Sports – True/False – GK Questions

Q: True or False: Khelo India Youth Games were formerly known as Khelo India School Games.

True – Launched in 2018 as Khelo India School Games, it was renamed Khelo India Youth Games in 2019 to include under-21 athletes alongside school-level participants.

Q: True or False: The Davis Cup is a premier international team event in women's tennis.

False – The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in MEN'S tennis. The equivalent women's team competition is the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup).

Q: True or False: Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympics.

True – Dipa Karmakar competed at Rio 2016 and narrowly missed a bronze medal in vault. She is also known for performing the high-risk Produnova vault.

Q: True or False: The NBA (National Basketball Association) is based in Canada.

False – The NBA is primarily a United States-based professional basketball league, though it includes one Canadian team (Toronto Raptors). Its headquarters are in New York City.

Q: True or False: Rugby Sevens is played with 15 players per side, same as traditional Rugby Union.

False – Rugby Sevens is played with only 7 players per side on a full-size pitch, making it faster-paced than the traditional 15-a-side Rugby Union. It debuted at Rio 2016 Olympics.

Q: True or False: Table Tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport for the first time at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

True – Table Tennis made its Olympic debut at Seoul 1988. China has dominated the sport ever since, winning the majority of gold medals.

Q: True or False: Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship titles alongside Michael Schumacher.

True – Both Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher have won 7 F1 World Drivers' Championship titles, sharing the all-time record.

Q: True or False: Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medal in athletics at Tokyo 2020.

True – Neeraj Chopra won gold in men's javelin throw at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021), marking India's first individual track-and-field Olympic gold and only the second individual gold overall after Abhinav Bindra (2008).

Q: True or False: Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every FIFA World Cup tournament since its inception in 1930.

True – Brazil has qualified for and played in every single FIFA World Cup since 1930 without missing a single edition, a unique record in football history.