sports & games MCQ section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008.

A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games).

China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan, in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea, in 1988.

Note: The 2016 Summer Olympics commonly known as Rio 2016, was a major international multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016.

Motto: A new world The 2016 Summer Paralympics the fifteenth Summer Paralympics Games, were a major event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympics Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Three cities have been chosen by the IOC to host the upcoming Olympic Games:

1. Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics,
2. Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and
3. Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

In 2022, Beijing will become the only city that has held both the summer and winter Olympic Games.