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2020.
38. What is Ben Hogan famous for?
[A] As an American tennis player
[B] As an American golf player
[C] As an American basketball player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: B [As an American golf player]
Notes:
Ben Hogan was an American professional golfer who is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He is notable for his profound influence on golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability. Hogan’s nine career professional major championships tie him with Gary Player for fourth all-time, trailing only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Walter Hagen. He is one of only five players to have won all four majors: the Master’s Tournament, The Open (despite only playing once), the U.S. Open, and the PGA Championship. The other four are Nicklaus, Woods, Player, and Gene Sarazen.
39. Which sports tournament is the “Seve Trophy”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Cricket
[C] Basketball
[D] Golf
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Correct Answer: D [Golf]
Notes:
The Seve Trophy was a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. The tournament was played in years when there is no Ryder Cup. The competition was held eight times from 2000 to 2013.
40. Who is the only female boxer in the world to become World Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times?
[A] Mary Kom
[B] Esther Phiri
[C] Lucia Rijker
[D] Adriana Salles
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Correct Answer: A [Mary Kom]
Notes:
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 had also been ranked as the world’s No. 1 female light-flyweight by AIBA. 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.