Sports GK Questions - MCQs on Sports General Knowledge
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
41. 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.
42. Which is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting?
[A] International Weightlifting Federation
[B] International Weightlifting Organisation
[C] International Weightlifting Committee
[D] International Weightlifting Association
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Correct Answer: A [International Weightlifting Federation]
Notes:
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.
43. Who won the first World Weightlifting Competition held in 1891?
[A] Vasily Alekseyev
[B] John Davis
[C] Edward Lawrence Levy
[D] David Rigert
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Correct Answer: C [Edward Lawrence Levy]
Notes:
The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.
44. What is Precious McKenzie famous for?
[A] As a boxer
[B] As a weightlifter
[C] As a wrestler
[D] As a archer
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Correct Answer: B [As a weightlifter]
Notes:
Precious Patrick McKenzie is a South African-born former weightlifter who won Commonwealth titles representing both England and New Zealand and has won several World powerlifting and Masters World powerlifting titles.
45. Which powerlifter is nicknamed “The Scranton Superman”?
[A] Hugh Cassidy
[B] Jon Cole
[C] James Talbot Williams
[D] Precious McKenzie
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Correct Answer: C [James Talbot Williams]
Notes:
James Talbot Williams was a record-holding professional competitive powerlifter from the United States of America. He competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). During the early 1970s, he set numerous bench press national and world records in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
46. What is Horace A. Ford famous for?
[A] As an archer
[B] As a wrestler
[C] As a cricketer
[D] As a footballer
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Correct Answer: A [As an archer]
47. Identify the Volleyball attack technique. “The player does not try to make a hard spike, but hits the ball so that it touches the opponent’s block and then bounces off-court.”?
[A] Backcourt
[B] Line and Cross-court shot
[C] Block-abuse
[D] Off-speed limit
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Correct Answer: C [Block-abuse]
Notes:
Tool/Wipe/Block-abuse is a volleyball attack technique in which the player does not try to make a hard spike, but hits the ball so that it touches the opponent’s block and then bounces off-court.
48. Identify the handball throw. “This throw is awarded when a clear chance of scoring is illegally prevented anywhere on the court by an opposing team player, official, or spectator. It is awarded also when the referees have interrupted a legitimate scoring chance for any reason.”?
[A] Throw-off
[B] Throw-in
[C] Free throw
[D] Seven-meter throw
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Correct Answer: D [Seven-meter throw]
Notes:
A seven-meter throw is awarded when a clear chance of scoring is illegally prevented anywhere on the court by an opposing team player, official, or spectator. It is awarded also when the referees have interrupted a legitimate scoring chance for any reason. The thrower steps with one foot behind the seven-metre (23 ft) line with only the defending goalkeeper between him and the goal. The goalkeeper must keep a distance of three metres (9.8 ft), which is marked by a short tick on the floor. All other players must remain behind the free-throw line until execution and the defending field players must keep a distance of three meters. The thrower must await the whistle blow of the referee. A seven-meter throw is an equivalent to a penalty kick in association football; however, it is far more common and typically occurs several times in a single game.
49. Which country holds the record of winning the most number of medals in gymnastics at the Summer Olympics?
[A] United States of America
[B] Soviet Union
[C] Japan
[D] China
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Correct Answer: B [Soviet Union]
Notes:
Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Soviet Union holds the record of winning the most number of medals in gymnastics at the Summer Olympics.
50. Achinta Sheuli, who clinched gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022, is associated with which sport?
[A] Weight lifting
[B] Boxing
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Lawn Bowls
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Correct Answer: A [Weight lifting]
Notes:
20 year old Achinta Sheuli clinched gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in 73-kg category of Weight lifting.
He won the first place with a combined effort of 313 Kilograms (143kg in snatch and 170kg in clean & jerk). Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinunnga have earlier claimed gold medals while Bindyarani Devi and Sanketh Sargar picked up silver medals.
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