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Questions : Whose name from the following is associated with a famous sports trophy ?

(a) Dwight F. Davis

(b) Sir Humphry Davy

(c) Donald W. Davies

(d) Bette Davis

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition.

In 1900, Davis developed the structure for and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others are known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honour.

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Question : 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

List I List II
(Country) (National game)
A. India 1. Hockey
B. Spain 2. Bull Fighting
C. Japan 3. Table Tennis
D. China 4. Judo
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 3 2 1

b) 1 4 3 2

c) 2 1 4 3

d) 1 2 4 3

Answer: (d)

Correctly matched: Country — National game

Indian — Hockey

Spain — Bull Fighting

Japan — Judo

China — Table Tennis

Question : 2

The number of players in each side in Water Polo is

a) 5

b) 9

c) 4

d) 7

Answer: (d)

Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals.

The gameplay involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as “eggbeater kick”), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.

Question : 3

Where did the game of Chess originate ?

a) Arabia

b) Persia

c) Europe

d) India

Answer: (d)

The earliest predecessors of chess originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.;

Question : 4

Which of the following players are correctly matched according to the game they are associated with?

  1. Rajat Chauhan : Archery
  2. Gurpreet Singh : Shooting
  3. Saurav Ghoshal : Swimming
Codes:

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: (a)

Saurav Ghoshal is associated with squash.

Question : 5

Who among the following is known as ‘Best Asian Woman Athlete’?

a) K. Saramma

b) P.T. Usha

c) Vandana Rao

d) Mercy Kuttan

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

Consider the following statements given below :

  1. ‘The first commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada.
  2. India, for the first time, participated in the second commonwealth games held in London in 1934.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Both 1 and 2

b) None of these

c) 2 only

d) 1 only

Answer: (c)

The first commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada and India first time participated in London games in 1934. And last commonwealth games were held in New Delhi in 2011, India secured second rank in the medal tally.

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