General Awareness

Sports Management and Governance

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Sports management and governance involves the economic, technological, and administrative aspects of sports. Questions cover facility maintenance, sports tourism, and fan engagement strategies. This subject tests understanding of how sports organizations operate and impact regional economies.

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Sports Management and Governance Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Owner of Delhi Daredevils

  1. GRM Holdings

  2. GMR Holdings

  3. Sabre Holdings

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

GMR Holdings owned the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). The other options are incorrect - GRM Holdings and Mgr Holdings are likely misspellings or non-existent entities in this context. Sabre Holdings is a travel technology company unrelated to IPL.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Owner of Chennai Super Kings

  1. Deccan Herald

  2. Deccan Chronicles

  3. India Cements

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

India Cements owned Chennai Super Kings. N. Srinivasan, who was BCCI president, headed India Cements. Deccan Herald and Deccan Chronicles are media companies, and Indian Airlines has no connection to IPL ownership.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  1. A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  2. B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  3. C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  4. D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

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

Seats can be counted, so use "fewer" not "less". "Fewer seats" is grammatically correct for countable nouns. The extra words "that had" are unnecessary.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  1. A. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  2. B. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  3. C. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

  4. D. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.

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

This question tests the correct use of 'fewer' vs 'less'. 'Fewer' is used with countable nouns (things you can count individually), while 'less' is used with uncountable nouns. 'Seats' are countable (you can count individual seats), so 'fewer seats' is correct. Options A and C use 'fewer seats' correctly. Between them, Option A is preferred because it's more concise - the clause 'with fewer seats to reduce supply' is cleaner than 'that had fewer seats to reduce supply.' Options B and D incorrectly use 'less' with the countable noun 'seats'.

Multiple choice

Rather than depending upon membership fees, as it does now, the club should depend more heavily on spectator tickets to finance the upkeep of their sports facilities, so that the sports facilities can be maintained without reducing the number of events scheduled. Spectators should pay all of the maintenance costs, even if such costs were to increase. These changes would be fair since only spectators benefit from the sports facilities.

Which of the following is an assumption made in the argument above?

  1. The number of spectators should determine the amount that the club grants in the upkeep of the sports facilities.

  2. Membership fees should not be used to finance sporting facilities that benefit a selected number of people.

  3. If needed, membership fees should be raised to ensure the upkeep of the athletic facilities.

  4. The club should grant support from membership fees to any sporting facilities that have events open to spectators.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The conclusion is that 'spectators should pay all of the maintenance costs'. The principle is that 'only spectators benefit from the sporting facilities'. So, the assumption must be that only those who benefit from the facilities should pay for them.

Multiple choice

The was appointed chairman of the Indian cricket team in 2009?

  1. Gavaskar

  2. Dalmia

  3. Srikanth

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

Krishnamachari Srikkanth was appointed chairman of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) in 2009. The question has a grammatical error ('The was appointed' is missing the subject).

Multiple choice

The motif of the passage is

Real Madrid had great players, but that’s not enough in today’s world. It needed someone who could bring sponsors to their stadium. It needed someone who could charm and entertain the spectators with his skills on the field. It needed David Beckham and didn’t hesitate to pay a huge price for him. Real Madrid’s revenues from club merchandise (Shirts, Caps et al) jumped 67 per cent in Beckham’s first season alone. Suddenly, Real Madrid started earning more from ticket sales, television deals and other promotional activities. Its overall commercial income, which includes money deals from sponsors like Adidas, Pepsi et al now stands at pounds 80 million a year. When Beckham was with Manchester United, it was the richest club; today it’s Real Madrid. This is the “Beckham Effect” and marketers & merchandisers are loving it.

Yao Ming, the very popular Chinese basketball player, was purchased by an American basketball club. The reason? They had no reach or influence in the Asian market and Ming could help them get it, for soon after Ming’s transfer to NBA (National Basketball Association of America) opened merchandise stores all over Asia. Looking at NBA’s success, Seattle Mariners purchased Japanese National Baseball player Ichiro. Tourist flow from Japan has significantly increased to Seattle since then. Not to mention the fact that Ichiro merchandise happens to be one of the top selling merchandise in the league.

  1. merchandising

  2. leagues

  3. sport accessories

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

The passage focuses on how sports clubs use famous players to increase merchandise sales, ticket revenue, and commercial deals, which is the definition of merchandising.

Multiple choice

NBA opened its merchandise stores in

Real Madrid had great players, but that’s not enough in today’s world. It needed someone who could bring sponsors to their stadium. It needed someone who could charm and entertain the spectators with his skills on the field. It needed David Beckham and didn’t hesitate to pay a huge price for him. Real Madrid’s revenues from club merchandise (Shirts, Caps et al) jumped 67 per cent in Beckham’s first season alone. Suddenly, Real Madrid started earning more from ticket sales, television deals and other promotional activities. Its overall commercial income, which includes money deals from sponsors like Adidas, Pepsi et al now stands at pounds 80 million a year. When Beckham was with Manchester United, it was the richest club; today it’s Real Madrid. This is the “Beckham Effect” and marketers & merchandisers are loving it.

Yao Ming, the very popular Chinese basketball player, was purchased by an American basketball club. The reason? They had no reach or influence in the Asian market and Ming could help them get it, for soon after Ming’s transfer to NBA (National Basketball Association of America) opened merchandise stores all over Asia. Looking at NBA’s success, Seattle Mariners purchased Japanese National Baseball player Ichiro. Tourist flow from Japan has significantly increased to Seattle since then. Not to mention the fact that Ichiro merchandise happens to be one of the top selling merchandise in the league.

  1. Asia

  2. Japan

  3. Seattle

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

The passage states that after Ming's transfer to the NBA, the organization 'opened merchandise stores all over Asia'.

Multiple choice

NBA is associated with which sport?

Real Madrid had great players, but that’s not enough in today’s world. It needed someone who could bring sponsors to their stadium. It needed someone who could charm and entertain the spectators with his skills on the field. It needed David Beckham and didn’t hesitate to pay a huge price for him. Real Madrid’s revenues from club merchandise (Shirts, Caps et al) jumped 67 per cent in Beckham’s first season alone. Suddenly, Real Madrid started earning more from ticket sales, television deals and other promotional activities. Its overall commercial income, which includes money deals from sponsors like Adidas, Pepsi et al now stands at pounds 80 million a year. When Beckham was with Manchester United, it was the richest club; today it’s Real Madrid. This is the “Beckham Effect” and marketers & merchandisers are loving it.

Yao Ming, the very popular Chinese basketball player, was purchased by an American basketball club. The reason? They had no reach or influence in the Asian market and Ming could help them get it, for soon after Ming’s transfer to NBA (National Basketball Association of America) opened merchandise stores all over Asia. Looking at NBA’s success, Seattle Mariners purchased Japanese National Baseball player Ichiro. Tourist flow from Japan has significantly increased to Seattle since then. Not to mention the fact that Ichiro merchandise happens to be one of the top selling merchandise in the league.

  1. Basketball

  2. Football

  3. Baseball

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

The passage refers to Yao Ming as a 'popular Chinese basketball player' and discusses his transfer to the NBA, which is the National Basketball Association.

Multiple choice

Which of the following organisations is not a part of the Olympic movement?

  1. International Olympic Committee

  2. International Sports Federations

  3. International sponsors of Olympic events

  4. Organizing Committees of Olympic Games
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Olympic Movement consists of the IOC, International Federations, and National Olympic Committees. Corporate sponsors are partners, but they are not considered part of the formal Olympic Movement structure.