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

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 first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. He is the second Indian after Anju Bobby George to win a World Championship-level gold medal in athletics.

He achieved this in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He also won the gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

The Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, England, and is also referred to as Mecca of Cricket. Established in 1814, it is the official home of cricket. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and was the home of the International Cricket Council (ICC) till August 2005.;

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.