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. Which country won the most number of medals in table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
[A] England
[B] Singapore
[C] Australia
[D] India
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Correct Answer: D [India]
Notes:
India won the most number of medals in table tennis 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.
32. Which Indian players won the silver medal in table tennis men’s doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
[A] Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty
[B] Anthony Amalraj and Harmeet Desai
[C] Sharath Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
[D] Sharath Achanta and Sanil Shetty
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Correct Answer: C [Sharath Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran]
Notes:
Sharath Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won the silver medal in table tennis men’s doubles 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.
33. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Sunshine Tour”?
[A] Baseball
[B] Tennis
[C] Polo
[D] Golf
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Correct Answer: D [Golf]
Notes:
The Sunshine Tour is a men’s professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its early history, it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vodacom Tour and the FNB Tour.
34. 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.
35. Which boxing style is in which a boxer attempt to stay close to an opponent, throwing intense flurries and combinations of hooks and uppercuts?
[A] Swarmer/in-fighter
[B] Brawler/slugger
[C] Counter puncher
[D] Boxer/out-fighter
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Correct Answer: A [Swarmer/in-fighter]
Notes:
In-fighters/swarmers (sometimes called “pressure fighters”) attempt to stay close to an opponent, throwing intense flurries and combinations of hooks and uppercuts. Mainly Mexican, Irish, Irish-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American boxers popularized this style.
36. Who is the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title?
[A] Muhammad Ali
[B] Mike Tyson
[C] Joe Frazier
[D] James Toney
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Correct Answer: B [Mike Tyson]
Notes:
Mike Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, Tyson is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title.
37. 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.
38. Who is the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games?
[A] Pinki Jangra
[B] Mary Kom
[C] Manisha Moun
[D] Simranjit Kaur
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Correct Answer: B [Mary Kom]
Notes:
Mary Kom is the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games. 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 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.
39. What is Jon Frederic Cole famous for?
[A] As a powerlifter
[B] As a boxer
[C] As a wrestler
[D] As a archer
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Correct Answer: A [As a powerlifter]
Notes:
Jon Frederic Cole was a powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter and strongman from the United States. Having set world records in the squat, deadlift and total during his career, he was multiple times AAU US National Powerlifting Champion as well as an outstanding Olympic weightlifter, discus thrower and shot-putter. Being the “premier strongman” of the early 1970s for his overall excellence in powerlifting, Olympic lifting and strength-based track and field, Cole was at one time known as the “strongest man in the world” for holding the greatest combined powerlifting/weightlifting super total of all time.
40. What is Benedikt Magnusson famous for?
[A] As an Icelandic boxer
[B] As an Icelandic powerlifter
[C] As an Icelandic wrestler
[D] As an Icelandic archer
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Correct Answer: B [As an Icelandic powerlifter]
Notes:
Benedikt Magnússon is an Icelandic strongman and powerlifter. He holds the raw deadlift world record with a lift of 460.4 kg (1,015 lb) in 2011. He also set the world record for the heaviest strongman deadlift of 461 kg (1,016 lb) in 2014, which stood until Eddie Hall lifted 462 kg (1,019 lb) the next year.