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. Accorhotels Arena Tennis Stadium is located in which country?
[A] Netherlands
[B] United States of America
[C] United Kingdom
[D] France
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Correct Answer: D [France]
Notes:
France houses the “AccorHotels Arena Tennis Stadium”. AccorArena is an indoor sports arena and concert hall located in the neighbourhood of Bercy, on boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.
32. International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in which country?
[A] Canada
[B] England
[C] United States of America
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: C [United States of America]
Notes:
The United States of America houses the “International Tennis Hall of Fame”. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honours both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis.
33. Which tennis player won the gold medal in men’s singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
[A] Andy Murray
[B] Roger Federer
[C] Rafael Nadal
[D] Novak Djokovic
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Correct Answer: A [Andy Murray]
Notes:
Andy Murray won the gold medal in men’s singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre, in Brazil, from 6 to 14 August. The competition was played on a fast hard court surface used in numerous North American tournaments that aims to minimize disruption for players.
34. Who won the gold medal in men’s singles in the 2019 BWF World Championships?
[A] Anders Antonsen
[B] Kento Momota
[C] B.Sai Praneeth
[D] Kantaphon Wangcharoen
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Correct Answer: B [Kento Momota]
Notes:
Kento Momota won the gold medal in men’s singles in the 2019 BWF World Championships. The 2019 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 19 to 25 August 2019 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
35. Which of the following won the gold medal in men’s doubles in the 2019 BWF World Championships?
[A] Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan
[B] Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi
[C] Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto
[D] Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen
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Correct Answer: A [Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan]
Notes:
Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan won the gold medal in men’s doubles in the 2019 BWF World Championships. The 2019 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 19 to 25 August 2019 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
36. Which country is the birthplace of the basketball game?
[A] Canada
[B] Ireland
[C] United States of America
[D] Belgium
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Correct Answer: C [United States of America]
Notes:
The United States of America is the birthplace of the basketball game. James Naismith invented the game of basketball. Invented in 1891 by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports.
37. What is LeBron James famous for?
[A] As an American football player
[B] As an American basketball player
[C] As an American tennis player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: B [As an American basketball player]
Notes:
LeBron James is an American basketball player. LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players, James is frequently compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player of all time.
38. In which year, the FIBA Basketball World Cup started for the first time?
[A] 1949
[B] 1950
[C] 1951
[D] 1952
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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.
39. Which sport is also known as “ping-pong”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Table Tennis
[C] Ludo
[D] Karate
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Correct Answer: B [Table Tennis]
Notes:
Table Tennis sport is also known as “ping-pong”. Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.
40. Which country ranks first in the medal table of the World Table Tennis Championships?
[A] China
[B] Hungary
[C] Japan
[D] Czech Republic
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Correct Answer: A [China]
Notes:
China ranks first in the medal table of the World Table Tennis Championships.