Sports (Part-III) (Railway)

Total Questions: 50

1. Which of the following sports Is not played in group? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 11.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Weightlifting
(2) Cricket
(3) Football
(4) Basketball

Correct Answer: (1) Weightlifting

Solution:Weightlifting is a sport that determines the placings of its competitors by adding the best of three snatch at tempts to the best of three clean and jerk attempts.

• It is an individual sport.

2. Which of the following is banned by the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 11.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Doping for increased ability to play
(2) Blasness
(3) Violation of rules
(4) Playing by rules

Correct Answer: (1) Doping for increased ability to play

Solution:Straight after the 1980 Olympic Games, the IOC Medical Commission, at the initiative of its Chair, was reorganised and expanded.

Three sub-commissions were thus created:

• Doping and biochemistry of sport

• Biomechanics and physiology of sport

• Sports medicine and orthopaedics

3. Which organisation is the global governing body of cricket? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 11.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) International Cricket Council
(2) International Premier League
(3) Melbourne Cricket Club
(4) Board of Control for Cricket in India

Correct Answer: (1) International Cricket Council

Solution:The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body for international cricket.

• It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa.

• The ICC has its headquarter in Dubai, UAE.

4. The U.S. Open a grand slam tournament, is related to which of the following games? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Volleyball
(2) Cricket
(3) Tennis
(4) Kho-Kho

Correct Answer: (3) Tennis

Solution:The US Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament.

• The four Grand Slam tournaments are the Australian Open in January. the French Open from late May to early June, Wimbledon in late June to early July, and the US Open in August-September.

5. Athlete Hima Das is associated with which Indian state? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Telangana
(2) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Assam
(4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (3) Assam

Solution:Kamakhya, a mother goddess is an important Shatipeet Tantric goddess of desire that evolved in Kamarupa in Assam.

6. The word 'Olympiad' expresses the period of _________ years. [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Three
(2) Five
(3) Two
(4) Four

Correct Answer: (4) Four

Solution:An Olympiad is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks.

• Although the Ancient Olympic Games were established during ancient Greece, it was not until the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, that the Olympiad was used as a calendar epoch.

7. Sports related provisions have been dealt in which list of the Indian Constitution? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Residual List
(2) State List
(3) Concurrent list
(4) Central List

Correct Answer: (2) State List

Solution:The Seventh Schedule under Article 246 of the Constitution deals with the division of powers between the Union and the States. It contains three lists Union List, State List and Concurrent List.

• The Subject of sports comes under the State List of the Indian Constitution.

8. Which of the following sports is related to the Cooch Behar Trophy? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Table Tennis
(2) Chess
(3) Basketball
(4) Cricket

Correct Answer: (4) Cricket

Solution:The Cooch Behar Trophy is India's national cricket tournament for under-19 players.

• It has been held annually since the 1945-46 season.

9. Which of the following games is used to train astronauts? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 15.02.2019 Shift-I]

(1) Taekwondo
(2) Fencing
(3) Horseback riding
(4) Gymnastics

Correct Answer: (4) Gymnastics

Solution:The astronauts usually play gymnastics like hand-stand, flips and twists.

10. The Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup are related to which of the following games? [RRB RPF Constable Exam, 18.02.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Terinis
(2) Basketball
(3) Golf
(4) Badminton

Correct Answer: (4) Badminton

Solution:The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition.

• The Uber Cup is sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women.

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