All Questions are compulsory.
Q1-Ancient olympic game started in the year *
Q2-Olympic torch symbolises *
Q3- Winner of Olympic in modern time receive *
Q6-Winner of Olymic in ancient time receive *
Q7-What does the Rings of Olympic represent *
Q8-Where was the first Olympic held? *
Q9-Who declares the opening of the Olympic gaming stadium *
Q10-When the first winter olympics held *
Q11-Which of the following is the governing body of modern olympics *
Q12-From which country originated olympics *
Q13-Who was the first President of IOC *
Q14-First Indian to participate in modern olympic was.. *
Q15-Ancient olympic festival dedicated to *
Q16-When first time olympic flame was lighted? *
Q.17-Olympic flage was flown in the stadium at first time ............ *
Q.18-Special Olympic International game was started by........... *
Q.19-The Indian Olympic Association was formed in ........ *
Q.20-The headquarter of IOC is at .............
Answers
Answer:
Q1)1896
Q2)The flame served as an homage to the significance of fire in ancient Greek mythology and, thus, the original Olympic Games in Greece.
Q3)Winners were given a silver medal, while runners-up received a copper medal. Retroactively, the IOC has converted these to gold and silver, and awarded bronze medals to third placed athletes
Q6)The games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. During the celebration of the games, an Olympic Truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their cities to the games in safety. The prizes for the victors were olive leaf wreaths or crowns.
Q7)The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time
Q8)Athens
Q9)Head of State entry
The head of state of the host country is received at the entrance of the stadium by the IOC President. The IOC President then meets the head of state in the official stand. It is customary for this to occur at the beginning of the Opening Ceremony.
Q10)1924
Q11)The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and of the worldwide "Olympic Movement", the IOC's term for all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games
Q12)Greece
Q13)Demetrios Vikelas
Q14)India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.
Q15)The ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses
Q16)When the tradition of an Olympic fire was reintroduced during the 1928 Summer Olympics, an employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame has been part of the Summer Olympics ever since.
Q17)Designed in 1914 by the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin (France), the Olympic flag was raised for the first time at the 1920 Games, held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Q18)Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Q19)1927
Q20)The IOC headquarters have been in Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva, since 1915. It was Pierre de Coubertin who chose this city