General Awareness

Sports Training and Athletics

2,262 Questions

Sports training and athletics questions focus on sports injuries, weightlifting techniques, and Paralympic events. Candidates learn about conditioning programs and historical Olympic events. These questions are commonly found in the general awareness section of multiple competitive exams.

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Sports Training and Athletics Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. First place

  2. Second place

  3. Third place

  4. Last place

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

If you overtake the person in second place, you take their position and become second. The person who was previously second drops to third. You don't become first - you would need to overtake the race leader for that. This is a common trick question that tests careful reading rather than mathematical calculation.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. weight lifting

  2. wrestling

  3. boxing

  4. shooting

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

The Clean and Jerk and the Snatch are the two primary lifts in Olympic weightlifting competitions. These explosive movements require lifting a barbell from the ground to overhead in one or two movements. They are not terms used in wrestling, boxing, or shooting.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Two metres per hour

  2. Two metres per second

  3. Two inches per second

  4. Two kilometres per second

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

The maximum allowable wind speed for setting athletics records in sprinting and jumping events is 2 meters per second (approximately 4.5 mph or 7.2 km/h). This limit ensures fair competition by preventing athletes from gaining significant advantage from tailwinds. The other options use incorrect units (hour, inches, kilometers per second is impossibly fast).

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Swimming

  2. Sprint

  3. short activities

  4. Shot put

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

Red muscle fibers (slow-twitch fibers) are specialized for endurance activities like swimming, long-distance running, and cycling. They are fatigue-resistant and use aerobic metabolism. Sprint activities, short bursts, and shot put rely more on white fibers (fast-twitch) for explosive power.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. Friendship, Brotherhood, Love

  2. Truth, Faster, Belief

  3. Truth, Belief, Conquer

  4. Faster, Higher, Stronger

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

The Olympic motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' is Latin for 'Faster, Higher, Stronger.' This motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, and was officially adopted in 1894.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Combined ABS

  2. Casual ABS

  3. Caution ABS

  4. Cornering ABS

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

C-ABS stands for Combined ABS, an advanced braking system that integrates anti-lock braking with other braking technologies like electronic brakeforce distribution for enhanced vehicle safety.

Multiple choice softskills communication
  1. jump in horse riding

  2. jump as in bungee-jumping

  3. jump in a pole vault

  4. jump in ice skating

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

An axel is a specific type of jump in figure skating (ice skating), named after its inventor Axel Paulsen. It is the only jump where the skater takes off while facing forward and rotates forward. It is not related to horse riding, bungee-jumping, or pole vault.

Multiple choice softskills communication
  1. I use to be an excellent athlete in my school days.

  2. Myself was an excellent athlete in my school days.

  3. Myself used to be an excellent athlete in my school days.

  4. I used to be an excellent athlete in my school days.

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

The correct answer is D because 'used to be' correctly describes a past habit or state (being an excellent athlete in school days) that is no longer true. Options A and B incorrectly use 'use to' which is grammatically invalid; it should be 'used to'. Option C incorrectly uses 'myself' as a subject pronoun; 'myself' is a reflexive pronoun and cannot be the subject of a sentence.

Multiple choice
  1. Pistol Shooting

  2. Swimming

  3. 100 metre race

  4. Weightlifting

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

Samresh Jung is a renowned Indian pistol shooter who represented India in international shooting competitions, including the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. He specialized in pistol shooting events, particularly center-fire pistol. Swimming, 100m race, and weightlifting are entirely different sports unrelated to his career.

Multiple choice
  1. 10.60 sec

  2. 10.65 sec

  3. 10.70 sec

  4. 10.75 sec

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

Marion Jones set the 100 meters world record of 10.75 seconds in 1988. Note: This record was later nullified due to her admission of performance-enhancing drug use, but the question refers to the timing she achieved. Options A, B, and C do not match her recorded time.