sports & games MCQ section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Cathy Freeman is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame. Freeman was the first-ever Aboriginal Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990.

1994 was her breakthrough season. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics and came first at the 1997 World Champion in the 400 m event.

Answer: (d)

National Sports Day is celebrated on 29thAugust in the memory of the great hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.

Answer: (c)

Lance Armstrong was stripped on October 22,2012 of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the governing body of cycling, the International Cycling Union following a report from the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) that has accused him of leading a massive doping programme on his teams.;

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Bula Choudhury is a former national women's swimming champion of India. She is the first woman to cross seven seas. She twice swam the English Channel first in 1989 and again in 1999.;

Answer: (b)

Nehru Cup is associated with football; Nehru Trophy with Boat Race; and Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament with hockey, which is organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society (JNHTS).

The Nehru Cup (more formally known as the ONGC Nehru Cup) is an international association football tournament organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It was launched in 1982 but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After the trophy was won by Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007.