Sports GK for General Awareness

- Study notes in PDF (SSC, IBPS)

Sports GK is one of the important topic asked in General Awareness section of in SSC
CGL, CPO, CHSL, MTS, etc. exams. It is very important for you to have a good
knowledge of sports, games, sports players, venues, etc. for your government or bank
exams. This article covers all Sports GK for SSC CGL and IBPS PO, Clerk, etc. along
with helping you understand Questions based on sports
events, venues, winners, records, etc. Additionally, it covers trivia related to events
like opening ceremonies, closing ceremonies, preparations and
events taking place other than actual matches.

Read further to important points about recent Sports GK. If you like the article and
want to keep it handy, you can download it as PDF.

#1. Sports GK - Recent Sport Events & Venues

EVENTS YEAR VENUES

Olympic Rio De Janerio,

2016
Games Brazil.

Common
Glasgow,
Wealth 2014
Scotland
Games

Asian Incheon,
2014
Games South Korea

Winter Sochi,
2014
Olympics Russia

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 World
Mungyeong,
Military 2015
South Korea
Games

Youth Nanjing,
2014
Olympic Games China

Cricket Australia,
2016
World Cup New Zealand

Football
2014 Brazil
World Cup

Football
2015 Canada
World Cup

Hockey The Hangue,

2014
World Cup Netherlands

UEFA European
Football 2016 France
Championship

Guwahati &
South Asian
2016 Shillong,
Games
India

World Masters Auckland,

2017
Games New Zealand

#2. Cups and Trophies for SSC & IBPS Exams

2017

In your IBPS or SSC exam's general awareness section, you will find a lot of questions
about Famous tournaments, trophies and cups. To prepare you to attempt those
questions, here is a list to study Sports GK.

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 Sports Names of Trophies/Cups

1. ICC World Cup

2. Asia Cup
3. Sahara Cup
4. Titan Cup
5. Gilette Cup
6. G.D Birla Trophy
Cricket 7. Deodhar Trophy
8. Duldeep Trophy
9. Rani Jhansi Trophy
10. Vijay Merchant Trophy
11. Wisden Trophy
12. Irani Trophy

1. Aga Khan Cup

2. Maharaja Ranjit
Singh Gold Cup
3. Dhyanchand Trophy
4. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Hockey
5. Wales Trophy
6. Stanley Cup
7. Sindhia Gold Cup
8. Wellington Cup

1. IPA Shield
2. UEFA Champions
league
Football
3. FIFA World Cup
4. Subroto Cup
5. Merdeke Cup

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 6. Bandokar Trophy
7. Vittal Trophy
8. Sir Ashutosh
Mukerji Trophy
9. Santosh Trophy
10. Rovers Cup
11. Durand Cup
12. BC Raj Trophy
13. Kalinga Cup

1. Asia Cup
2. Chadha Cup
3. European Cup
4. Sophia Cup
Badminton 5. Malaysian Cup
6. Thomas Cup (Men)
7. Uber Cup (Women)
8. Amrit Diwan Cup

1. Travancore
2. Swathing Cup
Table Tennis
3. Bama

1. Davis Cup
2. Australian Open
3. French Open
Lawn Tennis 4. Wimbledon Trophy
5. US Open
6. Heineken Cup

Golf 1. US Masters

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 2. Ryder Cup
3. British Open
4. Augusta Masters

#3. Famous Sports Personalities for SSC & IBPS

SSC exams often have questions based on sports personalities. It is important for all
you to know about all famous sport personalities and the sport they play. Here is
a list of all personalities who have recently been in news and are famous,
or are known worldwide for their contribution.

Sports Sportsperson

Archery Rajat Chauhan

Michael Phelps

Usain Bolt
Athletics
Lalita Babar

P.V Sindhu

Carolina Marin

Badminton Saina Nehwal

Shrikanth Kadambi

Peter Gade

Pankaj Advani

Earl Strickland
Billiards &
Michae Phelan
Snooker
Sourav Kothari

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 Shiva Thapa
Boxing
Vijender Singh

Ajinkya Rahane

Carlos Brathwaite

Cricket Imran Khan

Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli

Cristiano Ronaldo

Football Lionel Messi

Subrata Paul

Golf Aditi Ashok

Dipa Karmakar
Gymnastics
Simone Biles

Ms. Rani
Hockey
Raghunath V.R.

Javelin
Neeraj Chopra
Throw

Garbine Muguruza

Serena Williams
Lawn Tennis
Andy Murray

Novak Djokovic

Para
Sandeep Singh Mann
Athletics

Shooting Apurvi Chandela

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 Gurpreet Singh

Shri Jitu Rai

Table Tennis Soumyajit Ghosh

Amit Kumar

Babita Kumari

Geeta Phogat

Wrestling Ms. Vinesh

Sakshi Malik

Yogeshwar Dutt

Virender Singh

#4. Previous Years' SSC CGL Questions on

Sports GK

Having knowledge about questions asked in previous years of SSC CGL will help you
devise a proper strategy for the upcoming SSC CGL exam. Read the questions
carefully and also try to remember them.

Q1. Who is the first Indian to have won a Gold Medal? - Abhinav Bindra
Q2. Serena Williams equalled which record by winning 22 Grand slams? - Record
held by Steffi Graf
Q3. Which country is the UEFA Euro 2016 Runner up ? - Australia
Q4. Roll is in which game? - Poker
Q5. Who died playing Polo? - Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Q6. Which country won 2016 Hockey World Cup? - Australia
Q7. In Rio Olympics 2016, PV Sandhu defeated Wang Zuan who belonged to - China
Q8. Winner of Wimbledon Cup 2016? - Andy Murray

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#5. Expected Questions for Sports GK in SSC &
IBPS Exam

Here's a list of expected questions based on Sports GK in SSC CGL 2017. These
questions are here for your practice. Either these or questions based/ related to
following questions can appear in your SSC CGL, CPO, CHSL, MTS etc. exam

1. Who won the Cricket World Cup in 2008? - India

2. Where one first Olympic Games were held? - Athens, Greece
3. Who started Paralympic Games? - Sir Ludwig Guttmann
4. Where was FIFA 2010 held? - South Africa
5. How many Grand Slams are held in a year? - 4
6. Which is the Indian Sport that just had its first Premier League? - Kabaddi
7. Which Sportsman is known as 'The Wizard of Hockey'? - Major
Dhyanchand
8. Who won the first Olympic medal in wrestling for India? - Khashaba
Jadhav
9. Who was the first ever female Olympic medal winner of India? - Karnam
Malleshwari, Weightlifting, Sydney Olympics, 2000.
10. Which Athlete has won most number of Olympic medals? - Michael Phelps
11. Which Games are held by federation of Countries formerly rules by British
Empire? - Commonwealth Games
12. Which Sportswoman is called as 'Payyoli Express'? - P. T. Usha

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