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 “Margaret Court”?
[A] An Australian cricket player
[B] An Australian polo player
[C] An Australian football player
[D] An Australian tennis player
Show Answer
Correct Answer: D [An Australian tennis player]
Notes:
Margaret Court is an Australian retired tennis player and former world No. 1. She won 24 Grand Slam women’s singles titles in her career, 19 Grand Slam doubles titles, and 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She won more Grand Slam titles than any other player in history and is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
32. Who became the first Indian badminton player to reach the final in a Summer Olympic Games?
[A] Kidambi Srikanth
[B] Saina Nehwal
[C] P.V.Sindhu
[D] Parupalli Kashyap
Show Answer
Correct Answer: C [P.V.Sindhu]
Notes:
P.V.Sindhu became the first Indian badminton player to reach the final in a Summer Olympic Games. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. Having made her international debut in 2009, she rose to a career-high ranking of no. 2 in April 2017. Over the course of her career, P. V. Sindhu has won medals at multiple tournaments including Olympics and on the BWF circuit including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic Silver medal.
33. Which country ranks first in the FIBA Basketball Women’s World Ranking?
[A] Canada
[B] Spain
[C] Australia
[D] United States of America
Show Answer
Correct Answer: D [United States of America]
Notes:
The United States of America ranks first in the FIBA Basketball Women’s World Ranking.
34. In which year, the FIBA Basketball World Cup started for the first time?
[A] 1949
[B] 1950
[C] 1951
[D] 1952
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [1950]
Notes:
In the year 1950, the FIBA Basketball World Cup started for the first time. 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.
35. Who won the gold medal in women’s doubles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships?
[A] Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng
[B] Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato
[C] Hina Hayala and Mima Ito
[D] Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu
Show Answer
Correct Answer: D [Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu]
Notes:
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu won the gold medal in women’s 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.
36. 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
Show Answer
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.
37. Which sport’s tournament is known as the “Europe Top-16”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
Show Answer
Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe.
38. Which sport’s competition is known as the “PGA Championship”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Golf
[C] Badminton
[D] Polo
Show Answer
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.
39. 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
Show Answer
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.
40. Which two sports combine to form the game called “Sholf”?
[A] Table Shuffleboard and polo
[B] Table Shuffleboard and golf
[C] Table Shuffleboard and tennis
[D] Table Shuffleboard and table tennis
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [Table Shuffleboard and golf ]
Notes:
Sholf is a lawn game that is a cross between table shuffleboard and golf. Players take turns putting golf balls into scoring zones printed on a putting green. Players take turns putting golf balls, trying to score points, bump opposing golf balls off the green, and/or protect their own golf ball from bump-offs. Each player or team of two players is assigned a golf ball colour.
