A Badminton player is supposed to know the meaning of the term-
Answer: C
Love means a score of zero, used in badminton as in tennis - a game begins at 'love all'.
The word is generally taken to come from the French l'œuf, the egg, from the shape of a nought.
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Which one of the following Grand slam titles is also known as "Rolland Garros" title?
Answer: B
The French Open is also called Roland Garros, after the stadium in Paris where it is played, itself named after the pioneering French aviator.
It is the only Grand Slam played on clay, and its long rallies and high bounce make it the most physically demanding of the four.
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Who is named as 'Captain of the year' in the 10th annualESPNcricinfo Awards ?
Answer: D
Virat Kohli was named Captain of the Year at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards.
India won every Test series he led them in that year, and he became the only captain to score six double centuries in Tests.
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Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut?
Answer: C
Virender Sehwag made his one-day international debut against Pakistan, at Mohali in April 1999.
He made 1 and went wicketless. He was recalled a year later and became one of the most destructive openers the game has seen.
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Who has won the maximum number of Gold medals at a single Olympic Games in the history of the Olympics?
Answer: B
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the most at any single Games.
He beat Mark Spitz's seven from 1972, and set world records in seven of the eight events.
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Which cricketer is called Rawalpindi Express?
Answer: D
Shoaib Akhtar is called the Rawalpindi Express, after his home city and his pace.
He bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded, 161.3 km/h, to Nick Knight at the 2003 World Cup, and took 178 Test wickets for Pakistan.
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Ryder Cup is related with which sports?
Answer: B
The Ryder Cup is a golf competition, contested every two years between teams from Europe and the United States.
It was first played in 1927 and is a matchplay event, in which the teams play foursomes, fourballs and singles rather than counting strokes.
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Merdeka Cup is associated with
Answer: A
The Merdeka Cup is an international football tournament held in Malaysia, first played in 1957 to mark the country's independence - merdeka is Malay for freedom.
India won it in 1959 and shared the title in 1964, during the strongest period in Indian football.
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The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming ____ ?
Answer: B
Bula Chaudhury of West Bengal was the first Indian, and the first woman in the world, to swim the seven seas across five continents.
She crossed the English Channel twice, along with the Strait of Gibraltar, the Palk Strait, the Toroneos Gulf, the Cook Strait and the Tyrrhenian Sea. She received the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.
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The headquarters of International Olympic Committee(IOC) is located in
Answer: D
The International Olympic Committee is based at Lausanne, Switzerland.
Founded in Paris in 1894, it moved to Lausanne in 1915 when Pierre de Coubertin relocated it during the First World War, and the city is now home to dozens of international sports federations.
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