Questions Based on Sports

1. Who won the FIH 2014-15 Hockey World League for Men?
Ans: Australia.

 F Belgium became the runners up. Indian clinched the third place.

 F The 2014-15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was won by Argentina. They defeated New Zealand in the finals. The third spot was clinched by Germany.

F The tournament is organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)


2. Name the long handled tool used in polo to hit the ball.
Ans: Mallet  

3. Which Indian chess player won the FIDE World Online Women's Blitz Championship?
Ans: Harika Dronavali

4. The 2018 Asian Games will be hosted by Indonesia. For the first time, two cities will host the games. Name the cities.
Ans: Jakarta and Palembang

5. Who were named the 2015 World Athletes of the year by the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF)?
Ans: Ashton Eaton (USA) and Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia).

F Both athletes set world records during 2015, Eaton in the decathlon and Dibaba in the 1500 meter race.

6. Who won the 2015 Player of the Year award, by the Badminton World Federation?
Ans: Female Player of the Year - Carolina Marin (Spain)

F Male Player of the Year - Chen Long (China)

7. Which are the two Indian players who are currently in the first twenty of the World Squash rankings?
Ans: Joshua Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikkal

8. How many Indians are so far inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?
Ans: Four (Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Anil Kumble)

9. Which games, involving nations from Asia, will be hosted by the city of Sapporo in Japan in 2017?
Ans: Asian Winter Games

10. Virendar Sehwag, who retired from international test cricket recently, belonged to which Ranji team?
Ans: Delhi

11. How many weight classes are there in the men's Olympic weightlifting?
Ans: Eight

F There are only seven weight classes in women's Olympic weightlifting

12. In the 2016 Olympic hockey, each match will be played in four quarters of how many minutes?
Ans: Fifteen Minutes

13. According to the reforms proposals approved by the FIFA Executive Committee, a FIFA President as well as the members of the FIFA Council can have a maximum of how many terms?
Ans: Three.

F Each term consists of four years.

14. The Rovers Cup championship was held for the first time in 1891. It was discontinued after the 2000-2001 edition qf the tournament. Which game is associated with this Indian tournament?
Ans: Football

15. Which is the only Indian player who is currently among the first 100 of the world professional men's golf rankings?
Ans: Anirban Lahiri

16. A volleyball team consists of how many players?
Ans: Six

17. In which swimming style in Olympics is the athlete's movements are similar to those of a frog?
Ans: Breaststroke

18. In which year was the Indian Premier League hosted by South Africa?
Ans: 2009

19. Which tennis player, in 1960, reached world no. 6 in rankings?
Ans: Ramanathan Krishnan

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