Sports - General Knowledge Questions

A)
2020
B)
2018
C)
2015
D)
2014

Correct Answer :   2014

The first induction ceremony to the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame took place in 2014.

A)
37
B)
135
C)
211
D)
315

Correct Answer :   211

FIFA recognises 6 Confedrations and 211 National Associations. FIFA has more member states than the UN as FIFA recognises 23 non-sovereign entities as distinct nations, Palestine, et

A)
Russia
B)
China
C)
Hungary
D)
Japan

Correct Answer :   Russia

Russia is the champion of Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship 2018 conducted by the United World Wrestling held in Budapest, Hungary in October 2018.

A)
A French tennis player
B)
A Canadian tennis player
C)
An Australian tennis player
D)
An American tennis player

Correct Answer :   A French tennis player

Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was one of tennis’s biggest stars in the 1920s, building her popularity on her status as the youngest major champion in tennis history as well as her elegant style of play and exuberant personality. Often playing in front of sell-out crowds and appearing on the front pages of newspapers for her biggest matches, she is often regarded as the first female athlete to become a global sports celebrity. Lenglen was ranked No. 1 in the world from 1921 through 1926, winning 8 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in total. She also won 10 World Championship titles across all disciplines. Dissatisfied with her lack of income, she forfeited her amateur status and became the first women’s tennis player to turn professional. Lenglen has been ranked by the Tennis Channel as the greatest women’s tennis player from the amateur era.

A)
Andy Murray
B)
Reginald Doherty
C)
Rafael Nadal
D)
Vincent Richards

Correct Answer :   Reginald Doherty

Reginald Doherty is the male tennis player who won the most number of medals in tennis in the Summer Olympics, as of 2016.

A)
Founder of modern squash
B)
Founder of modern golf
C)
Founder of modern table tennis
D)
Founder of modern lawn tennis

Correct Answer :   Founder of modern lawn tennis

Walter Clopton Wingfield was a Welsh inventor and a British Army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997, as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield himself can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.

A)
Tennis
B)
Football
C)
Wrestling
D)
Badminton

Correct Answer :   Wrestling

Sambo is a Soviet martial art, an internationally-practised combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling included by UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling.

A)
Sunil Gavaskar
B)
M. Amarnath
C)
Kapil Dev
D)
Roger Binny

Correct Answer :   M. Amarnath

This capped off an amazing win by the Indians over the all-conquering West Indian side!

A)
1
B)
4
C)
9
D)
10

Correct Answer :   1

Yograj Singh hit 1 four throughout his test career.

A)
Chandigarh
B)
Hyderabad
C)
Delhi
D)
Indore

Correct Answer :   Chandigarh

Yashpal Sharma played his last ODI on Jan 27,1985 match at Chandigarh.