This Sports GK quiz on Football and the FIFA World Cup puts 11 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.
11 questions with answers and explanations
The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930 in which country?
The first FIFA World Cup was staged in Uruguay in 1930, the country having been chosen partly because it was celebrating the centenary of its independence and partly because it was the reigning Olympic football champion.
Read the full explanation →Which country has won the FIFA World Cup the maximum number of times?
Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, more than any other nation.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of FIFA, the world governing body of football, is located in which city?
FIFA has its headquarters at Zurich in Switzerland, from where it administers the World Cup and the world rankings.
Read the full explanation →In football, the penalty spot is placed at what distance from the goal line?
The penalty mark in football is twelve yards, about eleven metres, from the midpoint of the goal line, and a penalty kick is taken from that spot with only the goalkeeper defending.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest football tournament in India and in Asia?
The Durand Cup was first played at Shimla in 1888 and is the oldest football tournament in India and in Asia, and the third oldest in the world.
Read the full explanation →The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup till 1970, was won permanently by which country?
The Jules Rimet Trophy, named after the FIFA president who conceived the World Cup, was to be kept permanently by the first nation to win the competition three times.
Read the full explanation →India won the gold medal in football at the Asian Games in 1951 and in which other year?
India won the Asian Games football gold medal twice, first at the inaugural Games in New Delhi in 1951 and again at Jakarta in 1962, where the team beat South Korea in the final.
Read the full explanation →In football, scoring three goals by a single player in one match is called
A hat-trick in football means three goals scored by the same player in a single match. The term travelled to football from cricket, where it originally meant three wickets in three successive balls and the bowler was rewarded with a hat, and it is now used across several games.
Read the full explanation →The Santosh Trophy in Indian football is contested between which of the following?
The Santosh Trophy, started in 1941 and named after the Maharaja of Santosh in undivided Bengal, is the national football championship of India, played between teams representing the state associations and certain institutional units such as the services and the railways.
Read the full explanation →In which years was the FIFA World Cup not held because of the Second World War?
The World Cup is played every four years, so after the 1938 tournament in France the next editions would have fallen in 1942 and 1946.
Read the full explanation →How many players does a football team have on the field, including the goalkeeper?
A football side takes the field with eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper, the only member of the team permitted to handle the ball, and that only within his own penalty area.
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