Equestrian is unique among Olympic sports because
- A.It is judged only by electronic timing
- B.Men and women compete against each other in the same events
- C.It has no team event
- D.It is held outside the host city by rule
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, men and women compete against each other in the same events. Equestrian events are not divided by the sex of the rider, so male and female riders contest the same medals in dressage, jumping and eventing, and it is also the only Olympic sport in which an animal competes alongside the athlete. Option A is wrong because dressage is scored by judges awarding marks and jumping by penalties, so timing is only one part of the scoring. Option C is wrong because each of the three disciplines has both an individual and a team event. Option D is wrong because there is no such rule; events are held wherever suitable facilities exist, which is a matter of arrangement and not of regulation. This mixed-sex feature is the single most asked fact about equestrian sport in general knowledge papers.
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Practice Questions
View allHow many players are there in each team in a game of polo?
- A.Four
- B.Five
- C.Six
- D.Eleven
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A polo team puts four mounted players on the field, numbered one to four, where number one is the attacking forward and number four, called the back, is the main defender.
Read the full explanation →A period of play in a game of polo is known as
- A.Inning
- B.Chukka
- C.Quarter
- D.Rubber
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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 →Modern polo developed from Sagol Kangjei, the traditional horseback game of which Indian state?
- A.Rajasthan
- B.Manipur
- C.Punjab
- D.Himachal Pradesh
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Sagol Kangjei, played in Manipur on the small Manipuri pony, is the game from which the modern rules of polo were drawn after British officers and tea planters saw it in the eighteen fifties, which is why Manipur is called the birthplace of modern polo.
Read the full explanation →The Ezra Cup, instituted in 1880, is associated with which sport?
- A.Polo
- B.Horse racing
- C.Hockey
- D.Rowing
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The Ezra Cup is the oldest polo tournament in India and is played under the Indian Polo Association, along with other well known trophies such as the Sir Pratap Singh Cup and the Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Gold Cup.
Read the full explanation →Polo was last included in the programme of the Olympic Games in which year?
- A.1924
- B.1936
- C.1948
- D.1960
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Polo featured in five editions of the Olympic Games between 1900 and 1936 and was dropped after the Berlin Games of 1936, mainly because of the cost and difficulty of transporting strings of horses; Argentina won that last Olympic title.
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