Sports Solved General Knowledge MCQs - 9
1. Yelena Isinbayeva is associated with which of the following games / sports?
(a) Tennis
(b) Pole Vault ✓
(c) Boxing
(d) Weightlifting
2. The Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located at
(a) Olympia
(b) Lausanne ✓
(c) Paris
(d) Athens
3. Since the revival of the modern Olympic Games, how many times have the games been cancelled?
(a) Once in 1916
(b) Twice: 1940 and 1941
(c) Thrice: 1916, 1940 and 1944 ✓
(d) Never
4. The background, colour of Olympic Flag is
(a) Yellow
(b) White ✓
(c) Light Blue
(d) Silver
5. In one day matches who holds most man of the matches awards for 51 times
(a) Lara
(b) Jayasuriya
(c) Tendulkar ✓
(d) De Silva
6. How many wickets were taken by Wasim Akram in One day matches.
(a) 502 ✓
(b) 498
(c) 516
(d) 510
7. The Olympic Cup, instituted by IOC President Baron Peirre de Coubertin in 1906 is awarded to
(a) An institution that contributes to the development of sports ✓
(b) The country which tops the medal tally in the Olympics
(c) The sports person who mins the maximum number of medals in an Olympics
(d) The team which wins the football event in an Olympics
8. Tokyo Trophy" instituted in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics is awarded to
(a) An athlete for bagging maximum number, of gold medals in Olympics
(b) An athlete for demonstrating exemplary conduct during the Games ✓
(c) IOC President who chairs the Games
(d) National Olympics Committee of the next edition of Olympics Games
9. In which Games for the first time was Olympic mascot introduced?
(a) 1952 Helsinki, Finland
(b) 1960 Rome, Itlay
(c) 1972 Munich, Germany ✓
(d) 2000 Atlanta, USA
10. Which country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?
(a) Great Britain
(b) China
(c) United States ✓
(d) South Korea
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