General Awareness

Sports Venues and Events

1,310 Questions

Attempt these general awareness questions focusing on international sports venues and historical events. The topics cover famous cricket stadiums, global multi sport events, and locations. This quiz is highly beneficial for SSC, banking, and railway exam preparation.

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Sports Venues and Events Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Emirates durham International Ground

  2. Rosebowl

  3. Trentbridge

  4. Grace Road

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

Durham Dynamos (now Durham cricket team) play at the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, commonly called Riverside. The other options are Hampshire (Rose Bowl), Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge), and Leicestershire (Grace Road).

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. The Oval

  2. Tauton

  3. Edgbaston

  4. Headingley

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

Surrey Lions (now Surrey County Cricket Club) play their home matches at The Oval in Kennington, London. The Oval is one of England's most famous cricket grounds and regularly hosts Test matches. Surrey has been based there since 1845.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. County Ground,Northampton

  2. Cricket Ground ,Northampton

  3. Hove,London

  4. Edgbaston

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

The County Ground in Northampton is the home ground of Northamptonshire Steelbacks (note the spelling is Steelbacks, not Steel Backs). Edgbaston is Birmingham's ground, and Hove is in Sussex (not London).

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Headingley,Leeds

  2. Hove,London

  3. Edgbaston

  4. Tauton

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

Headingley in Leeds is indeed the home ground of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Hove is Sussex's home ground, Edgbaston belongs to Warwickshire, and Taunton is Somerset's ground.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. St.Lawrence road

  2. Nevil Road

  3. Edgbaston

  4. Lord's

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

Edgbaston in Birmingham is the home ground of Warwickshire Bears (Warwickshire County Cricket Club). Lord's is Middlesex's home ground, St Lawrence Road is in Canterbury (Kent), and Nevil Road is Bristol (Gloucestershire).

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Cricket ground,Nottinghamshire

  2. County Ground,Nottinghamshire

  3. Trentbridge

  4. Rosebowl

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

Trent Bridge in Nottingham is the home ground of Nottinghamshire Outlaws (Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club). The question spells it 'Trentbridge' but the intended answer is clear. Rose Bowl is Hampshire's ground.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Durban

  2. Cape Town

  3. Rustenburg

  4. Johannesburg

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

Johannesburg hosted two stadiums for the 2010 World Cup: Soccer City (the main venue for the final) and Ellis Park. No other city had two venues in this tournament.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Pretoria

  2. Brits

  3. Polokwane

  4. Mokopane

  5. Libode

  6. Germiston

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,D,E,F Correct answer
Explanation

FIFA 2010 was hosted in 9 South African cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Polokwane, Nelspruit, and Rustenburg. Brits, Mokopane, Libode, and Germiston were not host cities.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. DELHI

  2. MUMBAI

  3. CHIPLUN

  4. PUNE

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

Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history, was born in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1973. Mumbai has been home to many cricket legends and remains the center of Indian cricket.