91. Which country has won the Hopman Cup recently ?
Correct Answer:-A ( Spain )
Description:- The Hopman Cup is an annual international team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January (sometimes commencing in late December) each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis. It is also known as the ITF World Mixed Team Championships. The Hopman Cup XXII was held in Perth, Australia, in 2010. Spain won their third title, defeating Great Britain in the final 2–1. Slovakia were the defending champions, but were not invited to participate in 2010, whilst Kazakhstan qualified for the event by winning the Asian Hopman Cup
92. 2018 FIFA World Cup would be held in
Correct Answer:-A ( Russia )
Description:- The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that is scheduled to take place in 2018 in Russia. The tournament will involve 32 national teams, including that of the host nation. This will be the first time Russia hosts the tournament, as well as the first World Cup in Eastern Europe. It will also become the first World Cup held in more than one continent, namely Europe and Asia. Russia is also to become the largest nation geographically to host the World Cup, surpassing the United States.
93. Which of the following countries did not win any of the “FIFA World Cup” in 2002, 2006 & 2010 ?
Correct Answer:-D ( South Africa )
Description:- The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0 in the final. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July, 2006 in Germany. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup which took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July, 2010. In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time, with Andrés Iniesta’s goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, becoming the eighth nation to win the tournament, and the first European nation to win the tournament outside its home continent.
94. The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at :
Correct Answer:-C ( Johannesburg )
Description:- The final was held on 11 July, 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0, with an extra time goal by Andrés Iniesta. Iniesta scored the latest winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final. The win gave Spain their first World Cup title, becoming the eighth team to win it. This made them the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in 1958, and the first team to win the tournament after having lost their opening game.
95. Who got the ‘Purple Cap’ for taking maximum number of wickets in IPL-4 series ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Lasith Malinga )
Description:- IPL has created a distinction for the highest wicket- taking bowler and highest run getter. The Purple Cap is for the highest wicket-taking bowler and Orange cap is for the highest run getter. Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians won the Purple Cap in IPL-4 for taking 28 wickets in 16 matches. Note : Virat kholi was orange cap winner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar was purpal cap winner in IPL- 2016.
96. The Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix was held on October 30, 2011 at
Correct Answer:-B ( Greater Noida )
Description:- The Indian Grand Prix (sometimes referred to as the Grand Prix of India) is a motor race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship currently being held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida near New Delhi. The first event took place on 30 October, 2011 as the 17th race of the 2011 Formula One season. The circuit, designed by circuit architect Hermann Tilke, is 5.141 kilometres in length. The track is spread across an area of 875 acres, and is a part of Jaypee Green Sports city.
97. Sebastian Vettel won the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix held at Greater Noida on October 30, 2011. This was also his _____ win of the season.
Correct Answer:-B ( 11th )
Description:- The first Formula One Grand Prix was held at the circuit on 30 October 2011. The inaugural race was won by Germany’s Sebastian Vettel, his 11th victory of the season. He also took the fastest lap of the race on his last lap. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium for Ferrari, in third position. Sachin Tendulkar waved the chequered flag to end the race. The only Indian driver, Narain Karthikeyan of HRT F1, finished in 17th position.
98. The term ‘Pitcher’ is associated with :
Correct Answer:-C ( Baseball )
Description:- In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher’s mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. In most cases, the objective of the pitcher is to deliver the pitch to the catcher without allowing the batter to hit the ball with the bat. A successful pitch is delivered in such a way that the batter either allows the pitch to pass through the strike zone, swings the bat at the ball and misses it, or hits the ball poorly (resulting in a pop fly or ground out). If the batter elects not to swing at the pitch, it is called a strike if any part of the ball passes through the strike zone and a ball is when no part of the ball passes through the strike zone.
99. Which is the first of the four Grandslam tennis tournaments to be held each year?
Correct Answer:-D ( Australian open )
Description:- The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
100. Which of the following International Tennis Tournaments is not held at the same venue year after year?
Correct Answer:-B ( Davis cup )
Description:- The Davis Cup competition is spread over four weekends during the year. Each elimination round between competing nations is held in one of the countries. The ITF determines the host countries for all possible matchups before each year’s tournament.
101. Which of the following international tennis tournaments is held on grass court?
Correct Answer:-C ( Wimbledon )
Description:- Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered to be the biggest and the most prestigious. It is the only Major still played on grass, the game’s original surface, which gave the game its original name of “lawn tennis”.
102. Which India cricketer holds the unique record of three consecutive centuries in his first three tests?
Correct Answer:-B ( Mohammad Azharuddin )
Description:- Mohammad Azharuddin has the unique distinction of scoring a century in each of his first three Tests – a feat unmatched till date. He achieved this feat against England in the 1984-1985 cricketing season.
103. The first World Cup in cricket was held in
Correct Answer:-A ( 1975)
Description:- The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc.
104. Which country is to host the First Afro-Asian Games in 2001?
Correct Answer:-A ( India )
Description:- The Inaugural Afro-Asian Games were held in 2003 in Hyderabad, India. The second Games were set to take place in Algiers, Algeria in 2007. However, the Games were indefinitely postponed because “Asians failed to line up the Asian Games gold medalists”.
105. Free-throw is given in this sport
Correct Answer:-B ( Basket ball )
Description:- In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court (the free throw line; informally known as the foul line), and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team. Each successful free throw is worth one point.
106. Name the sportsman who has made maximum centuries in one day cricket.
Correct Answer:-B ( Sachin Tendulkar )
Description:- Sachin Tendulkar scored 49 centuries in One Day International matches which is a record. He is the only cricketer along with compatriot Virender Sehwag to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format – against South Africa at Gwalior. Besides, he scored maximum 18426 runs in 452 innings of ODI cricket at an astonishing average of 44.83.
107. The name of Seema Antil is associated with this sport
Correct Answer:-A ( Discus Throw )
Description:- Seema Antil is an Indian discus thrower. She originally won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for pseudoephedrine.
108. The famous woman Tennis player, who was stabbed during a match, is
Correct Answer:-B ( Monica Seles )
Description:- Monica Seles was the victim of an on-court attack, when a man stabbed her in the back with a 9-inchlong knife in April 1993. It happened during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading 6–4, 4–3, when Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed her.
109. With which game is Geet Sethi associated?
Correct Answer:-C ( Billiards )
Description:- Geet Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professionallevel and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two world records, in English billiards.
110. Whose name from the following is associated with a famous sports trophy ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Dwight F. Davis )
Description:- Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. In 1900, Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor.
111. Who is the first Indian cricketer to take a hat-trick of wickets in a Test ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Harbhajan Singh )
Description:- In 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan’s career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team’s leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket.
112. The first Indian woman to get an Olympic medal is
Correct Answer:-B ( Karnam Malleswari )
Description:- Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney lifting 110 kg in the Snatch and 130 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 240 kg, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. In 1992 she participated in the Asian championship which took place in Thailand, and won three silver medals. She also won three bronze medals in the world championship.
113. Developed as a less strenuous alternative to basket ball which game was invented in 1895 by William Morgan ?
Correct Answer:-C ( Volleyball )
Description:- William G. Morgan was the inventor of volleyball, originally called “Mintonette”. Influenced by Naismith and basketball, in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented “Mintonette” a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill. Later Alfred S. Halstead watched Mintonnette and renamed it “Volleyball” as the point of the game is to “volley” the “ball” back and forth over the net.
114. The word “Jumpball” is associated with
Correct Answer:-C ( Basketball )
Description:- A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after it is tossed up into the air in between them by an official.
115. ‘Lay up shot’ is a term associated with which of the following games?
Correct Answer:-C ( Basketball )
Description:- A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and into the basket. The motion and onehanded reach distinguish it from a jump shot. The layup is considered the most basic shot in basketball. When doing a layup, the player lifts the outside foot, or the foot away from the basket.
116. With which sport is the term “butterfly stroke” linked ?
Correct Answer:-B ( Swimming )
Description:- The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the “dolphin kick”). While other styles like the breaststroke, front crawl, or backstroke can be swum adequately by beginners, the butterfly is a more difficult stroke that requires good technique as well as strong muscles.
117. Where did the game of Chess originate ?
Correct Answer:-A ( India )
Description:- The earliest predecessors of chess originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.
118. ‘Thomas Cup’ is associated with which game/sports ?
Correct Answer:-D ( Badminton )
Description:- The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men’s Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport’s global governing body. The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982 tournament, amended from being conducted every three years since the first tournament held in 1948-1949.
119. ‘ Subroto Cup’ is associated with which game/sports?
Correct Answer:-B ( Football )
Description:- Subroto Cup Football Tournament is an inter-school football tournament in India, named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. The first tournament was held in 1960, with participation of about 50 school teams. The number of schools participating increased over the years. Since 1998, the tournament is played in two age groups, sub-Junior (under 14 years) and Junior (under 17 years).
120. Santosh Trophy is associated with :
Correct Answer:-B ( Football )
Description:- Santosh Trophy is an annual Indian football tournament which is contested by states and government institutions. The tournament first began in 1941, and was the premier football competition in the country before the National Football League started in the year 1996. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, which is now in Bangladesh.
