General Awareness

Traditional and Board Games

1,196 Questions

Traditional and board games cover the rules, history, and tactics of games like chess, Snakes and Ladders, and ancient regional pastimes. Questions often address specific moves, piece movements, and historical origins of these games. Test your general knowledge of indoor games through these curated practice questions.

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Traditional and Board Games Questions

Multiple choice softskills communication

LYNCH

  1. Hang

  2. Madden

  3. Kill

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

To lynch is to put someone to death (usually by hanging) by mob action without legal authority. While 'hang' is the common method, 'kill' is the broader definition of the act. In synonym tests, 'kill' or 'execute' are standard answers for lynch.

Multiple choice technology

what is the name of the first computer that defeated the worlds greatest chess player?

  1. deep blue

  2. colossus

  3. solaris

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

IBM's Deep Blue made history in 1997 when it defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match. This was the first time a computer defeated a world champion in a standard match. Colossus was a WWII code-breaking computer, Solaris is an operating system, and Samsung is an electronics company.

Multiple choice

Which game does Uma play?

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play hockey and chess each and two of them play golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play hockey and the tallest does not play golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and is the second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays chess with Sonika and is the fourth tallest. Varun does not play hockey or golf. Qurashi does not play golf. Risha is taller than Tanvi.

  1. Hockey

  2. Golf

  3. Chess

  4. Cannot be determined

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

Qurashi > Uma > (Risha/Sonika) > Waseem > (Sonika/Risha) > Tanvi > Varun > Poonam   |||| |---|---|---| |Hockey|Chess|Golf| |Qurashi|Waseem|Poonam| | Uma|Sonika|Tanvi | | Risha|Varun| |

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six statements.

1 An explanation for this almost unbelievable growth is provided by what Sagan calls the secret of Persian chessboard.

A. The shrewd vizier said that he was a humble man, and his request of a reward for the invention was a small one.

B. He, wanted the king to give him a single grain of wheat on the first square and twice on second and so on for all 64 squares.

C. According to his version, the Grand vizier of Persia invented a war game (known today as chess).

D. The king was amazed at the non demand of jewels or places.

6 And by the end, the doubling process resulted in 75 billion metric tons.

  1. DBAC

  2. ACDB

  3. DBCA

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

The sentences are given in a story, attached with the invention of chess. So, the appropriate sentence to follow 1 should be sentence C, which describes the invention of chess by Grand vizier of Persia. Thus, CABD is the correct option.

Multiple choice

The term " Pawn " is related to which game?

  1. Chess

  2. Hockey

  3. Lawn Tennis

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A pawn is a specific piece in chess. Each player starts with 8 pawns. Pawns move forward one square (or two on their first move) but capture diagonally forward. The term 'pawn' is also used metaphorically for someone easily manipulated, but its primary meaning relates to chess.

Multiple choice

Which Super Computer beat world champion Garry Kasparov in the highly publicised 'Man Vs Machine' chess match?

  1. Param

  2. Deep Blue

  3. Blue Gene

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

IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match in May 1997, marking the first time a computer beat a reigning world champion in a standard match. Deep Blue could evaluate 200 million chess positions per second using specialized hardware and software. This victory demonstrated the potential of brute-force computing combined with sophisticated evaluation functions in complex strategic domains.

Multiple choice

The national game of which of the following nations is Chess?

  1. Russia

  2. India

  3. America

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

While chess is extremely popular in Russia and has produced many world champions, Russia does not have an officially designated 'national game' in the same way some countries do. However, among the given options, Russia is most closely associated with chess as a culturally significant sport. India's national game is field hockey, and America doesn't have an officially designated national sport either (though baseball is widely considered the national pastime).

Multiple choice

The term 'stalemate' is related with the game of

  1. chess

  2. bridge

  3. billiards

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

Stalemate is a chess term where a player whose turn it is to move has no legal moves and their king is not in check - resulting in a draw. This concept doesn't exist in bridge, billiards, or tennis with the same technical meaning. Stalemate is unique to chess and similar board games where a deadlock situation can occur.

Multiple choice

The Red Coin in Carom Board is called as …..

  1. Queen

  2. King

  3. Night

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

The pieces are also known as seed, coin or Pawnpuck. The red piece is called the queen, and it can be pocketed any time you want after sinking.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. Jacks, or Jackstones is a children's game using 6 to 12 six-pointed jacks and a rubber ball.

A. A player throws the ball in the air and tries to pick up increasing number of jacks with toss.

B. In other parts of the world, seeds, stones, bones or filled bags are used by adults and children to play games similar to jacks.

C. Jacks is of prehistoric origin and is played worldwide.

D. Games similar to Jacks are depicted in ancient Greek art, and in Pre-Christian Rome Jacks was a gambling game.

  1. Only in U.S. and Canada Jacks is considered as a girl's games.

  1. BACD

  2. DCBA

  3. ACDB

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

Owing to common reference to historical aspect of the game of jacks, both sentences C and D need to be paired together. Also, sentence B describes jack as game played by adults and children and 6 states that in US and Canada, it is considered a girl's game, therefore, these two must be paired together. Thus, on basis of given inferences, option (3) is most valid answer choice.