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CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Sports And Games Of India And World Quiz 7 - MCQExams.com
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Class 8 General Knowledge
Sports And Games Of India And World
Quiz 7
Name the World's oldest cricketer who hails from South Africa and died in September 2016?
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Johnny Watkins
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Lindsay Tuckett
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Heroon Lorgat
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Joe Cox
Explanation
Lindsay Tuckett was the
World's oldest cricketer who hails from South Africa and died in September 2016.
Konsam Ormila Devi has bagged a gold at 2017 Commonwealth Youth weightlifting championships. She is related to which weight category?
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44kg
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57kg
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64kg
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49kg
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Konsam Ormila Devi has bagged gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth weightlifting championships. She is related to the
44kg
weight category.
Who has won the International Cricketer the year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International Awards 2017 ?
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Chris Gayle
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Ross Taylor
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Ravichandran Ashwin
Explanation
Ravichandran Ashwin
has won the International Cricketer the year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International Awards 2017.
The first ever meeting of the Union Cabinet outside New Delhi was held in
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Alwar
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Ajmer
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Jaipur
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Sariska
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The first-ever meeting of the Union Cabinet outside New Delhi was held in
Sariska.
Who among the following has won $$33^{rd}$$ edition of 2017 Miami Open tournament in Men's Single Category?
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Roger Federer
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Rafael Nadal
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Andy Murray
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Novak Djokovic
Explanation
Roger Federer
has won 33rd33rd edition of 2017 Miami Open tournament in Men's Single Category.
Who among the following has been named Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016?
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Virat Kohli
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Ben Stokes
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Ab de Villiers
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Chris Gayle
Explanation
Virat Kohli
has been named Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016.
US based National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched India's first basketball school in which city?
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Kochi
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Kolkata
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Mumbai
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New Delhi
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US-based National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched India's first basketball school in
Mumbai.
What is the rank of Indian women's team according to the latest ICC women's championships ranking?
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$$1^{st}$$
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$$4^{th}$$
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$$2^{nd}$$
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$$3^{rd}$$
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4th rank is Indian women's team according to the latest ICC women's championships ranking.
Indian government has directed internet majors to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game recently. What is the name of the game?
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Red Alert
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Blue Whale Challenge
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Counter Strike
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Need for Speed
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The Indian government has directed internet majors to immediately remove the links to the dangerous
Blue Whale Challenge
game recently.
Joint meetings of two or more zonal councils can be held. Such meetings are presided over by the
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Prime Minister
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Union Home Minister
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Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission
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Vice Chairman of the National Development Council
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Joint meetings of two or more zonal councils can be held. Such meetings are presided over by the
Union Home Minister.
Who among the following can attend meetings of the Union Cabinet?
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Cabinet Ministers
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Ministers of State
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Deputy Ministers
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President
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Cabinet Ministers
can attend meetings of the Union Cabinet.
Name the first cricketer to score $$1000$$ runs in an innings in any competitive match.
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Prithvi Shaw
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Pranav Dhanawade
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Virat Kohli
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Shikhar Dhawan
Which country won the 2016 Men's Kabaddi World Cup
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India
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Thailand
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Pakistan
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Iran
Match the following:
Player
Sport
Mithali Raj
a. Hockey
Poonam Rani
b. 3000m Steeplechases
Lalita Babar
c. Cricket
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1-c; 2-b; 3-a
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1-a; 2-b; 3-c
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1-a; 2-c; 3-b
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1-c; 2-a; 3-b
The absolute minimum number of times that Union Parliament must meet every year is
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4
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2
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1
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The absolute minimum number of times that Union Parliament must meet every year is 2.
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Kidambi Srikanth is associated with which sport?
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Tennis
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Badminton
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Hockey
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Chess
A Snickometer is associated with which sports?
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Tennis
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Cricket
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Hockey
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Football
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Snickometer is the name of a computer and camera system used in Cricket matches.
It is used to give the television audience more information and to show if the ball did or did not actually hit the bat.
Who was the $$2015$$ Men's Rugby World Cup Winner?
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New Zealand
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South Africa
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Australia
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England
Choose the most appropriate option.
The bowler who has claimed the fastest $$250$$ wickets in Cricket test matches is:
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Dennis Lillee
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Rangana Herath
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Anil Kumble
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Ravichandran Ashwin.
Explanation
Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach 250 wickets in Tests.
The Indian spinner surpassed Australian legend Dennis Lillee's record by taking just 45 matches to reach the landmark. He achieved the milestone in his 37th Test match.
Young Indian shuttler K. Srikanth on $$15$$ March $$2015$$ won which of the following mahor badminton championship?
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China Grand Prix Gold
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Australian Grand Prix Gold
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Swiss Grand Prix Gold
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Indonesian Grand Prix Gold
Explanation
India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on 15 March 2015 won badminton’s prestigious Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title in Men’s singles category.
He became the first Indian to win this prestigious title in Men’s singles category.
He defeated Denmark’s defending champion Viktor Axelsen in the final.
In February $$2015$$, which Indian Cricket legend has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame?
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Rahul Dravid
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Anil Kumble
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Mohammad Azharuddin
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Former India Captain and ace spinner Anil Kumble was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2015.
He was the 4th Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
He was felicitated during the ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and South Africa in Melbourne.
At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent?
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Narsingh Yadav
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Abhinav Bindra
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Dipa Karmakar
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Sania Mirza
Who has become the champion of the $$3$$rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament?
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Srinath Narayanan
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Dibyendu Barua
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Shyam Sundar M
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Deep Sengupta
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Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan from Chennai has become the champion of the LIC 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2018 and clinches a prize purse of Rs 3 lakh at The Newtown School on May 22. He registered a quick draw against Shyam Sundar M to won the final match of the tournament.
India's first national sports university will come up in which state?
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Assam
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Uttar Pradesh
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Manipur
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Sikkim
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The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has approved an ordinance to set up the Indias first national sports university in Imphal, Manipur. The ordinance is on the lines of the bill introduced in Lok Sabha in August, 2017, which is already pending in Parliament. The proposed university will be spread over 325 acres and cost Rs 524 crore. It will promote sports education in the areas of sports sciences, sports technology, sports management, and sports coaching. It will function as a national training centre for select sports disciplines. It may also establish campuses and study centres in other parts of the country. The University will be empowered to grant degrees, diplomas and certificates.
Zhang Beiwen has won the $$4$$th edition of India Open Badminton tournament $$2018$$. She hails from which country?
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Germany
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United States
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Thailand
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France
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Zhang Beiwen, a professional badminton player from America, has won the 4th edition of India Open Badminton tournament 2018 in New Delhi on February 4, 2018. In the final, she defeated Olympics and World Championships Silver medalist PV Sindhu by 2118, 1121, 2220 at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium. It was the fifth meeting between Sindhu and Zhang and the head-to-head record now is 3-2 with Sindhu losing this match.
Who has become the first Egyptian footballer to win the Professional Footballer's Association(PFA) Player of the Year for the $$2017-18$$ season?
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Mohamed Salah
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Kevin De Bruyne
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Gary Lineker
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Ahmad Elmohamady
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Mohamed Salah of Liverpool has become the first Egyptian player to be crowned the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) player of the year at the $$45$$th PFA awards at Grosvenor House in central London on April $$22, 2018$$. He is the first Liverpool player since Ian Rush to score $$40$$ goals in a season, and has also matched Luis Suarezs record of $$31$$ Premier League goals in a campaign. He may yet break Rushs goal record of $$47$$ in a season. He currently has $$41$$ goals in just $$46$$ appearance in all competitions.
Which one of the following countries has failed to qualify for the first time in 60 years for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia in the year 2018?
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Mexico
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Iran
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Saudi Arabia
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Italy
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Italy, the four-time World Cup winners, failed to qualify for the first time in 60 years for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia.
Who among the following is the winner of the Singapore Open Superseries Badminton Men's Singles title 2017?
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Kidambi Srikanth
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Lin Dan
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B. Sai Praneeth
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Kento Momota
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The 2017 Singapore Super Series
was the fourth Super Series tournament of
the 2017 BWF Super Series. B. Sai Praneeth won the tournament.
Which Indian fencer has won a silver in the Sabre event of the Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship in Iceland?
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Nandani Magesh
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Ruchi Trikha
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C A Bhavani Devi
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Geeta Singh
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Indian fencer C A Bhavani Devi from Tamil Nadu has won a silver medal in the sabre event of the Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland on April $$29,2018$$. In the final, she went down $$10-15$$ to USA's Alexis Browne. Bhavani beat Parede Torres $$15-9$$ in the quarterfinal and followed it up by getting past Guila Arpino of Italy $$15-10$$ in the semifinal. Bhavani Devi had won a gold at the $$2017$$ Reykjavik tournament to become the first Indian win to do so in an international fencing event.
Siddhant Banthia has won the Indian leg of the junior French Open wild card tournament. He belongs to which city?
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Patna
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Pune
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New Delhi
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Indore
Explanation
Siddhant Banthia from Pune has won the Indian leg of the junior French Open wild card tournament in New Delhi on April $$27, 2018$$. He beat reigning Under-16 national champion Mann Maulik Shah $$6-4, 2-6, 7-6.$$ The girls event was won by Rashmikaa S Bhamidipaty, who defeated Tanisha Kashyap $$6-4, 6-4$$. Banthia will now compete with winners from China and Brazil in the final Qualifier to get an entry into the main draw of the junior French Open.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran has clinched his first-ever singles tennis title on the ATP Challenger circuit. He belongs to which city?
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Chennai
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New Delhi
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Kochi
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Patna
Explanation
Prajnesh Gunneswaran from Chennai has clinched his first ever singles tennis title on the ATP Challenger circuit on April $$29, 2018$$. In the final of the Kunming Open at Anning, China, he defeated Egypts Mohammed Safwat in three sets $$5-7, 6-3, 6-1$$. He pocketed $$21,600$$ and earned $$125$$ points, which will push him inside top-$$200$$. The new ranking chart will be issued on April $$30$$. India will now have three players inside top-$$200$$ as Prajnesh is expected to be around $$175$$. Yuki Bhambri leads the chart for the country at number $$83$$ and is followed by Ramkumar Ramanathan at the $$115$$ position. It may be recalled that Prajnesh had won the decisive fifth rubber of the recent Asia/Oceania Group I second round Davis Cup Tie against China at Tianjin.
In equestrian sport, the dressage competition is judged according to the horse's willing obedience to the rider's smallest commands called aids, and the purity of execution of movements. Which of these is not a technique judged during dressage?
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Half Pass
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Passage
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Foxtrot
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Piaffe
Explanation
Equestrianism is the sport of horseback riding. Dressage, Showjumping, and Eventing are some events related to Equestrianism.
The dressage is known to be the highest expression of horse training. It is an event where horses do not jump but must be very obedient to their riders.
The objective of dressage is to develop a horse’s natural ability to perform.
The $$100$$ meter hurdles are a track and field event with spaced obstacles. It is run in lanes in which hurdles are placed so that athletes alternate between sprinting and jumping. How many hurdles are there in each lane?
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$$6$$
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$$8$$
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$$10$$
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$$12$$
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Hurdle race is a type of track and field race in which a runner races over a series of obstacles called hurdles. The hurdles are set a fixed distance apart in a lane.
Each lane consists of 10 hurdles. The hurdles are knocked down easily if touched, which allows the athlete to continue the race even if he collides with them.
In which of the following cities 2020 edition of the Olympic Games will be held?
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Berlin
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Tokyo
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Madrid
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Istanbul
This sport is a test of speed, flexibility, co-ordination, reflexes, and tactics. It requires nerves of steel and very often patience. Its footwork is compared to that of boxing. It involves the use of the epee, foil or sabre. Can you name the sport?
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Ski jumping
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Fencing
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Kickboxing
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Wrestling
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Fencing is a sport that includes two people with swords. It involves 3 types of weapons that are used for attack and defense according to set movements and rules.
The Foil, which is a light and easy to bend weapon.
The Epee, which is the heaviest of the three weapons, and is used to target the whole body and the Sabre which is the used as a cutting weapon.
Snooker is played with $$22$$ balls and a cue. The object of the game is to alternately sink red balls and coloured balls using the cue ball. What colour is the cue ball, the only ball a player is allowed to touch?
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Black
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Yellow
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Blue
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White
Explanation
Snooker is a sport played on a large table having holes or pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions.
It is played with 22 balls and a cue. The players use long thin sticks called cues to strike the cue ball which is white in colour.
Study the given figure. Which of the following personalities best represents $$X$$?
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Sushil Kumar
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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None of these
Explanation
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an internationally acclaimed shooter and ex-Armyman. Rathore is also a Member of Parliament (MP) from Jaipur Rural seat.
He has won several prestigious awards and highest honours, such as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri.
This swimming technique was invented in Hawaii in $$1893$$. Once underwater, the swimmer surfaces with powerful flutter kicks. The legs are then submerged and perform flutter kicks, while the arms are alternately lifted forward and then pulled through the water. Which stroke are we talking about?
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Crawl
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Backstroke
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Butterfly
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Breaststroke
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The crawl stroke is a racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, taking alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.
It is sometimes referred to as the front crawl or freestyle technique.
In $$1929$$ this American professional baseball team became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of their uniform. They are also the only team that do not have the players' names on their uniform. Which team are we talking about?
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New York Yankees
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Boston Red Sox
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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Yomiuri Giants
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The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team from New York City. They are one of the most famous and successful sports franchises.
The Yankees have the players number on the back of the uniform jersey, and not the players name.
Zara Phillips-Tindall is the second-eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II. As a member of the Great Britain Team, she won a silver medal at the London $$2012$$ Olympics which was presented to her by her mother, who herself was an Olympian. In which sport did she win the medal?
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Golf
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Equestrian
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Gymnastics
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Polo
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Zara Anne Elizabeth is a British equestrian and the second-eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Zara is an accomplished equestrian and won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, which was awarded to her by her mother.
The Afro-Asian Games were a series of multi-sport competitions held between athletes from Asia and Africa. India played host to its first edition with Hyderabad as the host city. Where were the second Games going to be held before the Games were pronounced 'postponed indefinitely'?
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Cairo, Egypt
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Algiers, Algeria
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Mombasa, Kenya
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Abuja, Nigeria
Explanation
The Afro-Asian Games was an inter-continental multi-sport competition held between athletes from Asia and Africa. The event was held only once, in 2003.
The second Games were planned to take place in Algiers, Algeria in 2007. However, the Games were indefinitely postponed.
The Venus Rosewater Dish, Ladies' Singles Trophy, is awarded for which of the following tournaments?
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Wimbledon Championship
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European Championship
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Rothman's Trophy
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Fed Cup
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The Ladies' Singles Trophy is a silver tray, sometimes referred to as the Rosewater Dish or Venus Rosewater Dish, which was first presented to the Wimbledon Champion when the challenge round was introduced in 1886. It is presented to the winner of Ladies' single championship.
A retired American professional boxer, also known as Malik Abdul Aziz is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. Whom are we talking about?
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Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1986, at age 20.
Tyson went on to win the heavyweight world title with a stunning number of knockouts and was the first boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles at the same time, and was the only heavyweight to successively unify them.
The odd one out in the given options is
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Chelsea F.C.
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AFC Ajax
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Real Madrid C.F.
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Wimbledon.
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The Wimbledon Championships is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.
Chelsea FC, AFC Ajax and Real Madrid CF are professional football clubs.
Which of the following was the official logo of 16th Asian Games?
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The Asian Games are the second largest sports event in the world after the Summer Olympic Games. The 16th Asian games was held in Guangzhou, China.
The design concept of the official logo of the 16th Asian Games was based on the legend about the Guangzhou, featured a stylised calligraphic "Stone Statue of Five Goats in Yuexiu Hill", a symbol of the host city.
Hector Mendoza won with his national team, the gold medal of the $$2014 $$ Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. With which sport is he associated?
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Basketball
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Rugby
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Baseball
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Equestrian
Explanation
Hector Manuel Mendoza is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher.
He won with his national team, the gold medal of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.
He also won the title of best right-handed relief pitcher and gold medal in the 2015 Caribbean Series.
Water polo is a ball sport played between $$2$$ teams. It combines speed, endurance, accuracy and of course, team spirit. Apart from the goal keeper, how many active players are there in each team in the pool?
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$$5$$
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$$6$$
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$$7$$
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$$8$$
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Water polo is a team game played in water with a ball. It has similarities to basketball and football.
It combines the tactical elements and the physicality of sports like swimming, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, and rugby.
It is played between two teams. Each team has six field players and one goalkeeper.
The trophy shown in the picture was originally named 'Victory'. It was later renamed in honour of former Association president, Jules Rimet. It was won by Brazil in $$1970$$, but got stolen in 1983 and was never recovered. For which game was this trophy awarded?
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Hockey
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Soccer
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Lawn Tennis
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Golf
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Victory trophy is related to the game of Soccer. Though, originally called Victory, the trophy was renamed in 1946 to honour FIFA President Jules Rimet.
The trophy is gold-plated sterling silver. The 35 centimetres tall, 3.8-kilogram trophy depicts a winged Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, carrying a decagonal cup.
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between $$2007$$ and $$2009$$ in India. $$9$$ teams participated in the League from four countries. Which of the following was not a team that participated?
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Lahore Badshahs
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Dhaka Warriors
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Ahmedabad Rockets
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Chandigarh Cats
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The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
It was not affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or International Cricket Council (ICC) and thus lacked large scale commercial support.
Lahore Badshahs, Dhaka Warriors, Ahmedabad Rockets and Chandigarh Lions were some of the teams that participated in the ICL.
This tournament is India's oldest football tournament, named after its founder who was a Foreign Secretary in-charge of India from $$1884$$ to $$1894$$. Which tournament are we talking about?
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Wilson Cup
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Durand Cup
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Santosh Trophy
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Subroto Cup
Explanation
Durand Cup or Durand Football Tournament is a football competition in India. It was founded in 1888 (131 years ago). It is Asia’s oldest football tournament and 3rd oldest football tournament in the world.
The Tournament is named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary in charge of India from 1884 to 1894.
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