sports & games MCQ section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

Consider the following statements:

  1. Saina Nehwal Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton title 2015 in the women’s singles category.
  2. In the final match she defeated world champion Carolina Marin (Spain) by score of 19-21, 25-23, 21-16 held at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
  3. After the death of badminton player Syed Modi, a badminton tournament was constituted in his memory.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

Syed Modi Memorial and All India Syed Modi badminton championship is organised each year at Lucknow.

Question : 2 [SSC CGL 2016]

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Mary Kom Boxing

b) Sania Nehwal Badminton

c) Pankaj Advani Wrestling

d) Sania Mirza Tennis

Answer: (c)

Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian professional player of English billiards and former professional snooker player.He is the only player ever to win world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker (15-red standard, and 6-red) and both formats of English billiards (time and point). Advani is also India's first world champion in 6-red snooker.;

Question : 3 [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2016]

Match List-I (Sportsmen) with List-II (Sports/Games) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List I List II
(Sportsmen) (Sports/Games)
A. Abhijit Kunte 1. Tennis
B. Arjun Singh 2. Golf
C. Nitin Kirtane 3. Football
D. Rennedy Singh 4. Chess
Codes: A B C D

a) 2 4 3 1

b) 2 4 1 3

c) 4 2 1 3

d) 4 2 3 1

Answer: (c)

Question : 4 [SSC Tax Asst 2008]

The highest number of medals in the Beijing Olympics was won by

a) Germany

b) USA

c) Britain

d) China

Answer: (b)

An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most total medals with 110.

American swimmer Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics and for most career gold medals by winning eight swimming events.

Note: Presently, the US continues to maintain its rank as the number one performer in the Olympics after winning the highest number of medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics (121 total; 46 Gold).

China (70) and Great Britain (67) won the second and third highest number of medals at the Rio Olympics. Michael Fred Phelps the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and a silver.

Nickname -” The Baltimore Bullet” &” Flying Fish”;

Question : 5

Who among the following are gold medalist wrestlers in the Commonwealth games-2014?

  1. Vinesh Phogat
  2. Amit Kumar
  3. Babita Kumari
  4. Vikas Gowda
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 3 and 4 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these

Answer: (a)

Vikas Gowda won the gold medal in discuss throw event.

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