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

Answer: (a)

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, from 25 July to 4 August 2002. India came fourth overall in the medals table, behind Australia, England and Canada, repeating the feat at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. India won 30 Gold; 22 Silver and 17 Bronze Medals, thus winning 69 medals in total.

Note: India participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

India won 15 Gold, 30 Silver, 19 Bronze, sum total of 64 medals and Ranked 5th in the medal tally.

Flag bearer Opening: Vijay Kumar

Closing: Seema Punia

Answer: (a)

Portugal, on 10 July 2016, lifted the Euro 2016 football championship, defeating host France 1-0 in the final clash played at Saint-Denis in Paris. Substitute Eder scored in extra-time to give Portugal a win at their first major international title. This was France’s first tournament defeat on home soil in 19 games, since 1960 third-place play-off.;

Answer: (c)

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open).

She also won nine Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, winning a calendar-year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Hingis set a series of “youngest-ever” records before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in 2002 at the age of 22.

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time, when she teamed with Helena Suková at Wimbledon to win the women’s doubles title at age 15 years and 9 months.;

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Indonesia is the most successful team, having won the tournament thirteen times. China, which did not begin to compete until the 1982 series, follows Indonesia with nine titles, while Malaysia has won five titles.

Answer: (b)

Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the Ambassador for the second successive time.