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Sports General Knowledge

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Sports General Knowledge questions cover national games, famous athletes, and sports terminologies. These topics are frequently asked in SSC, banking, railway, and state PSC exams. Regular practice helps retain facts about international tournaments and traditional games.

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Sports General Knowledge Questions

Multiple choice

With which of the following games is the Ryder Cup associated?

  1. Golf

  2. Tennis

  3. Baseball

  4. Basketball

  5. Ice hockey
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Ryder Cup is a prestigious biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. Named after Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy, it's one of golf's most celebrated team events, dating back to 1927. Unlike individual golf tournaments, this unique team format creates intense patriotic rivalry and dramatic moments in the sport.

Multiple choice

Who is Afsana Mansuri?

  1. A hockey player

  2. A basketball player

  3. A badminton player

  4. A kabaddi player
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Afsana Mansuri is a basketball player from a poor family.

Multiple choice

Ryder Cup is related with which of the following sports?

  1. Football

  2. Golf

  3. Badminton

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

The Ryder Cup is a prestigious biennial golf competition between teams from the United States and Europe. It is one of the most famous events in professional golf, not football, badminton, or cricket.

Multiple choice

Who is the Table tennis coach?

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X are eight friends and coaches of different games like cricket, football, coco, kabaddi, volleyball, martial arts, carrom, badminton, table tennis. P sits third to right of martial arts coach. Two people sit between the martial arts coach and X. Volleyball coach and carroms coach are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor X is a volleyball coach or carroms coach. Volleyball coach is not an immediate neighbour of martial arts coach. Coco coach sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of X. Coco coach is an immediate neighbor of both kabaddi coach and football coach. Football coach sits third to right of Q. Q is not the volleyball coach. R sits to the right of the coco coach. P is not the cricket coach. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the kabaddi coach.

  1. Q

  2. P

  3. R

  4. S

  5. T
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

U / kabaddi

Multiple choice

Fed Cup is related to

  1. golf

  2. table tennis

  3. hockey

  4. tennis

  5. badminton
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer is (4). 

Multiple choice

Which Indian game was considered as national game till 1952?

  1. Kabbadi

  2. Kho-Kho

  3. Volleyball

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

Kabaddi was considered India's national game until 1952 when the Indian government officially declined to designate any single game as the national sport. Kabaddi has ancient origins and remains extremely popular in rural India.

Multiple choice

Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand are associated with

  1. badminton

  2. chess

  3. lawn tennis

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

Both Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand are accomplished Indian badminton players. Saina Nehwal is an Olympic bronze medalist and former world number one, while Chetan Anand has been a national champion and Commonwealth Games medalist. They represent India's strong presence in international badminton.

Multiple choice

Who among the following is the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight crown?

  1. Muhammad Ali

  2. Mike Tyson

  3. Peter McNeely

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20 years and 4 months when he defeated Trevor Berbick in November 1986. Muhammad Ali was a legendary heavyweight but was older when he first won the title, and Peter McNeely was a Tyson opponent, not a champion.

Multiple choice

Choose the wrong pair.

  1. Charminar Trophy - Athletics

  2. Amrit Diwan Cup - Badminton

  3. Radha Mohan Cup - Weightlifting

  4. Agha Khan Cup - Hockey
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Radha Mohan Cup is associated with the game of Polo.