GAMES / SPORTS GK
Sports and Games General Knowledge questions are being asked in many competitive written exams and general awareness of Sports/Games is must if you want to score some extra marks in your AFCAT, CDS or NDA written examination. Even in Personal Interview testing of your SSB Interview, the interviewer may ask you few questions from sports and games category if the information in your Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) form shows that you are a sports person.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN SOME POPULAR SPORTS/GAMES
The below table shows the list of sports/games with number of players need to play the game/sport:
GAMES & SPORTS
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NO. OF PLAYERS
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Baseball ⚾
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9 Players
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Basketball 🏀
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5 Players
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Bridge
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2 Players
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Rugby Football 🏉
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15 Players
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Polo 🏌
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4 Players
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Billiards/Snooker 🎱
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1 Player
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Croquet
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13 or 15 Players
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Water Polo 🤽
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7 Players
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Kabaddi
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7 Players
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Net Ball️
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7 Players
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COUNTRIES & THEIR NATIONAL SPORTS/GAMES
The below table shows the list of national sports/games of some famous countries:
COUNTRY
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NATIONAL SPORT/GAME
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India 🇮🇳
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Hockey 🏑
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China 🇨🇳
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Table Tennis 🏓
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USA 🇺🇲
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Baseball ⚾
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Spain 🇪🇸
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Bull Fighting 🐂
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Afghanistan 🇦🇫
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Buzkashi 🐐
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Japan 🇯🇵
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Ju Jitsu 🥋
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Bangladesh 🇧🇩
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Kabaddi
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Nepal 🇳🇵
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Dandi Biyo
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Turkey 🇹🇷
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Oil Wrestling 🤼
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Bhutan 🇧🇹
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Archery 🎯
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SPORTS/GAMES TERMINOLOGY
The below table shows the important terms that are used in different sports/games:
SPORT/GAME
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IMPORTANT TERMS
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Badminton 🏸
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Deuce ; Smash ; Drop ; Let ; Game ; Love ; Double Fault
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Table Tennis 🏓
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End line ; Topspin ; Let ; Foil ; Reverse
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Chess
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Gambit ; Checkmate ; Stalemate ; Check
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Lawn Tennis 🎾
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Advantage ; Ace ; Dence ; Foot Fault ; Grand Slam ; Slice
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Cricket 🏏
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Rubber ; Ashes ; Leg Bye ; Follow on ; Googly ; Gulley ; Silly Point ; Drive ; Cover point ; Leg-Break ; Stone-Walling
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Swimming 🏊
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Breaststroke ; Twist ; Butterfly ; Crawl ; Springboard
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Football ⚽
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Dribble ; Offside ; Penalty ; Throw-in ; Hat-Tick; Foul ; Drop Kick ; Stopper
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Hockey 🏑
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Bully ; Striking ; Post Back ; Circle
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Kho - Kho
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Runner ; Chaser ; Poleby ; Out ; Foul
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Wrestling 🤼
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Hold Sager ; Freestyle ; Rebuts ; Hal ; Nelson
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Volleyball 🏐
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Deuce ; Booster ; Spikers ; Service ; Love
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Golf 🏌️
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Fore some ; Stymie ; Caddy ; Niblick ; Bunker ; The Green
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CUPS AND TROPHIES
The below table shows the important Cups and Trophies awarded for different sports/games:
SPORT/GAME
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CUPS & TROPHIES
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Polo 🐎
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Ezra Cup ; West Chester Cup ; Winchester Cup ; Radha Mohan Cup
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Rowing 🚣
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Wellington Trophy
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Badminton 🏸
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Amrit Diwan Cup ; Asia Cup ; Chaddha Cup ; European Cup ; Harilela Cup ; Ibrahim Rahmatullah Challenger Cup ; Kitiyakara Cup ; Konica Cup ; Malaysian Open ; Sophia Cup ; Thomas Cup (Men) ; Uber Cup (Women)
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Cricket 🏏
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Irani Trophy ; Duleep Trophy ; Deodhar Trophy ; CK Naidu Trophy ; Cooch Behar Trophy ; The Ashes Series ; Gandhi Mandela Series
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Table Tennis 🏓
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Swaythling Cup (men) ; Corbillon Cup (women) ; Jayalaxmi Cup (women)
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Boxing 🥊
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Aspy Adajania Trophy
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Football ⚽
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Bandodkar Trophy ; B. C. Raj Trophy ; Santosh Trophy ; Scissor Cup ; Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy ; Subroto Cup ; Todd Memorial Trophy ; Confederation Cup ; DCM Trophy ; Durand Cup ; Jules Rimet Trophy ; IFA Shield ; Kalinga Cup ; Merdeka Cup ; Rovers Cup
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Golf 🏌️
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Canada Cup ; Walker Cup ; Ryder Cup ; Muthian Gold Cup
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Hockey 🏑
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Agha Khan Cup ; Khan Abdul Ghaffar Club ; Dhyan Chand Trophy ; Nehru Trophy ; Scindia Gold Cup ; Beighton Cup
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SPORTS/GAMES ORGANISATIONS
The below table shows important organisations and federations of different sports/games and their headquarters:
ORGANISATION
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HEADQUARTER
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International Hockey Federation 🏑
International Boxing Association 🥊
International Olympic Organisation
International Table Tennis Federation 🏓
World Archery Federation 🏹
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association ⚽
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Zurich, Switzerland
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International Cricket Council 🏏
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Dubai, UAE
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World Chess Federation
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Athens, Greece
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International Weightlifting Federation 🏋️
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Istvánmezei út, Hungary
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Badminton World Federation 🏸
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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