Sports Questions and Answers Set 3

Sports Questions and Answers Set 3

Sports Quiz, Sports GK, All latest Sports related Questions and Answers for Competitive Examinations.

Question 1. Aishwarya Pissay excels in which one of the following sports?

Answer. Motorsports

Aishwarya Pissay

Question 2.Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket?

Answer. Muttiah Muralitharan

Question 3. Who is the first woman cricketer in the world to score 7000 runs in one day international match?

Answer. Mithali Raj, ( India )

Question 4. How many players are there in a Baseball Team?

Answer. 9 ( Nine )

Question 5. 'National Football Museum' which keeps FIFA collection is located in which country?

Answer. England

Question 6. Ben Johnson, the well-known athlete belongs to which of the following countries?

Answer. Canada

Question 7. How many square are there in a Chess Board?

Answer. 64 

Chess Board

Question 8. Which of the following footballers has a world record of highest goal score for a single club?

Answer. Lionel Messi (Barcelona FC)

Question 9. When did India win a gold medal in football in an international tournament last?

Answer. 1962 ( Jakarta Asiad )

Question 10. Which Indian batsman was the first to hits 44 fours in a test match innings?

Answer. Laxman

Question 11. Which Indian batsman made three consecutive centuries in his first three Test matches?

Answer. Azaruddin

Question 12. When was the new logo of BWF officially launched?

Answer. 2012

Question 13. In which country were the first Asian Games held?

Answer. India

Question 14. What is the new name of Feroz Shah Kotla ground?

Answer. Arun Jaitley Stadium

Question 15. What is the middle name of the world class batsman Sachin Tendulkar?

Answer. Ramesh

Sachin Tendulkar

Question 16. Who became the youngest Grand Master of India?

Answer. Parimarjan Negi

Question 17. Where will the next Asian Games be held?

Answer. Hangzhou ( The next Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China between 10-25th September, 2022 )

Question 18. Who was the man of the match of the 1983 World Cup Final?

Answer. Amarnath

Question 19. The Olympic Museum was opened at which place?

Answer. Lausanne

Question 20. Who was the first Indian to receive the International Shooting Sport Federation ( ISSF ) Blue Cross?

Answer. Abhinav Bindra

Question 21. Who got FIFA Best Player 2019 Award?

Answer. L. Messi

Question 22. Jaspal Rana is a distinguished athlete in which game?

Answer. Shooting

Question 23. Mark Waugh is commonly called what?

Answer.  Junior

Question 24. 'Free Throw' is associated with game?

Answer. Basketball

Question 25. Who was won Man of the Match in 2011 World Cup Cricket?

Answer. MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni

Also see.. 👉 Sports Questions and Answers Set 1

Sports Questions and Answers Set 2

Sports Questions and Answers Set 2

Sports Questions and Answers Set 2

Sports Quiz, Sports GK, All latest Sports related Questions and Answers for Competitive Examinations.

1. Which player is referred as King in Cricket?
Answer 👉 Viv Richards

2. In Basket Ball, how many players are there in each side?
Answer 👉 5

3. The term Tee is connected with which sports?
Answer 👉 Golf

Golf ball on tee with club

4. By what nickname was Thomas Hearns most commonly known in boxing circles?
Answer 👉 The Hitman Hearns

5. What year did the modern Olympics start?
Answer 👉 1896 CE

6. Indonesia National game is?
Answer 👉 Badminton

7. India won it's first Olympic hockey gold in?
Answer 👉 1928

8. Which Indian Cricketer was given the title "Tiger"?
Answer 👉 Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

9. What was the first sport to have a world championship?
Answer 👉 Billiards

10. Bangalore Blues challenge cup is associated with which sport?
Answer 👉 Basketball

Basketball

11. Who are the top two scorers in the history of the SPL?
Answer 👉 Kris Boyd and Henrik Larsson

12. In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m rece?
Answer 👉 1957

13. "Queens Berry Rules" is the name given to the rules in which sports?
Answer 👉 Boxing

14. Who was youngest when they won their first Major: Steve, Tiger or Rory?
Answer 👉 Tiger Woods was twenty-one and three months

15. How many years old are horses that run in the Kentucky Derby?
Answer 👉 3

16. Volleyball is the national game of which of the following country?
Answer 👉 Sri Lanka

17. Who won the 1993 "King of the Ring"?
Answer 👉 Bret Hart

King of the Ring

18. The term "Butterfly Stroke" is associated with which sport?
Answer 👉 Swimming

19. In Polo, what is a periper of play called?
Answer 👉 Chukka

20. The great lawn tennis player Bjorn Borg is from which country?
Answer 👉 Sweden

21. Which Indian batsman became the first player to pass 10,000 runs in test cricket in 1987?
Answer 👉 Sunil Gavaskar

22. Prakash Padukone is associated with which games?
Answer 👉 Badminton

23. Who won his first Grand National aboard Don't Push It in 2010?
Answer 👉 A.P.McCoy

24. In what sport would one find a loppet?
Answer 👉 Skiing

Skiing

25. How many holes does a standard golf course have?
Answer 👉 18

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Sports Questions and Answers Set 3

Sports Questions and Answers Set 1

Sports Questions and Answers Set 1

Sports Quiz, Sports GK, All latest Sports related Questions and Answers for Competitive Examinations.

1. Which country will host Cricket World Cup 2019?

Answer 👉 England and Wales

[from 30May to 14th July 2019]

 2. How many rings are there on the Olympic flag?

Answer 👉 5

[The rings are five Interlocking rings, coloured Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red to represent the five continents the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.]

Olympic Flag Rings

3. Westchester Cup belongs to?
Answer 👉 Polo
[Polo is a horseback mounted team sport and it's known as the Sport of Kings]

4. Archery is the national sport of which country?
Answer 👉 Bhutan

5. How many number of players in one team of Kho Kho?
Answer 👉 9
[Kho kho traditional Indian Sport, 12 players per side 9 in the field and 3 extra]

Kho Kho sport

6. When was the first World Cup played?
Answer 👉 1930
[In 1930 FIFA organised the first World Cup series]

7. National sports of India?

Answer 👉 Hockey

8. The captain of a curling team is called:
Answer 👉 Skip
[Curling played on Ice]

Curling game

9. Where was the first Asian Games held?
Answer 👉 Delhi in 1951
[Asian Games is a continental multi sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia]

Asian Game logo

10. How many points is required for a win in association croquet?
Answer 👉 26
[Association Croquet is a game between sides of one or two players each]

11. Who has been named the World's best player at the inaugural best FIFA football awards 2016 in Zurich Switzerland?
Answer 👉 Cristiano Ronaldo
[Cristiano Ronaldo plays as a forward for Italian Club Juventus and Captains the Portugal National Team]

Cristiano Ronaldo

12. In what year was the first World Cup of cricket held?
Answer 👉 1975
[In 1975 the first World Cup of Cricket was played in England]

13. Which football player has been voted as the best playmaker in the world for 2016?

Answer 👉 Lionel Messi
[Lionel Messi plays as a Forward and Captains both Barcelona and Argentina National Team]

Lionel Messi

14. What is a golf ball made of?

Answer 👉 Rubber
[A golf ball is made mostly of Rubber and has a thin Plastic cover]

15. Eden Gardens Cricket stadium as in?
Answer 👉 Kolkata
[Established in 1864]

Eden Gardens

16. Who invented basketball?
Answer 👉 James Naismith
[A teacher at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts]

James Naismith

17. Which sports belongs to Canada Cup?
Answer 👉 Golf

18. How many players are on a side in international cricket matches?
Answer 👉 11
[International cricket matches are of three types Test, One-day and 20/20]

19. Naidu Cup belongs to which game?
Answer 👉 Chess
[Chess is a Two player strategy board game played on a chessboard ( 64 squares & 8×8 grid)]

Chess

20. What is the date of the first known Olympic Games?
Answer 👉 776 BCE

21. The distance of a marathon run is?
Answer 👉 26 miles 385 yards
[42.195 kilometres]

Marathon Run

22. What country hosted the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Answer 👉 Germany
[The winner was Italy]

23. What player was the first to win five straight Wimbledon tennis titles?
Answer 👉 Bjorn Borg

Bjorn Borg

24. What is the National sports of China?
Answer 👉 Table Tennis
[Also known as Ping-Pong]

25. Which country was golf invented?
Answer 👉 Scotland

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Sports Questions and Answers Set 3