This Sports GK quiz on Asian Games and Commonwealth Games puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in which city?
The first Asian Games were held at the National Stadium in New Delhi in March 1951, two years after the Asian Games Federation was formed in the same city, and eleven nations took part.
Read the full explanation →What is the motto of the Asian Games?
The motto was adopted with the first Asian Games of 1951 at New Delhi and it goes with the emblem of a bright rising sun ringed by interlocking circles, which stands for the new energy of the Asian nations after the Second World War.
Read the full explanation →Who is credited with proposing the idea of the Asian Games?
His idea led to the formation of the Asian Games Federation at New Delhi in 1949 and to the first Games there in 1951.
Read the full explanation →What was the mascot of the 1982 Asian Games held at New Delhi?
The ninth Asian Games at New Delhi in 1982 were the first Games organised under the newly formed Olympic Council of Asia, and their elephant mascot became one of the best remembered images in Indian sport.
Read the full explanation →Which body has organised the Asian Games since 1982?
It was set up in 1982 with its headquarters at Kuwait City and took over the running of the Asian Games from that year, which is why the 1982 Delhi Asiad is described as the first Games held under the new body.
Read the full explanation →The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in which city?
The first edition was held there in 1930 under the name British Empire Games, organised by Melville Marks Robinson, and it grew out of a proposal made as far back as 1891 by John Astley Cooper for a festival of the nations of the Empire.
Read the full explanation →By what name were the Commonwealth Games known when they began in 1930?
That was the official name from the first edition at Hamilton in 1930 until 1950. The title then changed with the politics of the Commonwealth: British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954, British Commonwealth Games from 1970 and simply the Commonwealth Games from 1978.
Read the full explanation →Shera, a tiger, was the mascot of which sporting event?
Shera, an animated tiger, was chosen as the mascot of the nineteenth Commonwealth Games, whose slogan was Come Out and Play and which remain the only Commonwealth Games hosted by India.
Read the full explanation →At which Asian Games was kabaddi introduced as a medal sport?
Kabaddi entered the Asian Games programme as a medal sport at that edition and India won the gold, which began a long run of Indian success in the event and is the reason the fact is set so often.
Read the full explanation →Milkha Singh won a gold medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games at Cardiff in which event?
Milkha Singh, the quarter-miler known as the Flying Sikh, won the 440 yards at Cardiff in 1958, giving India its first athletics gold at the Commonwealth Games.
Read the full explanation →The Commonwealth Games are popularly known by which name?
The nickname records the spirit in which the meet was set up, a gathering of nations bound by a shared history rather than a contest of blocs, and it fits the Federation motto, Humanity, Equality, Destiny.
Read the full explanation →Which city has hosted the Asian Games more times than any other?
The Thai capital has staged the Asian Games on four occasions, more than any other city, and it twice stepped in at short notice when another host withdrew, which is how it built up that record.
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