Sports GK
Sports GK
GAMES
THE OLYMPIC GAMES (Most prestigious games in the world)
Olympic games are major multi sport events normally held once in 4years
In 776 BC Ancient Olympic Games held in the Greek country and continued upto A.D.394.
In the year 1894 AD the concept of the Olympic Games was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin (France).
He is known as father of modern Olympics games
1st modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens (Greece) 13 Countries are participated.
Olympic games were not been held so far-1916,1940,1944 (due to world wars)
OLYMPIC MOTTO :
1st Olympic games : 1896 Athens (Greece).
32 Olympic games : 2020 Japan-Tokyo (Discover Tomorrow)
33 Olympic games : 2024 France-Paris
34 Olympic games : 2028 USA- Las Angels
WINTER OLYMPICS
First winter Olympics games were held in 1924 (France)
23th winter Olympic games were held in 2018 -Pyongyang (South Korea)24th winter Olympic
games were held in 2022- beijing (China)
PARALYMPIC GAMES
First held in 1948 in England
2018 Paralympics held soutrh Korea
2020 Paralympics held Tokyo
ASIAN GAMES
Secong largest sports after the Olympics
1st Asian Games were held in Delhi - 1951
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TENNIS
Tennis is also called Grand slam tournamentThere are 04 Grandslams tournaments
Astralian open, French open, Wimbledon (England), U.S open
NATIONAL GAMES COUNTRY
1. India Hockey
2. Pakistan Hockey
3. Canada Ice Hockey
4. China Ping Pong (Table Tennis)
5. Japan Ju Jitsu (or) Judo
6. Russia Chess
7. Scot Land Rugby
8. Australia, Newziland, Cricket
England, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Zimbambwe
9. Malaysia Badminton
10. Spain Bull Fight
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TERMS:
L.B.W. Drive Silly Point Leg-spinner
Creases Bowling Cover Point Hat-trick
Popping Creases Duck out Hit Wicket Maiden Over
Stumped Bye Follow on Late cut
Leg-Bye No ball Of-spinner
Googly Leg Break Watchman
FOOT BALL
Cups
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TERMS
Off side, block, drop-kick, penalty kick, corner-kick, (Goal Kick), free kick, dribble.
HOCKEY
Cups
Agha Khan Cup Dhyan chand trophy Nehru gold cup
Azlan shaw cup Gurmeet trophy Guru nanak cup
Clarke trophy Champions trophy Ranga swamy cup
Nehru trophy Kuppu swamy naidu Wellington cup
TERMS
Carried, short corner, bully, sticks, off side, roll in, striking cirda, under-cutting, dribble, penalty stroke,
centre half.
TENNIS
Cups
Davis cup Grand prix French open cup
Dr. Rajendra Prasad cup German open cup Federatin cup
Wimbeldon trophy. Australian open cup
TERMS
Back Hand, Back Spin, Raseling Dance, Fault, Grand Glam, Half Volley. Let Velley Wimbledon.
CHESS
Trophy
Khaithan trophy, Limca trophy, Naidu trophy
TERMS
Bishop gamblet Knight Grand master Stalemate
Checkmate Queen King Pawn
Bishop
BADMINTON
Cups
Agarwal cup, Uber cup, Yonex cup, Thomas cup
Terms
Drop, let, smash donce, loh, cross-court, net short, double fault, game, love/low service, setting,
pen handle push
SWIMMING
Breast stroke, butter fly, Crawl, Free style, Lane, Pool, Backstroke
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BOXING
Punch, upper cut, round, know out, the belt, hitting below, ring craft, defence, hook, kidney punch, bout.
GOLF
Boggy, tee, put, hole, niblie, caddie, links, the green, bunker.
HORSE RACING
Jockey, punter
SHOOTING
Bulls eye, Target, Range
VOLLY BALL
Deuce, Booster,Spiker, Side arm
TABLE TENNIS
Volley, Late Service
KABADDI
Rider, Markline, Defender, Back line, Bonus
PLACES ASSOCIATION WITH SPORTS
Ambedkar Stadium Delhi (Football)
Ferozesha Kotla Ground Delhi(Cricket)
National Stadium Delhi (Hockey)
Shivaji Stadium Delhi (Hockey)
Indra Prasta Stadium Delhi (Indoor Games)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi (Athletic)
Nehru Stadium Delhi (Hockey)
Eden Garden ` Kolkata (Cricket)
Salt Lake Stadium. Kolkatta (Football)
Netaji Stadium Kolkatta (Football)
Wankede Stadium Mumbai (Cricket)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lucknow
Arun Jaitley stadium Delhi
Nehru Stadium Chennai & Delhi (Cricket)
Chepauk Ground (Stadium) Chennai (Cricket)
Dhyan chand Stadium Lucknow(Hockey)
Lord's Stadium Bangalore (Cricket)
Lal Bahadur Stadium Hyderabad(Football & Hockey)
Barabati stadium Cuttack (Football)
Madison Square Garden U.S.A. (Boxing)
Brooklyn U.S.A.(Base Ball)
Melbourne Australla (Cricket)
Green field international Trivendrum (Kerala)
Narendramodi stadium Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Indore stadium Indore (MP)
Green park stadium Kanpur (UP)
Chidambaram Chennai
Bupen hazarika cricket stadium Guwahati (Assam)
Badminton Court
Lawn Tennis Court
Boxing Ring
Ice-Hockey Ring
Wrestling Ring, Arena
Skating Ring
Golf Link, Green
Cricket Pitch
Base Ball Diamond
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Badminton Aggrawal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup,
Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Narang Cup, Tunku Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup,
World Cup, Yonex Cup etc.
Basket Ball Basalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy,
William Jones Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup, Nehru Cup, Federation Cup
Bridge Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy. Etc
Polo Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King’s Cup, Prithi Pal Singh Cup, Radha Mohan Cup, Winchester Cup etc.
Athletics Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc.
Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King’s Cup, Schneider Cup
Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc.
Boxing Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy etc.
Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, President’s Trophy, Prince of
Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, walker Cup, World Cup etc.
Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy, Limca Trophy, Lin Arec City Trophy, World Cup etc.
Horse Baresford Cup, Blue Riband Cup, Derby, Grand National Cup
Racing
Netball Anantrao Pawar Trophy etc.
Rugby Bledisloe Cup, Calcutta Cup, Webb Ellis Trophy, etc.
Football
Shooting North Wales Cup, Welsh Grand Prix etc.
Volleyball Centennial Cup, Federation Cup, Indira pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Gold Cup, etc.
Yatching America Cup etc.
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Topic : Sports
1. Gautam Gambhir made his One Day International debut in 2003 in Dhaka (Bangladesh).
2. The cricketer who made his Test debut in Karachi at the age of 16 is Sachin Tendulkar.
3. The 9th edition of Asian Games (1982) was held in New Delhi.
4. Darpan Inani is associated with chess.
5. The 2015 Cricket World Cup was won by Australia.
6. The tree from which the finest cricket bats can be made is willow wood.
7. In ancient India, chess game was called Chaturanga.
8. India’s first National Sports University is located in (Imphal) Manipur.
9. The most popular sport in Nepal is football.
10. The Venus Rosewater Dish is the Ladies' Singles Trophy awarded at Wimbledon Championships.
11. Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup is a trophy in Australian Open (Women).
12. The headquarters of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) is located at Jaipur.
13. India played its first ODI match in 1974 with England.
14. P Harikrishna is associated with chess.
15. The term 'Regatta' is associated with yacht.
16. F.C. Goa team was coached by Brazilian footballer Zico.
17. The number of players that remain outside the circle in the first six overs of a T20 cricket match is two.
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18. The first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics was KD Jadhav.
19. India received its first individual medal in Olympics at Helsinki (1952).
20. The first Indian woman to have clinched an Olympic medal was Karnam Malleswari.
21. Goalkeeper of the Indian national football team in the 1980s was Atanu Bhattacharya.
22. PV Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympics silver medal in 2016.
23. Kapil Dev is nicknamed as Haryana Hurricane.
24. Stuart Broad was hit for six sixes in an over by an Indian batsman, Yuvraj Singh (2007).
25. The first player of Indian origin to play in an NBA game was Gursimran Sim Bhullar.
26. The first Indian rower to win a gold at the 2010 Asian Games was Bajrang Lal Takhar.
27. The first Indian squash player to enter the top ten in PSA world rankings was Saurav Ghosal.
28. The Summer Olympic Games 2024 will be held in Paris.
29. Dattu Bhokanal is associated with rowing.
30. Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with hockey.
31. Duryodhan Singh Negi is associated with boxing.
32. The venue of the US Open Tennis Championship before it shifted to Flushing Meadows was Forest Hills.
33. Manju Rani, Sonia Chahal, & Sarjubala Devi are Indian boxers.
34. Lakshya Sen is associated with badminton.
35. Nicol David belongs to Malaysia.
36. The coach of the World Cup winning Indian Cricket team in 2011 was Gary Kirsten.
37. The oldest football tournament of Asia started in 1888 from Annadale (Shimla) is the Durand Cup.
38. Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics
2008.
39. The Chevrons is the name of the Men’s national cricket team of Zimbabwe.
40. Sudirman Cup is related to badminton.
41. The Open Era in tennis began in 1968.
42. William Jones Cup is associated with basketball.
43. The first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in the Indian Premier League match is Mohammed Siraj.
44. The first Indian woman to participate in the Olympic golf tournament was Aditi Ashok.
45. Kabaddi was recognized as a full-fledged sport at the Asian Games in 1990.
46. The chess piece that is not allowed to walk backward is pawn.
47. Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter are based on a document written by Pierre de Coubertin.
48. Deepa Malik is India's first female paraathlete to win a medal at the Rio Paralympics (2016).
49. Rohan Bopanna is an Indian player of tennis.
50. Prakash Padukone & Pullela Gopichand are Indian players of badminton.
51. Kuldeep Yadav is associated with cricket.
52. Ajit Singh, Deepika Thakur & Akashdeep Singh are players of hockey.
53. The number of IPL titles Mumbai Indians won till 2023 is five times.
54. Tajinderpal Singh Toor is a player of shot put.
55. Vikash Thakur, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, & Deepak Lather are weightlifters.
56. Smriti Mandhana (India’s cricketer) hails from Maharashtra.
57. A wall of Chinnaswamy Stadium is dedicated to cricketer Rahul Dravid.
59. All India Tennis Association (AITA) was established in 1920.
60. The five colors of the rings in the symbol of the Olympic Games are red, blue, green, yellow, and black.
61. Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi & PV Sindhu are badminton players.
62. Sania Mirza is associated with tennis.
63. The terms Square leg, Gully & Fine leg are associated with cricket.
64. Dominic Thiem is a professional tennis player from Austria.
65. The Badminton Association of India was formed in 1934.
66. In 2020, The prize money of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was increased from ₹7.5 lakhs to ₹25 lakhs.
67. The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was hosted by India.
68. The official mascot of the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast (2018) was Borobi, a blue surfing koala.
69. The first Indian batsman to register a triple century in test cricket was Virender Sehwag.
70. The Olympic rings were publicly presented for the first time in 1913.
71. The oldest running Grand Slam tennis tournament is Wimbledon Open.
72. Johan Cruyff was a Dutch player of football.
73. These words Deuce, Smash & Ace are used in lawn tennis.
74. The word Scoop is related to hockey.
75. India won the Asian Games football gold medal for the first time in 1951.
76. The first goalkeeper to become the captain of an international hockey team was Shankar Lakshman.
77. Michael Phelps is associated with swimming.
78. ‘CONCACAF Gold Cup’ is associated with football.
79. Dalip Singh Rana is a wrestler, popularly known as ‘The Great Khali’.
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80. The first Olympic Games of the modern era opened in Athens on 6 April 1896.
81. ‘U Thant Cup’ is related to lawn tennis.
82. The first edition of Indian Premier League was held in 2008.
83. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles title in 1999.
84. Sourav Ganguli, Virender Sehwag & Harbhajan Singh are associated with cricket.
85. Vijendra Singh is associated with boxing.
86. The video assistant referee (VAR) system is used in football.
87. KM Beenamol is associated with athletics.
88. The first Indian boxer to rank No.1 in the world (75-kg category) by AIBA was Vijender Singh.
89. The official distance to be covered in a Marathon is 26 miles 385 yards.
90.The Indian football player nicknamed the 'Sikkimese Sniper' is - Bhaichung Bhutia
91. Let Ball, 'Stroke Ball' and 'No Let' are terms used in the rules of squash game
92. In table tennis, the period during which a ball is in play is called a rally.
93. The best male athlete in the 36th National Games 2022 was Sajan Prakash.
94. In chess, the king can move only one square in any direction.
95. Men's cricket World Cup started in 1975.
96. Equestrian vaulting is gymnastics and dance performed on horseback.
97. Football World Cup was started in 1930.
98. The first South Asian Federation Games was held in Kathmandu (1984).
99. Athletics Federation of India was formed in 1946.
100. France hosted the 2nd Olympic Games in 1900.
101. In chess, the only piece that can jump to any square in an L shape is the knight.
102. Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports is situated in Patiala (Punjab).
103. The Oval stadium is an international cricket stadium located in London.
104. Endurance, Jumping, and Dressage are three main disciplines of equestrian.
105. In a volleyball game, each team comprises six players.
106. The first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics (Tokyo, 2020) in the Super Heavyweight category is Satish Kumar.
107. A yellow card in hockey means the player will be off the pitch for 5 minutes.
108. Syed Modi India International Tournament is associated with badminton.
109. India's rank in Tokyo Olympic 2020 was 48th.
110. The number of pawns in chess is 16.
111. Limba Ram is associated with archery.
112. The Indian Olympic Association is affiliated to the International Olympic Committee.
113. India organized the Asian Games two times so far in 1951 and 1982.
114. An archery target has 10 circles.
115. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens (Greece) in 1896.
116. 'Jallikattu Game' (bull-taming sport) is associated with Tamil Nadu.
117. The cricketer that represented India at the World Youth Chess Championships as a teenager - Yuzvendra Chahal
118. Tintu Luka (Indian track and field athlete) holds the national record in 800m track.
119. Table tennis was originated from England.
120. Diego Maradona was an Argentine professional player of football.
121. Paolo Rossi was an Italian professional player of football.
122. Kylian Mbappe is a professional football player from France.
123. Pele was a professional football player from Brazil.
124. The Commonwealth Games were held in New Delhi in 2010.
125. The total duration of any international football match, including extra time, is 120 minutes.
126. Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural edition of the IPL cricket tournament in 2008.
127. First Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in boxing - Mary Kom.
128. The first Indian to be elected the President of the International Hockey Federation in 2016 - Narinder Batra.
129. Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
130. Martina Hingis is associated with tennis.
131. Usain Bolt is associated with sprinting.
132. The number of players in a Kabaddi game on each side - Seven.
133. The 2018 edition of Commonwealth Games was hosted by Australia.
134. The women's singles title in the 2020 Australian Open was won by Sophia Kenin.
135. The cricketer named Shimron Hetmyer hails from West Indies.
136. Motera stadium is located in Gujarat.
137. Barabati stadium is located in Odisha.
138. Brabourne Cricket Stadium is located in Mumbai.
139. ’The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women's Cricket in India’ was written by Karun Keshav and Siddhant Patnaik.
140. An ancient Indian Board game was Chaupar.
141. R Pragana Nanda is related to chess.
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389. The first ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was held in 2007.
390. "Magnus Carlsen" is associated with chess.
391. The 1982 edition of the Asian Games was held in India.
392. Pommel Horse, Roman Rings, Vaulting Table are terms used in gymnastics.
393. In Table Tennis, the length of the upper surface of the table is 274 cm.
394. Lionel Messi is a famous player of football.
395. The oldest tennis tournament in the world is Wimbledon (London).
396. The Corbillon Cup is associated with table tennis.
397. India's first badminton medal in the Olympics games was won by Saina Nehwal.
398. Simone Biles is related to gymnastics.
399. Breaststroke, Freestyle, and Backstroke are used in swimming.
400. BCCI was established in 1928.
401. Roger Federer is associated with lawn tennis.
402. Indian cricketer Sunil Gavasker is also known as ‘Little Master’.
403. 'Captain Cool' is the nickname given to M.S. Dhoni.
404. The number of players in a football team is 11.
405. Lovlina Borgohain (Assam) is associated with boxing.
406. Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in weightlifting.
407. 2021 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awardee P.R Sreejesh is associated with hockey.
408. In the 2012 London Olympics, India secured silver medals - Two.
409. The First Field Handball World Championships were played in Germany in 1938.
410. In hockey, a yellow card results in a player's temporary suspension of at least 5 minutes.
411. The Winter Olympic games are held every four years.
412. The most individual Olympic gold medals (23) won by Michael Phelps (Swimmer).
413. The term ‘Dribbling’ is associated with basketball.
414. 1983 Cricket World Cup was held in England.
415. Kapil Dev has scored the maximum runs in a Cricket World Cup - 1983.
416. Number of players in a Field Hockey team is 11.
417. The athletes while throwing the discus have to remain inside a circle of 2.5 meters.
418. In a Hockey match, Half time starts after 30 minutes.
419. The first Indian to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games was Milkha Singh.
420. Number of Field Umpires in a Cricket match is 2.
421. The duration of a kabaddi match is 40 minutes.
422. Indian athlete Somdev Devvarman is associated with Lawn Tennis.
423. Uber Cup is associated with Women's Badminton.
424. Dhyan Chand was a legendary Player of Hockey.
425. Major Dhyan Chand was born in Allahabad.
426. India won their second ODI World Cup in 2011.
427. The Host of the Asian Games 2018 was Indonesia.
428. The term 'Shooting Guard' is used in Basketball.
429. The dimension of the Hockey field is 91.4 meters long and 55 meters wide.
430. All international athletic events after November 1, 2019 will be held under the rules of World Athletics.
431. Field hockey was introduced for the first time at the Olympics in 1908.
432. The first edition of the Uber Cup, an international women’s team championship in badminton, was organized in 1956-
1957.
433. The term ‘Scoop’ is associated with Field hockey.
434. The first cricket Test match was played on 15 March 1877.
435. Castling is associated with Chess.
436. The All England Championship (badminton) was first held in 1899.
437. The 72nd FIFA congress was held in Doha (Qatar).
438. In Tennis, when the score between two players is 40-40, it is called a Deuce.
439. In Hockey, the ‘Roll-in’ was replaced by ‘Push-in’ in 1970.
440. The headquarters of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) is located in Monaco.
441. Novak Djokovic is a Serbian Tennis player.
442. Sadhvi Dhuri is associated with Swimming.
443. As per the International Hockey Federation rules, the total duration of a hockey match is 60 minutes.
444. Chuni Goswami was associated with Football.
445. Sandeep Kumari is associated with Discus Throw.
446. India’s first woman to win an Olympic medal was Karnam Malleshwari (weightlifter).
447. P.T. Usha is also known as ‘Udanpari’.
448. The Asian Games introduced Appu as their first mascot in New Delhi, 1982.
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449. Bapu Nadkarni was a former Indian cricketer, best known for his record of 21 consecutive maiden overs in a Test
match against England in 1964.
450. Indian hockey team won the 1972 Munich Olympics Bronze medal.
451. PK Banerjee (footballer) used to play as a Striker.
452. The captain of the Indian cricket team in the inaugural world cup in 1975 was S. Venkataraghavan.
453. Rajeev Bagga is associated with Badminton.
454. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was known as 'pocket dynamo'.
455. A baseball has 108 stitches.
456. Cricketer M. S. Dhoni was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India in 2011.
457. East Bengal Football Club was established in 1920.
458. Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title in 1999.
459. The Indian Hockey Federation was established in 1925.
460. ‘Coach of the Year’ award at the Times of India Sports Award 2019 was won by Jaspal Rana.
461. First Indian to be elected as Secretary General of the Commonwealth was Kamalesh Sharma.
462. Manu Bhaker (Haryana) won the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 10m air pistol event.
463. The Pullela Gopichand Academy trains Badminton players.
464. India's first gold medal at the Youth Olympics was won by Jeremy Lalrinnunga.
465. Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter from Mizoram.
466. The change in the structure and ecosystem of the Indian cricket board was recommended by Lodha Committee.
467. Hopman Cup is associated with Tennis.
468. Azlan Shah cup is associated with Hockey.
469. Tiger Woods is a golf player from the USA.
470. Wellington Trophy is related to Boat Rowing.
471. The first Indian woman who won a medal in the individual event of Olympics was Karnam Malleswari.
472. The term ‘Run Batted In’ is used in Baseball.
473. The game of snooker was first played in India in 1875.
474. Agha Khan Cup, Beighton Cup, and Bombay Gold Cup are associated with Hockey.
478. Tania Sachdev is related to Chess.
479. The first Indian player to win a Grand Slam in tennis is Mahesh Bhupathi.
480. The first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals is PV Sindhu (Badminton).
481. ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021 is Smriti Mandhana.
482. The world's largest cricket stadium is Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad).
483. First Indian cricket captain to win two Boxing Day Test matches was Virat Kohli.
484. The first national athletic meet held in New Delhi with the efforts of Dr. AC Nehren (YMCA Madras) was in 1924.
485. Photo finish (a sports term) is popularly used in Athletics.
486. Pullela Gopichand won the All-England Open Tournament in 2001.
487. The OffSide rule was abolished in field hockey in 1996.
488. In Olympic Games, ’Laser' is a category of Sailing.
489. If a table tennis game does not go up to deuce, the maximum points to be earned by the winner is 11.
490. Super Over was introduced in cricket to replace the bowl-out method to break a tie in 2008.
491. 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles, USA.
492. India's men's cricket team won their first ever test match on foreign soil against New Zealand.
493. In World Para Athletics Grand Prix, Devendra Jhajharia won a Silver medal.
494. PT Usha is a track and field athlete from Kerala.
495. The Formula One 2013 Indian Grand Prix was held at Buddh International Circuit.
496. In basketball, a free-throw is worth one point.
497. The first Indian Grandmaster to become Women's Chess World Rapid Champion was Koneru Humpy.
498. The height of the goal-post according to FIFA is 8 feet.
499. India won the 2011 ICC ODI Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka.
500. In basketball, the maximum number of points in a single shot is 4.
501. The distance between the stumps and the popping crease at the same end of a Cricket pitch is 1.22 meters.
502. The Indian player known as 'Dhing Express' is Hima Das.
503. Number of players permitted to be substituted in field hockey is No limit.
504. Yellow colour card in Football indicates a warning to a player.
505. Red colour card in Football indicates the player must leave the ground.
506. Green colour card in Football indicates fair play.
507. In Javelin throw for men, the javelin is about 2.6 meters to 2.7 meters long.
508. In Javelin throw for women, the javelin is about 2.2 meters to 2.3 meters long.
509. Squash is a racket sport.
510. Uttar Pradesh Government will provide financial support to Indian wrestling till 2032 Olympics.
511. The equipment bolt is used in Mountaineering sport.
512. Mallakhamba is the state sport of Madhya Pradesh.
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513. Paragliding, Bungee jumping, Rock climbing are types of Adventure sport.
514. The baton is used in the track and field event of Relay race.
515. Clay-pigeon Shooting is another name for trap shooting.
516. Arun Jaitley cricket stadium is located in New Delhi.
517. Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee cricket stadium is located in Lucknow.
518. The first city to host the Summer Paralympic Games twice is Tokyo (1964 and 2020).
519. The term LONA is used in Kabaddi.
520. Tanya Hemant is related to Badminton.
521. The World Badminton Championship event 2026 will be organized in India.
522. Manish Narwal is related to Shooting.
523. Beach Volleyball is a modified form of Volleyball.
524. The term ‘dunk shot’ is used in Basketball.
525. A gymnastic event held on a large floor mat is Floor exercise.
526. The Pro Kabaddi League was founded in India in 2014.
527. The JRD Tata Sports Complex is located in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
528. Terms like Googly, Full toss, and Short pitch are used in Cricket.
529. In the first six overs (powerplay) of a T20 cricket match, the number of players who can stay outside the circle is Two.
530. The width of the tennis court for Doubles is 10.97 meters.
531. The equipment called antenna is used in the sport of Volleyball.
532. Shot equipment is used in throwing events.
533. Diving comes under the category of Aquatic sport.
534. Rajeev Ram is a professional tennis player from the United States of America.
535. The first female hockey player to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award was Rani Rampal.
536. Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers are teams in Men’s Basketball.
537. The Indian cricketer who achieved twin centuries in his debut Test opener role is Rohit Sharma.
538. Sadio Mane is a player of Football.
539. PV Sindhu, Neha Pandit, Parul Parmar, and Ashwini Ponnappa are players of Badminton.
540. The Indian Super League is a championship of Football.
541. The European Champions Cup or Heineken Cup is associated with Rugby.
542. Rhythmic gymnastics, Artistic gymnastics, and Trampoline gymnastics are events of Olympic.
543. India's first world champion in any sport after independence was Wilson Jones (Billiards).
544. The La Liga Trophy is associated with Football.
545. The gymnast Dipa Karmakar belongs to Tripura.
546. Produnova is related to Gymnastics.
547. The Asian Football Confederation was established in 1954.
548. The National Institute of Water Sports is situated in Goa.
549. The Indian cricketer who featured in the most number of international cricket matches is Sachin Tendulkar.
550. The famous footballer who recorded the most wins in the FIFA World Cup is Pele.
551. Niki Poonacha is a professional player of Tennis.
552. Saurabh Chaudhary is a player of Ace pistol shooter.
553. The first Indian swimmer to swim across the English Channel (1958) was Mihir Sen.
554. The ‘Wizard of Hockey’ is Major Dhyan Chand.
555. Fouaad Mirza is associated with Equestrian.
556. Ruia Gold Cup is associated with Bridge.
557. In cricket, the fielding position First slip is used behind the batsman.
558. The abbreviated form of the IPL franchise cricket team from Chennai is CSK (Chennai Super Kings).
559. Paralympic SM Gayakwad is associated with Swimming.
560. India's first badminton world champion in 2019 became PV Sindhu.
561. The term '16-yard hit' is associated with Field hockey.
562. The founder and the first Chairman and Commissioner of the IPL was Lalit Modi.
563. The shakehand grip is used in the sport of Table tennis.
564. Terms like birdie, eagle, and albatross are all used in Golf.
565. Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj are associated with Lawn tennis.
566. Manitombi Singh from Manipur was a player of Football.
567. Kambala, the traditional Karnataka sport made to race with Buffaloes.
568. The headquarters of the All India Chess Federation is situated in New Delhi.
569. The headquarters of the Khelo India Youth Games is in New Delhi.
570. Karnam Malleswari became India’s first woman to win an Olympic medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
571. The first para-athlete to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was Devendra Jhajharia.
572. The first Test cricket captain of an independent Indian team was Lala Amarnath.
573. The first edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games was organized in 2000.
574. In Tennis, the score when the receiver wins the next point after deuce is Advantage out.
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575. Bowled, Stumped, and Leg before wicket (LBW) are ways in which a batsman can get out in Cricket.
576. In cricket, if the umpire raises an index finger above the head it means out.
577. In Triple Jump, a white flag indicates the trial is valid.
578. Red Card in badminton indicates fault for misconduct.
579. Black Card in badminton indicates disqualified for misconduct.
580. The inaugural Athletics World Cup was organized in London, 2018.
581. The first city in the world to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games was Beijing.
582. The first edition of the World Para Table Tennis Championships was held in Assen, Netherlands in 1990.
583. India hosted the ICC T20 World Cup cricket for the first time in 2016.
584. The 1979 Asian Wrestling Championships was organized by the AAWC for the first time in Jalandhar, India.
585. 'Blue line' term is used in Ice Hockey.
586. 'Duck' term is used in Cricket.
587. 'Deuce' term is used in Tennis and Badminton.
588. 'Free Throw' term is used in Basketball.
589. 'Trump' is a sports term used in Bridge (Card Game).
590. During 2016 South Asian Games held at Guwahati Neeraj Chopra first set senior National record in Javelin Throw.
591. The 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal in middleweight boxing was won by Vijender Singh.
592. The official mascot of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was an Elephant.
593. Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over in T20 International against Stuart Broad (England) at Kingsmead Stadium (South
Africa).
594. Basketball games involve two teams, each consisting of 5 players.
595. Volleyball is played with two teams, each comprising 6 players.
596. The number of white squares on a chessboard is 32.
597. The only cricket player to win the "Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021” is Mithali Raj.
598. The first Indian and Asian tennis player to win an Olympic medal was Leander Paes.
599. The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021, is aimed at regulating the sports sector.
600. The thickness of a wrestling mat should be between 5 and 7 cm.
601. The equipment 'Shuttlecock' is required in Badminton.
602. The Super Bowl, an annual football championship game, is held in the USA.
603. In cricket, hitting the ball in the air to cross the boundary is equal to 6 runs.
604. An international level professional auto racing sport is Formula One.
605. India participated in the 1900 Olympics, held in Paris, France.
606. Judo has its origin in the ancient Chinese art of Ju-jitsu.
607. The terms Kumi-Kata, Shintai, Ukemi are associated with Judo.
608. The Green Park Stadium is located in Kanpur.
609. The game of cricket originated in England.
610. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a tournament of T20 cricket.
611. Vijay Hazare Trophy is a tournament of 50 overs cricket.
612. The terms Boundary, Chinaman, Dead ball, Economy rate are related to Cricket.
613. The terms Airborne Throw, Attacking Drills, and Bibs are related to Netball.
614. Anshu Malik is a player of Wrestling.
615. Eldhose Paul is an athlete of Triple jump.
616. The number of players in each team in handball is 7.
617. Lovely Choubey is an Indian sportswoman related to Lawn Bowls.
618. Vicky Ostwal is a player of Cricket.
619. The first-ever Indian cricket player to play 400 T20s is Rohit Sharma.
620. The terms Attacker, Back Heel, Back Pass, and Offside are associated with Football.
621. The terms Hole, Bogey, Put, and Par are associated with Golf.
622. Yash Dhull is a player of Cricket.
623. Bajrang Punia is a player of Wrestling.
624. The term 'Back-stick' is used in Hockey.
625. The first edition of the Youth Olympic Games was held at Singapore (2010).
626. In AIBA Boxing Junior Boys and Girls Competitions, the bouts must consist of each round of 2 minutes.
627. In karate, the fight starts when the referee shouts "Shobu Hajime!"
628. The number of athletes needed to complete 4×100m Relay Race is 4.
629. The first Khelo India Winter Games were hosted by Leh.
630. Anil Kumble took 10 wickets in a cricket Test match in 1999.
631. The Arjuna Award was started in 1961.
632. India qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1950.
633. Point awarded for an ‘Ippon’ in karate is three points.
634. Nilotpal Bora's song 'Shaabaash' became the anthem for Indian athletes at Commonwealth Games 2022 (Birmingham).
635. The term ‘chui’ in judo means light penalty.
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698. Dabang Mumbai, Kalinga Lancers, Ranchi Rays, and Delhi Waveriders are regional teams that play in Hockey India
League.
699. Irani Cup is associated with Cricket.
700. Davis Cup is related to Lawn Tennis.
701. Subroto Cup is related to Football.
702. Milkha Singh finished fourth in the 400m at the Rome Olympic.
703. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international cricket century against Bangladesh.
704. India’s only six-time world boxing champion is Mary Kom.
705. The captain of the Indian cricket team in the 1983 World Cup was Kapil Dev.
706. The national sport of Pakistan is Field Hockey.
707. The country that has played every FIFA World Cup since it began is Brazil.
708. First-time Asian Games was held in 1951 (New Delhi).
709. The English professional club Chelsea is associated with Football.
710. ‘CR7’ is the nickname of Cristiano Ronaldo.
711. A bowling style in cricket has been named after a West Indian bowler of Chinese origin - Chinaman style.
712. The sixth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame was Sachin Tendulkar (2019). 818. The first
player in the world to hit 500 sixes in international cricket was Chris Gayle.
713. D Gukesh and GN Gopal are players of Chess.
714. The first cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in an ODI match was Herschelle Gibbs.
715. The first cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 match was Yuvraj Singh.
716. The first Indian batsman who scored three consecutive test centuries in International Cricket Test was Mohammad
Azharuddin.
717. The first batsman to score 3 ODI double centuries was Rohit Sharma.
718. ‘Silly point’, ‘slip’ and ‘gully’ are terms used in Cricket.
719. Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa are associated with Squash.
720. The first non-British President of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) was Kumar Sangakkara.
721. Kabaddi was introduced in the Asian Games in 1990.
722. Polo sport is not allowed to play with the Left hand.
723. Kabaddi sport originated in India.
724. Archery is the national game of Bhutan.
725. The five interlinked rings in the Olympic flag represent Continents.
726. The term 'Steeple chase' is associated with Horse racing.
727. The ‘pawn’ is associated with Chess. 835. The first President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was Sir Dorabji
Tata.
728. ‘Libero’ in a volleyball game is a specialised defensive player.
729. ’Nage Waza’ is a throwing technique used in Judo.
730. The National Sports Festival for Women was started in 1975.
731. The first Para Asiad games were hosted in China.
732. The three-second rule applies to the game of Basketball.
733. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
734. The number of officials in a Kabaddi match are six.
735. The total number of jumps in a 3000m steeplechase race is 35.
736. The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is held in Malaysia.
737. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex is located in New Delhi.
738. The number of white rooks in chess is two.
739. Volleyball Federation of India was established in 1951.
740. The term ‘anchor runner’ is related to Relay race.
741. The term ‘scoop’ is related to Hockey.
742. The Basketball Federation of India was established in 1950.
743. The length of a Tennis court is 78 ft.
744. The measurement of a kho-kho field is 27m × 16m.
745. ’Left-arm leg spin’ in cricket is known as Chinaman ball.
746. ’Mintonette’ is related to Volleyball.
747. The traditional game ‘Yubi Lakpi’ is played in Manipur.
748. The size of the Olympic swimming pool is 50 m × 25 m.
749. Female participants were formally admitted to the Olympic Games in 1900 (Paris).
750. The Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927.
751. The height of the net in volleyball for women is 2.24 m.
752. The standard distance for males in a hurdle event is 110m and 400m.
753. The first FIFA World Cup winner was Uruguay in 1930.
754. The gold medals won by India at the 1986 Asian Games is five.
755. Gagan Narang was given the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award for 2010 in Shooting.
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