25 GK Questions and Answers on Game and Sports
1. Which country won the first world cricket cup?
(a) England (b) West Indies (c) Australia (d) India
2. With what game is ‘Ranji Trophy’ associated?
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(a) Bridge (b) Lawn Tennis (c) Cricket (d) Football
3. ‘Leg Bye” is associated with the game of: (a) Hockey (b) Cricket
(c) Tennis (d) None of these
4. With what game is ‘Santosh Trophy’ associated?
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(a) Badminton (b) Cricket
(c) Hockey (d) Football
5 With what game is ‘Ashes’ associated?
(a) Football (b) Cricket
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(c) Hockey (d) Tennis
6. The 1996 Olympic Games were held in
(a) Los Angles (b) Atlanta
(c) North Korea (d) None of these
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7. With what game is Grand Slam associated?
(a) Bridge (b) Table Tennis
(c) Volleyball (d) Chess
H With what games ‘Swaythling Cup’ associated?
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(a) Hockey (b) Table Tennis
(c) Lawn Tennis (d) None of these
9. With what game ‘Davis Cup’associated?
(a) Lawn Tennis (b) Badminton
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(c) Table Tennis (d) Hockey
10. With what game is ‘Maiden Over’ associated?
(a) Cricket (b) Bridge (c) Golf (d) Hockey
11. With which game was Steffi Graf associated?
(a) Chess (b) Tennis
(c) Athletics (d) None of these
12. Shivaji Hockey Stadium is located in
(a) Amritsar (b) Varanasi
(c) Kolkata (d) New Delhi
13. Wankhede Stadium is located in
(a) Mumbai (b) Varanasi
(c) Chennai (d) Poona
14. The dimensions of Badminton Court (for doubles) are
(a) 14′ x 17′ (b) 42′ x 18′
(c) 43′ x 19′ id) 44′ x 20′
15. Arjun Awards to the best sportsmen of the year were instituted by the Government of India in
(a) 1960 (b) 1961
(c) 1962 (d) 1963
16. In Cricket the length of wicket pitch is:
(a) 22 yds (b) 20 yds (c) 18 yds (d) 16 yds
17. The highest number of medals in the XXVI Atlanta Olympics was won by
(a) United States (b) Germany
(c) China (d) Russia
18. The National Game of India is
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Tennis (d) Basketball
19. Lala Amarnath was associated with the sport of:
(a) Cricket (b) Hockey
(c) Football {d) Lawn Tennis
20. Modern Cricket was first played in
(a) U.K. (b) West Indies
(c) India (d) Pakistan
21. Olympic Games were originally started in
(a) 1849 (b) 1880 (c) 766 B.C. (d) 1876
22. The “Rovers Cup” is associated with
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Lawn Tennis (d) Badminton
23. The term ‘penalty corner’ is associated with
(a) Hockey (ft) Polo
(c) Cricket (d) Badminton
24. The world champion for chess is
(a) Boris Spasky (ft) Bobby Fischer
(c) Anatoly Karpov (d) None of these
25. The term ‘jockey’ is associated with
(a) Polo (ft) Bridge
(c) Playing Card (d) Horse Racing
Answers
1. (ft) 8. (ft) 15. (ft) 22. (ft)
2. (c) 9. (a) 16. (a) 23. (a)
3. (ft) 10. (a) 17. (a) 24. (d)
4. {d) 11. (ft) 18. (a) 25. (d)
5- (ft) 12. (d) 19. (a)
6. (ft) 13. (a) 20. (ft)
7. (a) 14. tf) 21. (c)