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

Answer: (b)

Sushil Kumar, an Indian freestyle wrestler, received the 2009 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – India’s highest honour for sportspersons, in July 2009 along with boxers Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom.

He won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.

Answer: (a)

Basketball player Dennis Rodman was nicknamed ‘Dennis the Menace.’ He was nicknamed “The Worm” and was known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. Pete Sampras was sometimes called a menace to the game because he was boring and too dominating.

He won a record 14 Grand Slam single titles and had seven Wimbledon and five U.S. open wins in a storied 15-year career.;

Answer: (b)

Clive Lloyd captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985. He captained the West Indies in three World Cups. They won the 1975 final (Lloyd scoring his own century) and the 1979 final. They were very strong favourites for the 1983 final but lost to India.;

Answer: (b)

Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney lifting 110 kg in the Snatch and 130 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 240 kg, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

In 1992 she participated in the Asian championship which took place in Thailand and won three silver medals. She also won three bronze medals in the world championship.;

Answer: (a)

The award was instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991.

Answer: (b)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an international non-governmental organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president. Jacques Rogge is a Belgian sports administrator.

He is the eighth and current President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Rogge was elected as President of the IOC on 16 July 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow as the successor to Marqués de Samaranch, who had previously led the IOC since 1980.

Note: Thomas Bach, a German lawyer, former Olympic fencer is the ninth and current President of the International Olympic Committee. However, Jacques Rogge is enjoying the post of Honorary President. Mr Narayana Ramachandran is the current president of the Indian Olympic Association.;