Sports GK MCQs

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Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier was a boxing fight between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and world light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier, which was one of the fights named the “Fight of the Century”. The bout took place in the United States on Saturday, July 2, 1921, at Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Alysh is a Turkic term for Central Asian folk wrestling or “belt wrestling” regulated by United World Wrestling. Alysh is an upright wrestling style. Competitors wear trousers, jackets and belts, and must hold on to their opponents’ belts at all times. Their objective is to throw their opponents onto the mat.

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Sushil Kumar is an Indian freestyle wrestler. He was competing in the 66 kg weight division when he won the 2010 world title, a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the only Indian (since independence) to win two individual Olympic medals. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was second for India in wrestling and the first since K D Jadhav’s bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Kyudo is the traditional Japanese form of archery, emphasizing precision, technique, and spiritual development. Originating from samurai practices, it has evolved into a modern sport while retaining its cultural significance. Unlike Western archery, Kyudo focuses on the mental state and the process of shooting rather than just hitting the target.

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Switzerland houses the headquarters of the International Volleyball Federation. International Volleyball Federation is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Skyball serve is a specific type of underhand serve occasionally used in beach volleyball, where the ball is hit so high it comes down almost in a straight line. This serve was invented and employed almost exclusively by the Brazilian team in the early 1980s and is now considered outdated. During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, however, the sky ball serve was extensively played by Italian beach volleyball player Adrian Carambula.

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Karl Schelenz was a German sports teacher. He is famous as the “father” of modern handball.

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The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league.

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Russia holds the record of most numbers of gold medals won in the IHF World Women’s Handball Championship with a record of 4 gold medals.

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Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a gold medal for India in the men’s 67kg category weight-lifting in the Commonwealth Games.
The 19-year-old athelete from Aizawl in Mizoram also created a new Commonwealth Games record in the snatch event, by picking up 140 kg. This was India’s fifth medal from the weightlifting arena including Mirabai Chanu (gold), Sanket Sargar (silver), Bidyarani Devi (silver) and Gururaj Poojary (bronze).