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

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)

Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech American tennis player and coach, and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, “She’s the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.”

Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women’s doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 major mixed doubles titles. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon a record nine times. She and King each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record.

Navratilova is one of just three women to have accomplished a career in Grand Slam in singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam “boxed set”) a record she shares with Margaret Court and Doris Hart.

She holds the open era record for most singles titles (167) and doubles titles (177). She recorded the longest winning streak in the open era (74 consecutive matches) and three of the six longest winning streaks in the women’s open era.

Answer: (b)

Mohammed Shahidwas an Indian field hockey player who passed away on 20 July 2016. He was considered one of India’s best to have played the game and was known for his dribbling skills. He was a member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.;

Answer: (d)

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

Answer: (a)

Cricketer Bhuvneshwar Kumar won LG People’s Choice Award 2014. He is the third Indian player after Sachin and Dhoni to win the coveted prize.

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.