General Awareness

Adventure and Extreme Sports

2,605 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
  1. Yatching

  2. Fishing

  3. Canoeing

  4. Swimming

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Angling is another term for fishing, specifically the practice of catching fish using a rod, line, and hook. It's one of the oldest and most common forms of recreational fishing worldwide.

Multiple choice
  1. May 29, 1953

  2. August 10, 1955

  3. May 5, 1960

  4. May 25, 1962

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

May 29, 1953, marks the historic first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay (an Indian citizen born in Nepal) and Edmund Hillary. This date is universally recognized in mountaineering history. Option A correctly states this significant achievement.

Multiple choice
  1. PRQS

  2. SQRP

  3. SPQR

  4. QRPS

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Blank 1 describes adventure sports, so S presents the correct description. Q fits the blank 2 as it talks about the dependence of adventure sports on 'the topography and weather conditions'. Thus, SQRP is the correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Boxing

  2. Cycling

  3. Mountaineering

  4. Hockey

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who gained international fame for his climbing skills. He was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, accomplishing the feat with Edmund Hillary in 1953.

Multiple choice
  1. Commander Vinod Bhasin

  2. Commander Anup Singh

  3. Commander K N Sushil

  4. Commander Vijay Shankar

  5. Commander Dilip Donde

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

42-year-old naval officer Dilip Donde returned to Mumbai on May 22, 2010 after 277 days round the world solo sailing trip 'Sagar Parikrama'. Dhonde had left Mumbai on August 19, 2009 on a specially designed, state-of-the-art 56-foot sailboat, INSV (Indian Naval Sailing Vessel) Mhadei built by Aquarius ship builders based in Goa. He became the first Indian to achieve this milestone travelling over 21,600 nautical miles. Dhonde had trained with the legendary Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail solo and non-stop round the world in 1968-69. The world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation was set in January 2008 by Frenchman Francis Joyon at 67 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds.

Multiple choice
  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
  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.