What is the diameter of a table tennis ball?
- A.38 millimetres
- B.40 millimetres
- C.42 millimetres
- D.45 millimetres
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 40 millimetres. A table tennis ball is 40 millimetres across and weighs 2.7 grams, and it is made of plastic with a matt white or orange surface. Option A is wrong because 38 millimetres was the older size, used until the ball was enlarged at the start of the 2000s to slow the game down for television, so it is a historical figure rather than the present one. Option C and option D are wrong because 42 and 45 millimetres are simply larger round numbers offered as distractors and appear in no rule. Learn the ball with the table: the table is 2.74 metres long, 1.525 metres wide and 76 centimetres above the floor, and the net across it is 15.25 centimetres high. The older 38 millimetre ball also weighed less, at about 2.5 grams, which is why the two figures are asked together.
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- A.Football
- B.Badminton
- C.Tennis
- D.Table Tennis
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- B.Polo
- C.Fencing
- D.Rugby
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- A.Hockey
- B.Volleyball
- C.Badminton
- D.Basketball
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- A.20 yards
- B.22 yards
- C.24 yards
- D.22 metres
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- A.2.44 metres
- B.3.05 metres
- C.3.5 metres
- D.2.43 metres
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