Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Which of the following pair of "term - sports" is NOT correct?

I. Penalty kick - Handball

II. Greco Roman - Boxing

Options:

Neither I nor II

Both I and II

Only II

Only I

Correct Answer:

Both I and II

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - Both I and II

Penalty kick: The penalty as a format of punishment for an infringement of the rules of the game was introduced for the first time in 1891. Players other than the goalkeeper that handled the ball within twelve yards of the goal line, or who committed foul play at the same distance, would have a penalty kick given against them.

  • A penalty kick in football: The penalty-kick shootout to decide a match consists of a minimum of 5 penalty kicks. It is to be taken by each of the two teams from the penalty spot (8 yards from the goal line in the case of half-pitch play, 10 yards in the case of a full-pitch play). The referee decides by the flip of a coin which team begins. (Hence pair I is incorrect)

Handball: Fieldball or handball is, a game played between two teams. The game has 7 or 11 players who try to throw or hit an inflated ball into a goal at either end of a rectangular playing area while preventing their opponents from doing so.

Boxing: Boxing is a combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Depiction of boxing comes from a Sumerian relief in Iraq from the 3rd millennium BC. Boxers are prohibited from hitting below the belt, holding, tripping, pushing, biting, or spitting.

Greco-Roman Wrestling: Greco-Roman wrestling is an older style of wrestling that prohibits the use of the legs in offense and defense. Greco-Roman wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 1896. (Hence pair II is incorrect)