Sports GK Previous Year Questions (PYQ) with Answers

Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, beating Kerala in the final at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The final in March 2025 ended in a draw, and Vidarbha took the title on their first-innings lead.

Australia's men's field hockey team is known as the Kookaburras, after the laughing bird native to Australia. The Kookaburras are among the strongest sides in world hockey.

The first Kho Kho World Cup was held in New Delhi in January 2025, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, so statement I is correct.

Australia beat India in the final at Benoni, South Africa, in February 2024 to win their fourth Under-19 title. The 2024 tournament was first allotted to Sri Lanka but was moved to South Africa by the ICC.

The fund, run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, gives financial help to sportspersons and their families who are in need.

The Royal Calcutta Golf Club was founded in 1829 in the city that was then the capital of British India, and it is counted as the first golf club established anywhere outside Britain.

The sprinter from Payyoli in Kerala's Kozhikode district earned the nickname Payyoli Express for her speed on the track.

All three reached the final of the All England Championships: Gopichand won it, while Saina and Lakshya finished runners-up. The All England Open, first held in 1899 in England, is the oldest and one of the most respected badminton tournaments.

Abhinav Bindra won the men's 10 m air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on 11 August 2008, India's first individual Olympic gold.

Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched, while pairs 2 and 4 describe other awards. The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour, is given for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over the previous four years, so pair 1 is correct.

'The Chevrons' is the nickname of the Zimbabwe national cricket team, taken from the chevron pattern linked with the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe.

India marched behind its own flag at the Olympics for the first time at Antwerp in 1920, and the athlete Purma Banerjee carried it at the opening ceremony.

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club was founded in 1889 in Kolkata and is among the oldest football clubs of the country.

Karnataka won the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Saurashtra in the final played in Delhi.

The 1983 Cricket World Cup was hosted by England, and the final was played at Lord's in London. India, led by Kapil Dev, beat the West Indies by 43 runs in that final on 25 June 1983, scoring only 183 and then bowling the holders out for 140.

The Corbillon Cup is the trophy of the women’s team event at the World Table Tennis Championships, and its companion, the Swaythling Cup, is the men’s team trophy.

The Dronacharya Award, India's honour for coaches who produce outstanding sportspersons, was given for the first time in 1985, and Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat, a wrestling coach, was among the first three to receive it, along with O.M.

In his final Test, against Bangladesh at Christchurch in January 2022, the New Zealand batter came on to bowl and took the last wicket, which also won the match for his side.

Avani Lekhara is an Indian para-shooter from Jaipur, Rajasthan, who competes in rifle events in the SH1 class. A car accident in 2012 left her with a spinal cord injury, and she took up shooting a few years later.

Pivoting is the legal turn in which a player holding the ball keeps one foot fixed on the floor, the pivot foot, and steps around with the other foot; it lets a player face the basket or protect the ball without being called for travelling.