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 Chetan Anand famous for?
[A] As an Indian cricket player
[B] As an Indian tennis player
[C] As an Indian football player
[D] As an Indian badminton player
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Correct Answer: D [As an Indian badminton player]
Notes:
Chetan Anand is an Indian badminton player. Chetan Anand is a badminton player from India. Anand was a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, also three times South Asian Games men’s singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has a career-best world ranking of world no 10.
32. What is Parupalli Kashyap famous for?
[A] As an Indian tennis player
[B] As an Indian badminton player
[C] As an Indian football player
[D] As an Indian cricket player
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Correct Answer: B [As an Indian badminton player]
Notes:
Parupalli Kashyap is an Indian badminton player. Parupalli Kashyap is a badminton player from India. He created history by reaching the quarter-finals of men’s singles at the 2012 London Olympics, is the first male player from India to do so.
33. Who invented the game of basketball?
[A] Phog Allen
[B] James Naismith
[C] Adolph Rupp
[D] Dean Smith
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Correct Answer: B [James Naismith]
Notes:
The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891. Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who was trying to create a new game to keep his students active during the winter months. He came up with the idea of basketball while working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game quickly gained popularity and was soon being played by people of all ages around the world.
34. Which sport’s professional league is known as the “Liga Nationala”?
[A] Rugby
[B] Basketball
[C] Baseball
[D] Football
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Correct Answer: B [Basketball]
Notes:
The “Liga Nationala” is a basketball professional league. The Liga Na?ionala is the top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. Founded in 1950, the winner of the league is crowned the Romanian national champion.
35. What is Pooja Sahasrabudhe famous for?
[A] As an Indian tennis player
[B] As an Indian badminton player
[C] As an Indian table tennis player
[D] As an Indian squash player
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Correct Answer: C [As an Indian table tennis player]
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Pooja Sahasrabudhe is an Indian international Table tennis player. She has won the Singles National Championship in the U-17 and U-21 events and is currently a member of the Indian National Women’s Table Tennis Team.
36. What is Harmeet Desai famous for?
[A] As an Indian cricket player
[B] As an Indian badminton player
[C] As an Indian squash player
[D] As an Indian table tennis player
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Correct Answer: D [As an Indian table tennis player]
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Harmeet Desai is an Indian table-tennis player. In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, He won gold in men’s team event with Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Sanil Shetty and bronze in Men’s doubles event with Sanil Shetty.
37. 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]
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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.
38. What is Bobby Jones famous for?
[A] As an American golf player
[B] As an American tennis player
[C] As an American basketball player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: A [As an American golf player]
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Bobby Jones was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded the Master’s Tournament. The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete at a national and international level. During his peak from 1923 to 1930, he dominated the top-level amateur competition and competed very successfully against the world’s best professional golfers.
39. Which two sports combine to form the game called “Codeball”?
[A] Soccer and tennis
[B] Soccer and polo
[C] Soccer and badminton
[D] Soccer and golf
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Correct Answer: D [Soccer and golf]
Notes:
Codeball is an individual sport combining the gameplay of golf and soccer. Codeball is played on a fairway consisting of usually 14 bowls, similar to the holes in golf. A six-inch rubber ball is kicked from a marked kickoff area, and once the ball comes to rest, it is kicked again. The process is repeated until the ball is sunk into the bowl. The goal of codeball is to reach the bowl using as few kicks as possible.
40. Who codified the boxing code of rules “Marquess of Queensberry Rules”?
[A] Jack Broughton
[B] John L. Sullivan
[C] Daniel Mendoza
[D] John Graham Chambers
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Correct Answer: D [John Graham Chambers]
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John Graham Chambers codified the boxing code of rules. “Marquess of Queensberry Rules”The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were named so as the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, although they were written by a Welsh sportsman named John Graham Chambers. The code of rules on which modern boxing is based, the Queensberry rules were the first to mandate the use of gloves in boxing.