General Awareness

Adventure and Extreme Sports

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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

Which extreme sport involves flying through the air while attached to a parachute that is deployed after jumping from an aircraft?

  1. Hang Gliding

  2. Paragliding

  3. Skydiving

  4. Base Jumping
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Skydiving is an extreme sport where individuals jump from an aircraft and free-fall through the air before deploying a parachute.

Multiple choice

What is the term for a maneuver in skydiving where the diver spins their body while falling through the air?

  1. Somersault

  2. Backflip

  3. Twister

  4. Freefall
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A twister in skydiving is a maneuver where the diver spins their body while falling through the air.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while lying face down?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Skeleton is an extreme sport where athletes ride a specialized board down a steep, icy track while lying face down.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while sitting or kneeling?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Bobsleigh is an extreme sport where athletes ride a specialized sled down a steep, icy track while sitting or kneeling.

Multiple choice

In bobsleigh, what is the term for the person who steers the sled?

  1. Driver

  2. Brakeman

  3. Pusher

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

In bobsleigh, the driver is the person who steers the sled.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while standing up?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Curling is not an extreme sport, it is a precision sport played on ice.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while standing up?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Curling is not an extreme sport, it is a precision sport played on ice.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while standing up?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Curling is not an extreme sport, it is a precision sport played on ice.

Multiple choice

Which extreme sport involves riding a specialized board down a steep, icy track while standing up?

  1. Bobsleigh

  2. Skeleton

  3. Luge

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

Curling is not an extreme sport, it is a precision sport played on ice.

Multiple choice

In snowboarding, what is the term for a jump where the rider spins their body around while in the air?

  1. Backflip

  2. Frontside 360

  3. Caballerial

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

A frontside 360 is a snowboarding jump where the rider spins their body 360 degrees in the direction of their toes while in the air.

Multiple choice

In bobsledding, what is the term for the person who steers the sled?

  1. Driver

  2. Brakeman

  3. Pusher

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

The driver in bobsledding is the person who steers the sled and controls its direction.

Multiple choice

In figure skating, what is the term for a jump where the skater takes off backwards and lands forwards?

  1. Axel

  2. Salchow

  3. Loop

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

An Axel is a figure skating jump where the skater takes off backwards and lands forwards.

Multiple choice

In ski jumping, what is the term for the hill down which the skiers descend before taking off?

  1. Inrun

  2. K-point

  3. Landing hill

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

The inrun in ski jumping is the hill down which the skiers descend before taking off.

Multiple choice

In cross-country skiing, what is the term for a technique where the skier uses one ski to push off the snow while the other ski glides?

  1. Diagonal stride

  2. Double poling

  3. Skate skiing

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

Diagonal stride is a technique used in cross-country skiing where the skier uses one ski to push off the snow while the other ski glides.

Multiple choice

In snowboarding, what is the term for a jump where the rider spins their body around while in the air and lands backwards?

  1. Backflip

  2. Frontside 360

  3. Caballerial

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

A backflip is a snowboarding jump where the rider spins their body around while in the air and lands backwards.