Sports Questions

1. Serena Williams, who won the Australian Open Tennis women’s singles title 2009, is from which country ?
(A) Belgium
(B) USA
(C) Germany
(D) Slovakia
Ans : (B)

2. With which one of the following sports is Jayanta Talukdar associated ?
(A) Golf
(B) Snookar
(C) Archery
(D) Shooting
Ans : (C)

3. Which of the following team has won the Women’s World Cup Cricket 2009 ?
(A) Australia
(B) New Zealand
(C) England
(D) India
Ans : (C)


4. Who among the following cricket players has/have held the record for scoring the highest number of runs in an inning in a cricket test match at different times ?
1. Garfield Sobers
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Zaheer Abbas
Select the correct answer using the code given below—
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans : (D)

5. Usain Bolt, The 100-metres race world record holder is from which countries ?
(A) Jamaica
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Canada
(D) Nigeria
Ans : (A)

6. What is the total number of matches which were played in the FIFA World Cup - 2006 in Germany ?
(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 63
(D) 64
Ans : (D)

7. The 19th Commonwealth Games will be held in 2010 in—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Kolkata
(C) New Delhi
(D) Mumbai
(E) Hyderabad
Ans : (C)

8. M. S. Dhoni is the first wicket keeper to make two centuries in One-day International cricket in India. He made these centuries while playing against—
(A) Sri Lanka and Pakistan
(B) Pakistan and Bangladesh
(C) Bangladesh and New Zealand
(D) Australia and Sri Lanka
Ans : (A)

9. Which of the following Trophies/Cups is associated with the game of Golf ?
(A) Iran Cup
(B) Padmawati Trophy
(C) Topolino Trophy
(D) V. C. Gupta Trophy
Ans : (C)

10. OTIS is brand name of—
(A) Software
(B) Shoes
(C) Lifts and elevators
(D) Chemicals and paints
Ans : (C)

11. The final match of the Uber Cup Badminton 2008 was played between China and—
(A) Japan
(B) Denmark
(C) Italy
(D) Indonesia
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

12. Which of the following countries won world team Table Tennis Championship 2008 for men and women both ?
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Hong Kong
(D) Germany
(E) USA
Ans : (B)

13. The World Sports Award ceremony was held recently in—
(A) Spain
(B) Italy
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) Canada
Ans : (A)

14. Marion Jones is a well known—
(A) Badminton players
(B) Tennis player
(C) Golfer
(D) Athlete
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

15. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with the game of Volleyball ?
(A) India Swarn Cup
(B) Ramanujam Trophy
(C) Lincoln Trophy
(D) Dhyanchand Trophy
(E) Him Gold Cup
Ans : (A)

16. FIFA World Cup 2010 will be organized in—
(A) Italy
(B) Brazil
(C) South Africa
(D) Britain
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

17. Which of the following terms is not related with the game of Hockey ?
(A) Soda line
(B) Tie breaker
(C) Hat trick
(D) Half volley
(E) Follow on
Ans : (E)

18. Mr. David Morgan who is newly appointed President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is from which of the following countries ?
(A) England
(B) South Africa
(C) New Zealand
(D) Australia
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

19. Consider the following statements—
1. The International Badminton Federation is located in Kualalumpur.
2. The Federation has decided in favour of India as the host for 2009 World Badminton Championship.
Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct ?
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans : (B)

20. Consider the following statements about one of India’s leading batsman—
1. He has scored now more than 10,000 runs in test matches.
2. He has made four successive centuries.
3. He has made five test double hundered.
4. He is credited with most catches by an Indian player.
Who is he—
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
Ans : (C)

21. The term ‘Beamer’ is associated with—
(A) Football
(B) Hockey
(C) Cricket
(D) Chess
Ans : (C)

22. Of which country is Bull-fighting the National game?
(A) Spain
(B) Japan
(C) Portugal
(D) Poland
Ans : (A)

23. The 2008 Olympic Games were held at—
(A) Beijing
(B) Montreal
(C) Atlanta
(D) London
Ans : (A)

24. Narain Karthikenyan is the sportsman in the field of—
(A) Formula One Car Racing
(B) Shooting
(C) Chess
(D) Golf
Ans : (A)

25. Which of the following Tennis players announced his retirement from the game recently ?
(A) Benjamin Becker
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andre Agassi
(D) Lleyton Hewit
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)