MCQs on Sports (GK) for Govt. Exams

• Abhinav Bindra is an Indian professional shooter and a businessman and is a World and Olympic champion in the 10m Air rifle event.
• Rifle event comes under shooting.
• He became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games by winning the gold in the 10 m Air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
• It was India’s first gold medal since 1980 when the Men’s Field Hockey Team won the gold.

• Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player.
• He has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, 32 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series titles, 12 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments.

• Wide ball is associated with cricket.
• A wide ball is called when the batsman is unable to reach the ball while playing a normal stroke.
• It does not count as one of the six legitimate balls of the bowler in an over.

• Dhyan Chand was an Indian Hockey player.
• He was a three-time Olympic gold medallist in the year 1928, 1932, and 1936, in field hockey.
• The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan in 1956.
• His birthday, 29 August, is celebrated as ‘National Sports Day’ in India every year.

• A boxing ring is a space in which a boxing match is played.
• A modern ring is square with a post at each corner.

• Sunil Gavaskar is famously known as the 'little master'.
• The name was given to him by commentators after watching his skills in the 1970s.
• It was also because of his short height of 5'6 and that he lasted against tall pacers in the field for long durations in test matches.
• The nickname was later given to Sachin Tendulkar as well.
• Haryana Hurricane is the nickname of Kapil Dev.
• Anil Kumble was given the nickname Jumbo by Navjot Singh Sidhu.

• Cricket originated in south-east England; it became the country's national sport in the 18th century.
• Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport.

Smriti Mandhana is associated with Cricket.

• Indian T20I vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is set to become the first Indian to play in the Kia Super League (KSL), England’s domestic women’s T20 competition.
• Mandhana was selected by the "Western Storm" as their second overseas player.

• Smriti Mandhana rose to fourth place but Jemimah Rodrigues dropped to seventh in the latest ICC women’s T20 International rankings for batters.
• Smriti Mandhana has been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018.

• Bullfighting is a popular sport in Spain, where it is defined as a cultural event.
• It is basically a physical sport which involves animals and humans trying to kill or subdue a bull under a set of guidelines.

• Gagan Narang is an Indian shooter, in Air rifle shooting, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He was the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics. He won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1.

• Vijender Singh is associated eith the sport of Boxing.
• Vijender Singh Beniwal, better known as Vijender Singh is an Indian professional boxer and the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion from Kaluwas, Bhiwani district in Haryana.
• He is the first Indian boxer to have ever won a medal at the Olympics.
• He also medals in Commonwealth Games and Afro-Asian Games.

2) Archery

• Archery is the National sport of Bhutan it was declared the national sport in 1971.
• Archery was inducted in Olympics in the Summer Olympics of 1900.
• The main types of archery are target, field, clout, and flight, and requires slightly different shooting methods and equipments.

• Manpreet Singh Pawar is an Indian hockey player and is also the captain of the India men’s national field hockey team since May 2017.
• He first played for India at the age of 19 in 2011.
• He plays as a halfback.

• Usain St Leo Bolt is a Jamaican athlete who holds a world record in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters relay.
• He is widely considered to be the worlds greatest sprinter of all time.
• He is an eight-time Olympic gold medallist.

• In Kabaddi a team consists of 7 players.
• Kabaddi is a contact team sport and it is popular in South Asia.

The Olympic symbol consists of 5 rings or circles. The rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes at the Olympic Games.

They were presented publicly for the first time in 1913.

The Olympic symbol consists of a white background with five rings of different colours namely, blue, yellow, black, green and red interlaced that represents Olympism’s universality.

• The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29^th August, on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyanchand.
• Major Dhyanchand was the Indian hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1932, and 1936. He scored over 400 goals in his career.
• Major Dhyanchand is also known as 'The Wizard' for his magical touch, superb control, creativity, and extraordinary goal-scoring feats.
• He was bestowed with India's third-highest civilian honour, Padma Bhusan in 1956.

• The President confers National Sports Awards to honour sportsmen who have achieved laurels in the sports realm and enhanced the country's pride all over the world.
• The Indian Government over the years has launched many schemes related to sports on this day including the Khelo India scheme in 2018.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:

• ​​Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of the previous four years.
• It was launched in 1991-92 earlier it was known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
• Earlier in August this year, the Khel Ratna Award was renamed in the honor of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand.
• The prize money for the Major Dhyan Chand Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh.

• Water polo is typically played in an all-deep pool seven feet (or two meters) deep.
• Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, which floats on the water.
• Water Polo was originally called ‘Water Rugby’ and it used to be played in the rivers and lakes in England.
• William Wilson of the UK is credited for giving rules and regulations for the game of Water Polo during the late 19th century.
• The first time Water Polo was introduced in the Olympics was in 1990 and Women’s Water Polo was introduced ten years later.
• The size of the Water Polo ball is almost the same as a soccer ball or a volleyball.

• Michael Phelps is an American swimmer who holds the record for most Olympics medals.
• He was the first American male swimmer to earn a spot on five Olympic teams and also made history as the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history at the age of 28.
• Phelps has won a total of 28 medals at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Beijing, London and Rio — 23 gold, three silver and two bronze — setting the record for the most medal win by any Olympic athlete.
• At the 2016 Olympic Games, he won one silver and five gold medals and the first swimmer to win four consecutive golds in the same event, the 200-meter individual medley.
• Phelps has set 39 world records, the most of all time.

• Geet Sethi is a very famous Indian billiards player.
• He won the Indian National Billiards Championship, beating none other than the legendary Michael Ferreira in 1982.
• He was also the national champion in snooker from 1985 to 1988. In that period he also became Asian Champion in 1987.
• In the 1998 Asian Games, he won gold and silver medals in different events.

• Geet Sethi is a recipient of India's highest sporting award, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for 1992–1993.
• He was also awarded the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award in 1986.

The first Wimbledon Championship was held in 1877.

• It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
• It was held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, it is played on the outer grass-court till 1877.
• Since 2009, it plays roof over centre court.
• Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other being the US Open, Australian Open and the French Open.
• The first Wimbledon Championship player Spencer Gore, an old Harrovian racket player, won from field 22.

The Deodhar Trophy is a List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket. It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket) and is a 50 - over knockout competition played on an annual basis among the 5 zonal teams - North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone.

• Wimbledon Championships is the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
• It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since the tournament was founded in 1877.
• Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam played on grass.

• Agha Khan Cup is related to Hockey.
• Other major trophies related to Hockey are Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Dhyanchand Trophy, Stanley Cup.
• Major trophies related to Cricket are ICC Cricket World Cup, Asia Cup, Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy.
• Major Lawn Tennis trophies are Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open.
• Major football-related tournaments are UEFA Champions league, Subroto Cup, Santosh Trophy.

Jwala Gutta is a left - handed Indian badminton player. She is India's most successful doubles specialist, and has won the National Badminton Championships fourteen times.

• Volleyball,
  • This game is played by two teams, usually of six players on a side, in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net, trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponent's playing area before it can be returned. Hence, option 3 is correct.
  • To prevent this a player on the opposing team bats the ball up and toward a teammate, before it touches the court surface—that teammate may then volley it back across the net or bat it to a third teammate who volleys it across the net.
  • A team is allowed only three touches of the ball before it must be returned over the net.
  • Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical director of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
  • It was designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the new game of basketball too vigorous.
  • International volleyball competition began in 1913 with the first Far East Games, in Manila. During the early 1900s and continuing until after World War II, volleyball in Asia was played on a larger court, with a lower net, and nine players on a team.

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India. It was for this event that colour TV was introduced in India.

The 2018 World Boxing Championship title was Mary Kom's sixth title.

• Following her sixth world title in 2018, the Government of Manipur awarded her the title of "Meethoi Leima," which was loosely translated as a great or exceptional lady at a ceremony held in Imphal on 11 December 2018.
• The former Chief Minister of Manipur also announced that the stretch of road leading to the village of the National Games in the Imphal West district, where Kom currently resides, will be called MC Mary Kom Lane.
• Padma Vibhushan, India's second-largest civil prize, was given in 2020.
• She is the first woman to become the six-time World Amateur Boxing Champion, the first woman to earn a title in each of the first seven World Championships, and the first athlete (male or female) to earn eight World Championship medals.

The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

• Jallikattu-Bullfight takes place in Tamil Nadu.
• It is organized during Pongal the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu.
• Similar bull fighting is organized in Spain.
• Kambala is a sport of Karnataka in which buffalo racing takes place.

The term 'silly point' is associated with the sport of Cricket.

• When a position is prefixed as 'short' or 'silly', it means that the fielder is placed closer than its conventional fielding position.
• Fielding positions very close to the bat have earned themselves the name "silly" because of the obvious risk of being hit hard from a firm stroke.
• For example, silly point means a fielder is placed in closer than a conventional point fielder would normally stand and stands very close to the batting position.
• When a position is described as 'deep' or 'long' as in deep mid-wicket or long off then the fielder is usually placed right out on the boundary.

• India won the ICC U-19 World Cup Five times (Till 2020).
• India won the most successful titles in ICC U-19 World Cup.

• The 2022 U19 World Cup was won by India and was hosted by West Indies and Bangladesh.
• So now the no. of ICC U-19 World Cup title won by India is 5.

• World’s largest field hockey stadium having the maximum seating capacity is in Lahore, Pakistan named Gadaffi Hockey Stadium.
• It has a capacity of 45000.
• It is named after Muammar Gadaffi, the former Libyan leader.
• The final match of the 1990 Hockey World Cup was played at this stadium.

Hockey stadiums in –

• Netherlands: Hazelaarweg Stadion, Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, Wagener Stadium.
• Australia: Perth Hockey Stadium, Rockhampton Hockey Association (Stadium), Marrara Hockey Stadium.
• India: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium, Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Jaypee Sports City Hockey Stadium.

• Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela is the largest stadium in India.

Gadaffi National Stadium or National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

• Jwala Gutta is a left-handed Indian badminton player.
• She is India's most successful doubles specialist and has won the National Badminton Championships fourteen times.

• Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK) will host Commonwealth Games in 2022.

• The 2022 Commonwealth Games is officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games.
• The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event that was first held in 1930.
• It is also the world's first multi-sport event which inducts an equal number of women's and men's medal events.
• This is due to be the third time England has hosted the Games, after London in 1934 and Manchester in 2002.
• The Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games is responsible for the planning and operational delivery of the Games.
• This includes sport, venue and competition management, ticket sales, all ceremonies, and the Queen’s Baton Relay.
• The headquarters of the organising committee is located in Brindley place building and has taken up the office until December 2022.

• Penalty Corner is awarded for a defensive infringement in the penalty circle or for a deliberate infringement within the defensive 23-metre area.
• It is a penalty given against the defending team.

• Sporting Club East Bengal, based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, is an Indian professional football club. The club competes in the Indian Super League, Indian football's top flight, as well as in the Calcutta Premier Division A, West Bengal's top-level state football league.
• Formed in August 1920, before winning promotion to the Calcutta Football League first division in 1924, the club became associated with the Indian Football Association in 1922.
• In 1942, East Bengal won their first league title and have won the title a record 39 times since then.
• In 1996, the club was also a founding member of the National Football League and three times won the league title. Eight Federation Cups, three Super Cups, a record 29 IFA Shield titles, and a record 16 Durand Cup titles have also been won, making the club one of Indian football's most decorated.

• In the early 17^th century, it was decided by English aristocrats that cricket would be played in a 'gentlemanly manner'.
• Often, the phrase, 'gentleman's game' is used to describe cricket which means no sledding, cheating, bodyline bowling, temper tantrums, or excessive appealing.

• If the batsman knew he was out, he should walk back to the pavilion even if the umpire had decided otherwise.

• The golf field is wide and full of green grass. This ground is called the 'Golf Course'.
• Baseball is a game played with a bat, a ball, and gloves between two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases laid out in a diamond.
• Snooker A game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order.

• Jab term is related to boxing.

• A jab is a type of punch used in boxing and martial arts.
• Several variations of the jab exist, but every jab shares these characteristics: while in a fighting stance, the lead fist is thrown straight ahead and the arm is fully extended.
• Terminologies used in boxing are Knock out, Roundhouse punch, Hook, Uppercut, Kidney punch, Timing, Footwork, southpaw, sparer.

• Terminologies used in basketball are Free Throw, Technical Foul, Common Foul, Under Head, Overhead, etc.
• Terminologies used in chess are E.L.O. rating, international Master, Grand Master, Gambit, Kings Indian Defence, etc.
• Terminologies used in football are Goal, Kick, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Offside, Hat trick, Foul, Left out, Right out, Stopper, Defender, Move, Side back, Pass, Baseline, Rebound, Comer bick, etc.

• Sim Bhullar, in the year 2015, became the first player of Indian origin to play in an NBA game.
• He played for the team Sacramento Kings.
• He also became the first Indian player to score in an NBA game. He recorded two points against the Utah Jazz.
• Satnam Singh was the first Indian player to be selected in the NBA Draft.
• NBA stands for National Basketball Association.
• It is a basketball league for men in North America.

• Shekhar Naik is an Indian blind cricketer and a former captain of the India national blind cricket team.
• He captained India to victories at the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup in 2012 and Blind Cricket World Cup in 2014.

• Mohinder Amarnath is an Indian former cricketer who was a member of the 1983 World Cup winner team.
• He was an all-rounder cricketer who guided India to victory in the semi-final and final of the 1983 World Cup. He was awarded the 'Man of the Match' award in both semi-final and final of the World Cup.
• He has played 69 Tests and 85 ODI's for India between 1969 to 1988.

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The Indian Hockey Team is the national men's hockey team of India. It was the first non - European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal. From 1928 to 1956, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, gaining six gold medals in a row.

• Various sports and terms related to them are mentioned below:

• The term Follow-on' is used in Cricket.
• The follow on forces the team batting second to bat again just after the original innings has finished.
• Play on is also a term used in cricket.
• Play on happens when a batsman hits the ball butthe ball goes on to hit the stumps and the batsman is bowled.

Explanation:

• The Commonwealth Games take place every four years.
• The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
• The last country to join the Commonwealth was Rwanda (54th country) in 2009.
• UK, Birmingham is to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

• Table tennis made its Olympic debut in 1988.
• The game was held with men’s and women’s double in Seoul.
• In 1926, the international table tennis federation was founded.

• In tennis, the whole game is served by a player.
• Service changes in table tennis after every two points have been scored.
• Serve is changed after every point, whenever the score reaches 10-10.
• With a sophisticated racket and wooden blade coated with rubber on both sides and with the hollow plastic ball, the game of table tennis is played.

• London Olympics 2012 was the 30th Summer Olympics that concluded in London on 12 August 2012.
• The USA clinched the highest number of medals i.e. 104 (46 Gold, 29 Silver and 29 Bronze)
• India secured a total number of 6 medals (No gold).
• India’s performance at London Olympics 2012:

• Special Olympics, worldwide program to furnish people with intellectual inabilities who are eight years old or more seasoned with all year sports preparing and athletic challenge in excess of 20 Olympic-type summer and winter sports.
• Special Olympics was inaugurated in 1968 and it was officially recognized on February 15, 1988.
• It's International headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
• It held every two years alternating between winter and summer sports and each lasting for nine days.

In the first World Cup final, held on July 30, 1930, 93,000 spectators looked on as Uruguay defeated Argentina 4 - 2 in a rematch of the 1928 Olympic gold medal game.

• The game of Snooker was first played in India.
• The game of snooker originated in the British Army garrisons of India as a combination of the various billiard games.
• Snooker was invented by Neville Chamberlain in 1875.

The correct ansawe is bowling.

• Bowling is also referred to as 'Tenpins'.
• It is one of the world’s most popular recreational games.
• This game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a long, narrow lane toward a group of objects known as pins, the aim being to knock down more pins than an opponent.
• The game is quite different from the sport of bowls, or lawn bowls, in which the aim is to bring the ball to rest near a stationary ball called a jack.

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Oscar Pistorius, the "Blade Runner," is a South African sprint runner who became the first amputee to compete in the Olympics in 2012.

• Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was the apex governing body of field hockey in India formed on 7 November 1925 in Gwalior.
• It is the first Non-European Country which was a part of International Hockey Federation
• As a member of the International Hockey Federation, it represented India in all international matches under the former leadership of KPS Gill & the secretary of the federation, K.Jyothikumaran.
• The women's team was directed by the Indian Women's Hockey Federation.
• R. K. Shetty was elected as a new IHF president in 2010.

Wellington Trophy is associated with Rowing.

History & Origin:

• The Wellington Trophy in rowing can refer to several different competitions, often named after Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington. However, the most well-known trophy associated with this name is awarded in India.
• This specific trophy was established in 1943 by the Calcutta Rowing Club, one of the oldest rowing clubs in India.
• It was initially awarded to the winner of the Senior Fours event held annually at the club.

Significance & Prestige:

• Winning the Wellington Trophy is considered one of the highest honors a rower can achieve in India.
• It symbolizes excellence, dedication, and teamwork in the sport of rowing.
• Past winners have gone on to represent India in national and international competitions, further amplifying the trophy's prestige.
  

Competition & Eligibility:

• The original Wellington Trophy in Calcutta was awarded to the winner of the Senior Fours event, featuring male rowers.
• Over time, variations of the trophy were introduced for other categories, including Junior Fours, Masters Fours, and even women's events.
• Eligibility for these competitions may vary depending on the specific event and organizing body.

Chess :

• Naidu Trophy
• Limca Trophy
• Olympiad Trophy
  

Hockey:

• Guru Nanak Dev Gold Cup
• Murugappa Gold Cup
• Beighton Cup
• Dhyan Chand Trophy
  

Bridge :

• Holker Trophy
• Basalat Jha Trophy
• Ruia Gold Cup

Rowing:

• Beefeather’s Gin
• Head of the Charles Trophy
• Diamond Challenge Sculls

• A Shikara Rally of over 50 boats organized on 14 April 2021 in the Dal Lake at Srinagar by the Directorate of Tourism.
• Rally is a part of Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of India's Independence.
• The rally was flagged off by the Director of Tourism Department at Kashmir International Convention Centre.

Various sports and terms related to them are mentioned below: