Set 40 of the Sports GK mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 15 different topics of the subject: Cricket World Cups and Trophies, Wrestling, Boxing and Shooting, Polo and Equestrian Sports and more. 8 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.
20 questions with answers and explanations
The Chevrons is the name of the cricket team of which one of the following countries?
'The Chevrons' is the nickname of the Zimbabwe national cricket team, taken from the chevron pattern linked with the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following won the Fed Cup Heart Award, 2020?
In May 2020 Sania Mirza won the Fed Cup Heart Award for the Asia/Oceania zone, becoming the first Indian to receive it.
Read the full explanation →Saurabh Chaudhary excels in which one of the following sports?
Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian pistol shooter who competes in the 10 metre air pistol event. Born in 2002 in a farming family of Kalina village near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, he burst onto the scene as a teenager.
Read the full explanation →A period of play in a game of polo is known as
A polo match is divided into chukkas, also spelt chukker, of seven minutes each, and a match has four to six of them depending on the tournament; ponies are usually changed between chukkas because the galloping is so hard on the horse.
Read the full explanation →Koneru Humpy excels in which one of the following sports?
Koneru Humpy, from Andhra Pradesh, is one of India's greatest chess players and among the strongest women players in the world.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Grand Prix of Formula One was held at which circuit?
The circuit in Uttar Pradesh hosted the Indian Grand Prix three times, in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won on each occasion before the race was dropped from the calendar.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following pairs with regard to sports awards : 1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award : For the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over period of last four years 2. Arjuna Award : For the lifetime achievement by a sportsperson 3. Dronacharya Award : To honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams 4. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar : To recognize the contribution made by sportspersons even after their retirement How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
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.
Read the full explanation →The game of snooker is believed to have been devised in 1875 by British army officers stationed at which Indian city?
Officers of the British garrison at Jabalpur, in present-day Madhya Pradesh, added coloured balls to the older game of black pool in 1875, and Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain of the Devonshire Regiment gave the new game the name snooker, which was slang at the Woolwich military academy for a…
Read the full explanation →Avani Lekhara excels in which one of the following sports ?
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.
Read the full explanation →Which club won the first edition of the Indian Super League in 2014?
The Kolkata franchise, then partnered with the Spanish club Atletico Madrid, beat Kerala Blasters in the 2014 final with a goal in stoppage time, and the club was later renamed ATK.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements in respect of the first Kho Kho World Cup : I. The event was held in Delhi, India. II. Indian men beat Nepal with a score of 78-40 in the final to become the World Champion in men category. III. Indian women beat Nepal with a score of 54-36 in the final to become the World Champion in women category. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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.
Read the full explanation →The International Convention against Doping in Sport, the treaty by which governments bind themselves to the World Anti-Doping Code, was adopted in 2005 under the auspices of
Because WADA is a private foundation, governments needed an instrument of international law through which they could commit themselves to the Code, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization provided it by adopting the International Convention against Doping in Sport in 2005.
Read the full explanation →Which equestrian discipline combines dressage, cross-country and show jumping?
The correct answer is B, Eventing, also called the three-day event, in which the same horse and rider go through a dressage test, a cross-country course over natural obstacles and a show jumping round; penalty points from all three phases are added and the lowest total wins, so it is…
Read the full explanation →The height of a basketball basket above the floor is:
The gallery railing in the Springfield gymnasium from which James Naismith hung his peach baskets in 1891 happened to be ten feet above the floor, and the height has stayed the same ever since for men and women alike.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following cricket teams was defeated by India to lift the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup 2016?
India beat Pakistan by 17 runs in the final of the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2016.
Read the full explanation →The famous boxing bout called the 'Rumble in the Jungle', in which Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in 1974, was held in which city?
The fight took place in October 1974 at Kinshasa, then the capital of Zaire and today the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is how the bout came to be called the Rumble in the Jungle.
Read the full explanation →Fouaad Mirza won two silver medals in equestrian eventing for India at which Asian Games?
At the Asian Games held in Indonesia in 2018, Fouaad Mirza won the individual silver and was part of the team that won silver in eventing, the first Indian equestrian medals at the Asian Games in a long gap, and he later represented India at the Olympic Games.
Read the full explanation →The only edition of the Afro-Asian Games ever held took place in 2003 in which Indian city?
The Afro-Asian Games were conceived as a meeting of the champions of Africa and Asia, and the first edition was held at Hyderabad in 2003, with the main events at the Gachibowli stadium complex built for the purpose.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian horse breed is known for ear tips that curve inward and meet?
The Marwari horse of the Marwar region of Rajasthan is identified at once by its inward-curving ears, whose tips can touch, and it was the warhorse of the Rathore rulers; it is used today in ceremonial riding and in the native dance called the horse dance.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian state hosted the Hockey World Cup in both 2018 and 2023?
The 2018 Hockey World Cup was played at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, and the 2023 edition was shared between the Kalinga Stadium and the newly built Birsa Munda Stadium at Rourkela, both in Odisha.
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