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

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.

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.;

Answer: (d)

Jaspal Rana is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

He was a gold medallist at,

1. 1994 Asian Games,
2. 1998 Commonwealth Games,
3. 2006 Commonwealth Games and
4. 2006 Asian Games.

In 1994, he was awarded Arjuna Award.

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.

Answer: (a)

Saurav Ghoshal is associated with squash.

Answer: (b)