sports & games MCQ section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history. He also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004.

He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first-class games over the course of a senior career.

Lara also holds the test record of scoring the most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.

Answer: (d)

Thomas Bach of Germany was elected today as the ninth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He replaced Jacques Rogge, whose 12- year tenure officially ended in September 2013.;

Answer: (c)

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been awarded SKOCH Award for Smart Governance.

Answer: (c)

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years, apart from the 1950 British Empire Games, which took place after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games.

The Games are described as the third-largest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

Answer: (b)

The 2010 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010.

It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998.

Host nation India finished second in the table for the very first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall.

Answer: (a)

Amos Meindi of Kenya won the 29th Pune International full Marathon in the men’s category. He finished the race by completing 41.175 km in 2 hours 18 minutes and 36 seconds.

Regassa Bezida of Ethiopia and Terrasse came in second and third place respectively Nancy Wambua of Kenya won the half Marathon in the women category in 71 minutes and 55 seconds.