sports & games MCQ section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

In the terminology of the game of cricket, a beamer (less commonly beam ball) is a type of delivery in which the ball (bowled at a fast pace), without bouncing, passes above the batsman’s waist height.

Such a ball is often dangerously close to the batsman’s head, due to the lack of control a bowler has over high full tosses. Worse, the batsman is expecting the ball to pitch on the wicket and therefore may not pick up the flight of the ball and maybe struck by it.

This type of delivery can result in injuries to the batsman, and the penalty for this type of delivery is an immediate no-ball signal given by the umpire. The use of beamers is governed under Law 42.6.

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.;

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.

Answer: (d)

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport’s One Day International format.

There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by two teams). Australia won the tournament undefeated, concluding a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.

Note: The 2019 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 15 July 2019.

This will be the 12th Cricket World Cup competition, and the fifth time it will be held in England and Wales, following 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.

Answer: (b)

The Indian Grand Prix (sometimes referred to as the Grand Prix of India) is a motor race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship currently being held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida near New Delhi.

The first event took place on 30 October 2011 as the 17th race of the 2011 Formula One season. The circuit, designed by circuit architect Hermann Tilke, is 5.141 kilometres in length.

The track is spread across an area of 875 acres, and is a part of Jaypee Green Sports city.;

Answer: (d)

The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games were the first international Para Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy from September 18 to 25, 1960.