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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Sports-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Sports with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-9 section-6

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Sports .
81
Which country had hosted the football World Cup 2014?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
20th FIFA worId cup was organized in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014. Russia hosted 21st World Cup in 2018 and Qatar will host 22th FIFA World Cup.
82
Which city hosted the 30th Olympic games?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
30th Olympics Games in 2012 were hosted by London.
83
Where will the world shooting championship 2014 be held?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
World shooting championship is organized in every four year by international shooting sport federation (ISSF). World Shooting Championship 2014 was held in Granada (Spain).
84
Where will the 2014 Commonwealth Games be organized?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The 2014 Commonwealth Games were organized in Glasgow, Scotland. While 2018 Commonwealth Games got organised in Australia.
85
Where is Brabourne Stadium?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The ground is owned by the Cricket Club Of India (CCI).
86
When was the first Olympics organized?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin assembled the first International Olympic Committee and organized the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. Coubertin was inspired by the ancient Greek games-dating back to 776 B.C. where competition was honoured above winning.
Year Olympic Venue
2000 27th Sydney
2004 28th Athens
2008 29th Beijing
2012 30th London
2016 31st Rio de Jeneirio
2020 32nd Tokyo
87
When was the first Cricket World Cup organized ?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The First Cricket World Cup was organized in 1975 in England.
88
When was the first commonwealth games organized?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The first commonwealth games were organized in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada.
89
What was the Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Cash award money?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award is the highest sport decorum. Rs.5 lakh were awarded to its winner, but in 2004-05, the award money was raised to 7.5 lakh.
The winners of Rajeev Gandhi award
Year - Winner
2007 M.S.Dhoni (Cricket)
2008 No award
2009 Mary Kom (Boxing)
2009 Vijender Singh (boxing)
2009 Sushil Kumar (Wrestling)
2010 Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
2011 Gagan Narang (Shooting)
2012 Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestler) & Vijay Kumar (Shooting)
2013 Ranjan Sodhi (Shooting)
2014 No award
2015 Sania Mirza (Tennis)
2016 P.V. Sindhu (Badminton) Dipa Karmaka (Gymnastics),Jitu Rai(Shooting), Sakshi Malik(Wrestling).
2017 Devendra .Jhajharia (Para Athletics),Sardara Singh (Hockey).
90
What is the permissible length of Cricket Bat?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
According to rule no.6 of ICC, the permissible length of cricket bat is 38 inches (965mm) and width 4025 inches (108mm)