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Question : 31 [SSC CGL 2015]

Which city is hosting the 2016 Olympic Games ?

a) Rio–de–Janeiro

b) Barcelona

c) Los Angeles

d) Seoul

Answer: (a)

The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 2016. Rio will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics, the second city in Latin America to host the event after Mexico City in 1968, and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.;

Question : 32

Who among the following has been recently inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?

a) Anil Kumble

b) Rahul Dravid

c) Sachin Tendulkar

d) Sourav Ganguly

Answer: (a)

Anil Kumble became the fourth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev are the other hall of fame members from India.

Question : 33 [SSC GL 2013]

Who among the following Presidents of MCC was a nonprofessional cricketer ?

a) Peter May

b) Colin Cowdrey

c) Christopher Martin Jenkins

d) Ted Dexter

Answer: (c)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins was a British cricket journalist and a past President of the MCC. He was also a commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio from 1973 until diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2012.;

Question : 34 [SSC CML (Pre) 2002]

The word “Jumpball” is associated with

a) Basketball

b) Netball

c) Softball

d) Baseball

Answer: (a)

A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after it is tossed up into the air in between them by an official.;

Question : 35

Consider the following Statements.

  1. Roger Federer of Switzerland has won the US Open Men’s Singles title.
  2. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the Men’s Doubles trophy of the US Open.
  3. Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the Switzerland women’s Doubles trophy of the US Open.
  4. Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the Mixed Doubles trophy of Final Grand Slam of the US Open.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?Codes:

a) 1, 3 and 4 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 only

d) 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer: (d)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the US Open Men’s Singles defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland.

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