sports & games MCQ section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Ranchi Rays defeated Punjab Warriors by 3-2 goals in the final match of HHIL 2015. The result was decided through tie-breaker.

Answer: (d)

India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China. On 11 August 2008, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men’s 10 m air rifle shooting event. In doing so, he won the first-ever individual gold medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India at the Beijing Games.

Sushil Kumar won the second-ever wrestling medal for India, the first being the bronze earned by Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vijender Kumar won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India’s first-ever Olympic medal in boxing. The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw the best ever performance by an Indian contingent, in terms of the number of medals.

They won three medals in all (one gold and two bronze medals), surpassing the two silvers by Norman Pritchard in the 1900 Paris Olympics and the gold and bronze medals won by the Indian field hockey team and Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav respectively, at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Note: At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, India got silver to badminton player P. V. Sindhu in the women’s singles and bronze to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women’s 58 kg. In Paralympics 2016, India won 4 medals won (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze).

Answer: (b)

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990.

A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events from 42 sports and disciplines (28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports), making it the largest event in the history of the Games.

Answer: (d)

Dipa Karmakar, India’s first-ever female gymnast ever to compete in the Olympics, attained 4thposition in the Women's Vault Gymnastics event of Rio Olympics 2016 with an overall score of 15.066.

For her commendable performance in Rio Olympics 2016, the Government of India conferred upon her the Khel Ratna award in August 2016.;

Answer: (c)

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. Jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, it is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the USA and Europe.;

Answer: (c)

Abhinav Bindra is an Indian shooter who won the gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. It was also India’s first gold medal since 1980, when the Men’s Field Hockey Team won the gold.;