sports & games MCQ section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

The headquarters of the International Olympic committee is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin at the MontRepos villa in Lausanne on 23 June 1894.;

Answer: (b)

Beighton Cup of Hockey Instituted in 1895 and is one of the oldest field hockey tournaments running till date. It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association (BHA).

Answer: (a)

Wang Yihanis a retired professional female badminton player from China and former women’s singles world champion.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal after losing to top-seeded Spaniard Carolina Marín in the women’s singles final.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

India has competed in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games; starting at the second Games in 1934. India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games which were held in Delhi. India won 101 medals in total, including 38 Gold medals, enabling it to finish the Games at second position behind Australia.

For the first time in the history of the Games India won over 100 medals in total. For the first time in the history of the Games, India won a medal in Gymnastics, where Ashish Kumar won Silver and a Bronze. And it was after a gap of 52 years that India won Gold in Athletics when Krishna Poonia won Gold in Women’s discus throw.

Note: The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.

Here India won the highest of 101 medal and secured 2nd position. India participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

Here India won a total of 64 medals and secured 5th position. The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018.