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The document contains a general studies quiz on sports. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about the origins of the Olympics, major sporting events and competitions, players in different sports, and other sports trivia facts. The questions cover topics like the founding date and location of the original Olympics, abbreviations of sporting organizations like the NBA, time gaps between Olympics, national sports of countries like India, sports included in athletics, cities that have hosted the Olympics and more.

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General Studies

The document contains a general studies quiz on sports. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about the origins of the Olympics, major sporting events and competitions, players in different sports, and other sports trivia facts. The questions cover topics like the founding date and location of the original Olympics, abbreviations of sporting organizations like the NBA, time gaps between Olympics, national sports of countries like India, sports included in athletics, cities that have hosted the Olympics and more.

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General Studies

TOPIC: Sports

NAME: Nayanika Attaluri


CLASS: 12th B1
ROLL.NO: 18
SCHOOL: Indus Universal School
-SPORTS-

1. When did the original Olympics start in History?

a) 664 BC
b) 776 BC
c) 646 AD
d) 767 BC

Ans: b)776 BC

2. Where were the first Olympics held?

a) Athens
b) Tokyo
c) Greece
d) Puerto Rico

Ans: c)Greece

3. What is the full form of the NBA?

a) National Basketball Academy


b) National Basketball Association
c) National Baseball Academy
d) National Baseball Association

Ans: b)National Basketball Association


4. What is the time gap between the Olympics?

a) 2 years
b) 8 years
c) 1 year
d) 4 years

Ans: d)4 years

5. What does the GSW team stand for in Basketball


(NBA)?

a) Golden State Warriors


b) Garden Stolen Wars
c) Global Street Wings
d) Golden Street Warriors

Ans: a)Golden State Warriors

6. What is the National Sport of India?

a) Basketball
b) Hockey
c) Cricket
d) Football

Ans: b)Hockey
7. When was the first modern Olympics held?

a) 1959
b) 1869
c) 1749
d) 1639

Ans: b)1869

8. What does Athletics include?

a) Track and Field


b) Swimming
c) Bowling
d) Bocce

Ans: a)Track and Field

9. The Walker Cup is associated with?

a) Hockey
b) Golf
c) Tennis
d) Table tennis

Ans: b)Golf
10. Which city has been designated to host the 2020
Summer Olympic Games?

a) Seoul
b) Tokyo
c) Brisbane
d) Barcelona

Ans: b)Tokyo

11. Which one of the following is not related to


Football?

a) Santosh Trophy
b) Duleep Trophy
c) Durand Cup
d) DCM Cup

Ans: b)Duleep Trophy

12. The first Afro-Asian Games were held at?

a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad
d) Kolkata

Ans: c)Hyderabad
13. The five rings on Olympic flag represents

a) Five colors
b) Five games
c) Five continents
d) Five countries

Ans: c)Five continents

14. From which year, the Ranji Trophy tournament


started

a) 1934
b) 1936
c) 1937
d) 1940

Ans: 1934

15. When was the first gold medal given at the


Olympics?

a) 1896
b) 1900
c) 1904
d) 1908

Ans: c)1904
16. Who started the Paralympic Games?

a) Robert Carterville
b) Stoke Mandeville
c) Ludwing Guttman
d) George Eyser

Ans: c)Ludwig Guttman

17. Asian Games last held in India

a) 1982
b) 1986
c) 1972
d) 1990

Ans: a)1982

18. Total Olympic medal won by India in 2012

a) 5
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8

Ans: c)6
19. In Basketball, how many players are there on each
side

a) 7
b) 9
c) 5
d) 6

Ans: c)5

20. National Sports Day is celebrated on

a) 29th August
b) 5th May
c) 12th November
d) 30th November

Ans: a)29th August

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