Sports GK for General Awareness 
              - Study notes in PDF (SSC, IBPS) 
             Sports GK is one of the important topic asked in General Awareness section of in SSC 
             CGL, CPO, CHSL, MTS, etc. exams. It is very important for you to have a good 
             knowledge of sports, games, sports players, venues, etc. for your government or bank 
             exams. This article covers all Sports GK for SSC CGL and IBPS PO, Clerk, etc. along 
             with helping you understand Questions based on sports 
             events, venues, winners, records, etc. Additionally, it covers trivia related to events 
             like opening ceremonies, closing ceremonies, preparations and 
             events taking place other than actual matches. 
             Read further to important points about recent Sports GK. If you like the article and 
             want to keep it handy, you can download it as PDF. 
             #1. Sports GK - Recent Sport Events & Venues 
                                EVENTS            YEAR VENUES 
                                Olympic           2016    Rio De Janerio, 
                                Games                     Brazil. 
                                Common                    Glasgow, 
                                Wealth            2014    Scotland 
                                Games 
                                Asian             2014    Incheon, 
                                Games                     South Korea 
                                Winter            2014    Sochi, 
                                Olympics                  Russia 
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                                World                    Mungyeong, 
                                Military          2015   South Korea 
                                Games 
                                Youth             2014   Nanjing, 
                                Olympic Games            China 
                                Cricket           2016   Australia, 
                                World Cup                New Zealand 
                                Football          2014   Brazil 
                                World Cup 
                                Football          2015   Canada 
                                World Cup 
                                Hockey            2014   The Hangue, 
                                World Cup                Netherlands 
                                UEFA European 
                                Football          2016   France 
                                Championship 
                                South Asian              Guwahati & 
                                Games             2016   Shillong, 
                                                         India 
                                World Masters  2017      Auckland, 
                                Games                    New Zealand 
             #2.  Cups and Trophies for SSC & IBPS Exams 
             2017 
             In your IBPS or SSC exam's general awareness section, you will find a lot of questions 
             about Famous tournaments, trophies and cups. To prepare you to attempt those 
             questions, here is a list to study Sports GK. 
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                             Sports        Names of Trophies/Cups 
                                              1.  ICC World Cup 
                                              2.  Asia Cup 
                                              3.  Sahara Cup 
                                              4.  Titan Cup 
                                              5.  Gilette Cup 
                                              6.  G.D Birla Trophy 
                             Cricket          7.  Deodhar Trophy 
                                              8.  Duldeep Trophy 
                                              9.  Rani Jhansi Trophy 
                                              10. Vijay Merchant Trophy 
                                              11. Wisden Trophy 
                                              12. Irani Trophy 
                                              1.  Aga Khan Cup 
                                              2.  Maharaja Ranjit 
                                                 Singh Gold Cup 
                                              3.  Dhyanchand Trophy 
                             Hockey           4.  Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 
                                              5.  Wales Trophy 
                                              6.  Stanley Cup 
                                              7.  Sindhia Gold Cup 
                                              8.  Wellington Cup 
                                              1.  IPA Shield 
                                              2.  UEFA Champions 
                             Football            league 
                                              3.  FIFA World Cup 
                                              4.  Subroto Cup 
                                              5.  Merdeke Cup 
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                                       6.  Bandokar Trophy 
                                       7.  Vittal Trophy 
                                       8.  Sir Ashutosh 
                                          Mukerji Trophy 
                                       9.  Santosh Trophy 
                                       10. Rovers Cup 
                                       11. Durand Cup 
                                       12. BC Raj Trophy 
                                       13. Kalinga Cup 
                                       1.  Asia Cup 
                                       2.  Chadha Cup 
                                       3.  European Cup 
                                       4.  Sophia Cup 
                         Badminton     5.  Malaysian Cup 
                                       6.  Thomas Cup (Men) 
                                       7.  Uber Cup (Women) 
                                       8.  Amrit Diwan Cup 
                                       1.  Travancore 
                         Table Tennis  2.  Swathing Cup 
                                       3.  Bama 
                                       1.  Davis Cup 
                                       2.  Australian Open 
                                       3.  French Open 
                         Lawn Tennis   4.  Wimbledon Trophy 
                                       5.  US Open 
                                       6.  Heineken Cup 
                         Golf          1.  US Masters 
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