A recall list of durable sports GK. Static facts (player numbers, cups, terms, national associations) rarely change; the names of current champions and record-holders do, so for those, verify the latest. Current sporting results belong in current affairs, not here.
- Cricket: 11. Football (soccer): 11. Hockey: 11. Volleyball: 6. Basketball: 5. Kabaddi: 7. Kho-Kho: 9 (with 12 in the squad). Polo: 4. Water polo: 7. Baseball: 9. Rugby: 15 (union).
- Cricket: pitch (22 yards) on a ground. Tennis: court. Golf: course (with holes and greens). Boxing and wrestling: ring. Skating and ice hockey: rink. Athletics: track and field. Billiards and snooker: table.
- Cricket: over, maiden, googly, yorker, LBW, stumped, duck, hat-trick, no-ball.
- Football: penalty, offside, dribble, corner kick, hat-trick, free kick.
- Hockey: bully, penalty corner, short corner, dribble, scoop.
- Tennis: ace, deuce, service, smash, volley, love.
- Boxing: knockout, jab, hook, uppercut, punch.
- Chess: checkmate, stalemate, gambit, castling.
- Cricket (India): Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy (domestic); the World Cup is the global ICC event.
- Football: the FIFA World Cup (the global event); the Durand Cup and the Santosh Trophy in India.
- Hockey: the Dhyan Chand Trophy and the historic association of India with Olympic hockey.
- Tennis Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open (Roland Garros, on clay), Wimbledon (on grass, the oldest), and the US Open.
- The Davis Cup (men's team tennis) and the Thomas Cup / Uber Cup (badminton, men's and women's team).
- The modern Olympics were revived by Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 at Athens. The Games are held every four years; the Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), now with "Communiter" (Together). The five interlocking rings represent the five inhabited continents.
- The Paralympic Games are for athletes with disabilities; the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games are the major multi-sport events India competes in. Verify the host and results of the latest editions.
- National sports awards: the highest sporting honour is the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award; the Arjuna Award recognises outstanding performance; the Dronacharya Award honours coaches; the Dhyan Chand Award honours lifetime contribution.
- National Sports Day is observed on 29 August, the birth anniversary of the hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
- Cricket is governed in India by the BCCI; hockey, the sport of India's greatest Olympic legacy, by Hockey India.
- India's individual Olympic gold medallists (such as in shooting and athletics, including the javelin gold at Tokyo) are favoured GK and interview facts; verify the latest medal tally.
Sport and physical fitness are central to the CAPF ethos, and the forces field strong teams; many national-level athletes come from the police and paramilitary. The Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards are common interview prompts, often paired with a discussion of fitness, discipline and teamwork, the qualities the selection board looks for. The physical-efficiency and standards tests of the CAPF are covered in Index.
- The highest sporting honour of the Government of India is the: (a) Arjuna Award (b) Dronacharya Award (c) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (d) Padma Shri. (Answer: c.) Authored practice, not a verbatim PYQ.
- A "googly" and a "yorker" are terms associated with which sport? (Answer: cricket.) Authored practice, not a verbatim PYQ.