sports & games MCQ section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian to win a medal in artistic gymnastics at a major sporting event.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

In ancient history, the first recorded Olympic Games took place in a glade called Olympia, surrounded by a pine forest on the northwestern coast of the Peloponnesus, in the year 776 BCE.

That was the date when the names of the winners were first recorded, but the games themselves go back another 1500 years at least.

They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule until the emperor Theodosius I suppressed them in 394 AD as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the state religion of Rome.

The games were usually held every four years, or olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies.;

Answer: (c)

Three boxers represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics:

1. Shiva Thapa in 56 kg,
2. Manoj Kumar in 64 kg and
3. Vikas Krishan in 75 kg categories.

Avtar Singh is an Indian judoka who represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He lost in the first round against Popole Misenga of the Refugee Olympic Team in the Men’s 90 kg event.

Answer: (a)

The final was held on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0, with an extra-time goal by Andrés Iniesta. Iniesta scored the latest winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final. The win gave Spain their first World Cup title, becoming the eighth team to win it.

This made them the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in 1958, and the first team to win the tournament after having lost their opening game.

Answer: (b)

Virender Sehwag became the first Indian to score a triple century when he hit 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004. He scored his second triple century (319) against South Africa in Chennai in 2008.

The latter is the fastest triple century in Test cricket, coming up off just 278 balls. Sehwag is the only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries.