Which three equestrian disciplines are included in the Olympic Games?
- A.Dressage, jumping and eventing
- B.Dressage, polo and racing
- C.Jumping, vaulting and driving
- D.Eventing, endurance and tent pegging
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is A, dressage, jumping and eventing. The Olympic programme has exactly these three equestrian disciplines, each with an individual and a team event; dressage tests set movements in a marked arena, jumping tests clearing a course of fences, and eventing combines dressage, cross-country and jumping with the same horse. Option B is wrong because polo was dropped after 1936 and horse racing has never been an Olympic sport. Option C is wrong because vaulting and driving are recognised by the FEI but are not Olympic. Option D is wrong because endurance riding and tent pegging are also non-Olympic, though tent pegging is popular with Indian army riders. Also remember the two distinctions of equestrian sport: men and women compete in the same events, and an animal competes with the athlete.
Read the full article: Polo and Equestrian Sports: Rules, Terms and Medals
Practice Questions
View allHow many players are there in each team in a game of polo?
- A.Four
- B.Five
- C.Six
- D.Eleven
Show answer
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
Show answer
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
Show answer
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
Show answer
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
Show answer
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.
Read the full explanation →