Sports General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers 2016


1. The 2016 Olympics will be held in – Rio (Brazil)
2. Free-style, Back stroke and Butterfly are the styles of – Swimming
3. The first World Cup Cricket for blind was won by – South Africa
4. Rugby is the national game of – New Zealand
5. Archery is the national sport of – Bhutan
6. The winner of the 58th Senior National Championship in squash is – Saurav Ghosal
7. Where were the Olympic Games of 2004 held ? – Athens
8. Meenal Thakur is a famous player of – Snooker/Billiards
9. Sanya Richards-a world famous athlete is associated with – Sprint
10. Wang Yihan is the famous player of – Badminton
11. The national sport of Indonesia is – Badminton
12. The English batsman who recently took retirement from Test Cricket is – Paul Collingwood
13. Sportsperson Asafa Powell is well known as – 100 m Sprinter
14. Jenson Button-the famous formula one racer is the citizen of – United Kingdom
15.  Thomas Cup is related to – Badminton
16. The first Indian cricket player who scored' a magnificent 184 and scalped five for 196 against England at Lords' in 1952 was – Vinoo Mankad
17. Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi is associated with – Football
18. India's youngest grandmaster in chess at present is – Parimarjan Negi
19. The well-known Tennis player Nicha Lertpitaksinchai is the citizen of – Thailand
20.  Davis Cup is associated with – Lawn Tennis
21. Famous Golf player Vijay Singh is from – Fiji
22. The first cricketer to take 500 catches in Test cricket is – Mark Boucher
23. Battery, Bunting and Catcher are the terms associated with – Baseball
24.  Eisenhower Cup is related to – Golf
25. Which day in India is observed as 'National Sports Day? – August 29
26.  Rovers Cup is associated with – Football
27. Cop a Cup is associated with – Football
28.  In 2014-15 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was given to – Sania Mirza
29. Gurmit Memorial Trophy is associated with – Hockey (India)
30.  Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup is associated with – Football