CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Sports And Games Of India And World Quiz 10 - MCQExams.com

• Lords cricket ground is called the "Home of cricket" or the “Mecca of cricket” because it was the first officially built ground for the game of cricket.
• It was first opened in the year 1814 and was home to international cricket since 1884.
• It has hosted 10 ICC Cricket World Cup fixtures, including the finals of the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 editions.

• Longines is a famous Swiss watchmaker and a member of the Swatch group.
• Canterbury is a sports brand which specialises in Rugby wear. 
• Spalding is an American sporting goods company which specializes in the production of balls for Basketball whereas FILA is an Italian sporting company known for making sport wears.

• The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is a cricket stadium located at Gahunje, Pimpri, Pune.
• The DY Patil Sports Stadium is a football and a cricket stadium at D. Y. Patil campus at Nerul in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Moin-Ul-Haq Stadium or Rajendra Nagar Stadium is located in Patna, Bihar.
• Feroz Shah Kotla stadium is located in New Delhi.

• The Hopman Cup is a hard-court tennis tournament held every year in Australia and was named in honour of one of Australia’s greatest tennis players and coaches, Harry Hopman.
• Richard Gasquet led France to its second title at the mixed teams Hopman Cup 2017 which was held in Perth.

• Taekwondo is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional martial arts. American Taekwondo Association is the world’s largest organization dedicated to teaching Taekwondo.
• There are 9 degrees of black belts in Taekwondo with 1st degree being the initial black belt and 9th being the Taekwondo Grandmaster.

• Portugal won the 2016 UEFA European football championship by defeating host France.
• It was Portugal’s first UEFA European Championship title. It won the Euro 2016 and thus earned the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Russia.

• The theme of the 2016 Euro Cup was 'celebrating the art of football' and the design hoped to encapture both the artistic theme and the identity of the host nation- France.
• The logo was focused around the Henri Delaunay Cup with a strong red white and blue colour scheme, staying strong to French traditions.

• The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 was hosted by Australia and New Zealand during February and March.
• The final took place between Australia and New Zealand in Melbourne, Australia. The final winner was Australia.

• Uneven bars or uneven parallel bars is an Olympic gymnastics event performed only by women.
• The uneven bars are two bars set apart at different heights, so the gymnast can move from bar to bar. They are made of a steel frame and fiber glass with wood coating.

• The Vancouver Games mascots were creatures inspired by the fauna and tales of the First Nations on the West Coast of Canada.
• Miga is a sea bear, a mythical animal that is part killer whale and part Kermode bear. The Kermode bear, also called “Bear Spirit” lives only in British Columbia.

• Surfing at the Summer Olympics will make its debut appearance in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
• Surfing is a water sport done in the ocean or sea. The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore.

• The Hockey Junior World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
• India defeated Belgium 2-1 in the final to lift the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. The final was played at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

• Madhavrao Scindia was a famous Congress politician. BCCI had named an award in honour of him.
• Shreyas Iyer was felicitated with the Madhavrao Scindia award for highest scorer in Ranji Trophy 2015-16. The Mumbai middle-order batsman had a fantastic run, aggregating 1321 runs.

• Niranjan Mukundan is an Indian para-swimmer. He was born with a physical deformity called Spina Bifida (a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the backbone and membranes around the spinal cord).
• He won the National Award for best sportsperson of the year by Government of India in 2015.

• Indian shuttlers Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis won the Peru International Series 2016 title.
• Seeded 2nd, the Indians upset the top-seeded Mexican pair of Job Castillo and Lino Munoz in the final.

• Kapil Dev, the Cricket icon and former Indian skipper, was inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. He was presented with a citation by former India player and Legends Club president Madhav Apte.
• Kapil Dev, who led India to the emphatic World Cup victory in 1983, is considered one of the India’s greatest all-rounders.

• Johan Cruyff was a legendary Dutch professional footballer and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or a forward,
• A very talented footballer, he was good at every aspect of offensive football vision, shooting, passing and most importantly, dribbling.
• He introduced a strategy called Total Football. It is a tactical playing theory in football where any outfield player adopts the role of any other player in the team.

• The game of Water Polo originated in Britain and it was one of the original sports featured at the the first ever modern Olympic Games in 1900.
• It is one of the fastest and toughest team sports, which can best be described as a combination of Swimming, Handball, Football, Rugby and Wrestling.

• Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional cricket associations.
• Vidarbha cricket team won the 2017 Ranji Trophy tournament beating the Delhi team. It was Vidarbha’s first Ranji Trophy title.

• The Blue Koala named ‘Borobi’ is the official mascot of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. ‘Borobi’ is an aboriginal term for Koala.
• With the majority of his body in blue, there are several markings on his paws and legs which convey different meanings. His ears are accompanied by yellow strokes horizontally.

The top-seeded Indian team has won the gold medal in the boys team event at the 18th Asian Junior Team Squash Championship-2017 by defeating Malaysia by 2-0 in the final in Hong Kong. It’s 2nd time that Indian boys team has won the championship. Earlier in 2011, they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo.

• Sebastian Vettel, a German racing driver, has won the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Australia. He is a formula one world champion.

• Diving is a form of movement downwards, either from air to ground or to water and is often done from a springboard or an elevated platform.
• The 2016 Rio Olympic diving games took place at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca and featured up to 136 athletes.

• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 6.5 million members and supporters.
• In 2000, PETA shot a vegetarian ad featuring international cricket star Anil Kumble holding a bat that read “Go Veg”. The ad was shot at Lords, the world-renowned cricket ground.

• Water polo is a team water sport.
• The game consists of 4 quarters in which the two teams attempt to score goals by throwing the yellow coloured ball into their opponent’s goal, with the team with the most goals at the end of the game winning the match.
• The team consists of 6 field players and one goalkeeper in the water at any one time.

• The Indian Olympic Association is the governing body for the Olympic Movement and the Commonwealth Games in India and is an affiliated member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• It was established in the year 1927 with Sir Dorabji Tata as its Founding President.
• Sir Dorabji Tata, the founder of Tata Group was a businessman and an avid sports lover.

• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the highest sporting award in India. This award is given annually to those sport persons who make country proud at the international events.
• The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019 was awarded to Bajrang Punia for wrestling and Deepa Malik for athletics.