General Awareness

Adventure and Extreme Sports

2,435 Questions

Adventure and extreme sports questions test knowledge of outdoor recreational activities. This includes water sports, snowboarding, and specialized safety equipment. These topics occasionally appear in the general awareness sections of SSC and banking exams.

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Adventure and Extreme Sports Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, the first and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6, respectively. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named B, C, D and E. These four parts are not given in a proper order. Choose the correct combination from the given alternatives.

  1. Recreational and sport fishing are fishing primarily for pleasure or competition. B. Typically, these prohibit the use of nets and the catching of fish with hooks not in the mouth. C. The most common form of recreational fishing is done with a rod, reel, line, hooks and any one of a wide range of baits or lures such as artificial flies. D. But recreational fishing has conventions, rules, licensing restrictions and laws that limit the way in which fish may be caught. E. The practice of catching or attempting to catch fish with a hook is generally known as angling.
  2. In angling, it is sometimes expected or required that fish be returned to the water (catch and release).

  1. BCDE

  2. DBCE

  3. CDBE

  4. EBCD
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

‘But, recreational fishing has conventions’ in D presents a problem related to 1. ‘These’ in B refers to ‘laws’ in D. B is followed by C because C explains instruments given in B. ‘angling’ connects E with 6.

Multiple choice

What is a winter activity to do in the snow?

  1. sledding

  2. swimming

  3. picnic

  4. decorating
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sledding is a classic winter activity that requires snow. Swimming and picnics are typically warm-weather activities.

Multiple choice evs let's play game sports and history community - games importance of games

Which of the following are the trick games ?

  1. Walking on the ropes

  2. High Jump

  3. Long Jump

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Trick games are those which require a special set of skills like walking on the rope, Long jump, High jump, many persons standing on the shoulders one above the other, Jumping through the fire flames, jumping through the iron ring and many more skills. In villages people used to give money, clothes, grains, etc to the performers.

Multiple choice

What is a "wipeout"?

  1. A trick where you stand on your hands

  2. Falling off the board

  3. A quick turn on top of the wave

  4. A series of difficult waves
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In surfing and other board sports, a 'wipeout' is the common slang term for falling off your board while riding a wave. It can range from a minor slip to a dramatic and dangerous fall in heavy surf.

Multiple choice

A surfer that rides with his right foot forward is called ____.

  1. Goofy

  2. Southpaw

  3. Funky

  4. Weird
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In board sports like surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding, riding with the right foot forward is known as a 'goofy stance.' Conversely, riding with the left foot forward is called a 'regular stance.'

Multiple choice

What do you use to swim faster in the sea?

  1. wings

  2. swimmers

  3. flippers

  4. flip-flops
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Flippers (or fins) are worn on the feet to increase propulsion and efficiency while swimming or diving. Wings are for flying, and flip-flops are casual footwear not meant for swimming.

Multiple choice

The sticks used to push yourself forward while skiing are...

  1. ski bats

  2. ski sticks

  3. ski posts

  4. ski poles
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ski poles are the lightweight handheld shafts used by skiers for balance and propulsion. Although sticks is sometimes used colloquially, poles is the standard and correct sporting term.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves gliding down steep mountain slopes on a specially designed board?

  1. Snowboarding

  2. Surfing

  3. Skateboarding

  4. Windsurfing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Snowboarding is an extreme sport that involves riding a snowboard down snow-covered slopes, using bindings to attach the board to the rider's boots.

Multiple choice

In rock climbing, what is the term for a section of a climb that requires the climber to use their arms and legs to ascend?

  1. Chimney

  2. Crack

  3. Face

  4. Slab
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In rock climbing, a crack is a narrow fissure in the rock that climbers use their hands and feet to ascend.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves performing acrobatic maneuvers on a bicycle in a specially designed course?

  1. BMX Freestyle

  2. Mountain Biking

  3. Road Cycling

  4. Track Cycling
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

BMX Freestyle is an extreme sport that involves performing acrobatic tricks and stunts on a BMX bicycle in a specially designed course.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specially designed surfboard on large waves in the ocean?

  1. Surfing

  2. Bodyboarding

  3. Windsurfing

  4. Kiteboarding
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Surfing is an extreme sport that involves riding a surfboard on the surface of waves in the ocean.