Sports GK Questions
Apart from its importance in various government exams, these Important Sports Current Affairs can be very helpful in your personal interview as the interviewing officer often asks Sports-related Important Current Affairs from aspiration.
Sports GK Questions
(A) Carfball
(B) Carfball
(C) Carfball
(D) Baseball
- Baseball is the national game of the USA. Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.
2.Which is the national sport of Japan?
(A) Chess
(B) Baseball
(C) Judo
(D) Football
3.Which is the national sport of Spain?
(A) Bullfighting
(B) Judo
(C) Rugby Football
(D) Lecross
- Bullfighting is the national game of Spain.
- It is practiced predominantly in Spain as well as countries like Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
- In this game, humans or other animals engage in a physical fight with the fighting bull, in an attempt to vanquish or kill it.
- The most famous type of bullfighting is Spanish bullfighting.
4.Donald Bradman was a great player of which sport?
(A) Football
(B) Tennis
(C) Cricket
(D) none of these
- Don Bradman, byname of Sir Donald George Bradman, (born August 27, 1908, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia—died February 25, 2001, Adelaide, South Australia), Australian cricketer, one of the greatest run scorers in the history of the game and often judged the greatest player of the 20th century.
5. Cricketer Matthew Hayden is a player of which country?
(A) Nepal
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Australia
(D) India
6.In which year did India become the champion of world cup cricket for the first time?
(A) 1981
(B) 1982
(C) 1983
(D) 1986
- The Indian cricket team are two times World Champions. In addition to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup, they won the 2011 Cricket World Cup on home soil.
(A) Ishant Sharma
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Harbhajan Singh
- Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Sachin Tendulkar. The first Cricket player to be awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is Sachin Tendulkar. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the highest sporting honour given in India in the field of sports and games.
8.What is the surname of Rahul Dravid?
(A) Dravidian
(B) Mr. Relybull
(C) Rahul
(D) Mr. Rajesh
- Rahul Sharad Dravid is an Indian cricket coach and former captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment
9 ‘Ice Hockey’ is the national sport of which country?
(A) Denmark
(B) Sweden
(C) Scotland
(D) Canada
- Ice hockey is immensely popular in Canada, where it is the national winter sport and arguably the country’s most popular game. Hockey is also popular in the United States and in European countries such as Russia, Sweden, and Finlan
10.Which country is called the ‘father of cricket’?
(A) India
(B) England
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) none of these
- Having originated in south-east England, it became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries.
11.Which is the national sport of India?
(A) Kabaddi
(B) Chess
(C) Hockey
(D) Cricket
- Why is Hockey considered the National Sport of India? Hockey is considered India’s national game because it is one of the oldest games. It was approved by the Indian Hockey Federation in 1925. The first international hockey tour for Indians was played against New Zealand, with 21 games, of which India won 18.
12.Mithali Raj is a famous player in which sport?
(A) Football
(B) Cricket
(C) Chess
(D) Hockey
- Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women’s national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
13What is the weight of the ball used in cricket?
(A) 154 grams 168 grams
(B) 150 grams 168 grams
(C) 155 grams 168 grams
(D) none of these
- The ball, when new, shall weigh not less than 5.5 ounces/155.9 g, nor more than 5.75 ounces/163 g, and shall measure not less than 8.81 in/22.4 cm, nor more than 9 in/22.9 cm in circumference.
14.How many squares or squares are there in the game of chess?
(A) 64
(B) 65
(C) 66
(D) 67
- A chessboard is a gameboard used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colours of squares, one light and one dark, in a chequered pattern.
15.When is National Sports Day celebrated?
(A) 12 August
(B) 29 August
(C) 20 August
(D) 27 August
- India celebrates National Sports Day on 29th August to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The day is also dedicated to the nation’s sports heroes and champions, honoring their contribution and dedication towards bringing laurels to the country.
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