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Terms Associated With Sports

Sports/Games	Terms associated with them
Archery	Target, Bull’s Eye.
Badminton	Angled Drive Serve, Danishwipe, Double Drop, Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Net Shots, Rush, Let, Smash, Love All, Net Fault, Side Out, Drop Shot.
Baseball	Diamond, Hitter, Home, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Hitter, Batter, Strike, Infield, Outfield, Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher.
Basketball	Blocking, Ball, Basket, Dribbling, Free Throw, Lay-up Shot, Hook Pass, Fast Break, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Pivot.
Billiards	Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long, Jenny, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, Spot Stroke, Strike.
Boxing	Auxiliary Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On, Seconds Out, Welter Weight, Knock-out, Upper Cut, Weight In.
Bridge	Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam, No-trumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable.
Chess	Bishop, Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Sicilian Defence.
Cricket	Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit-Wicket, In-swinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Out-swinge r, Over, over Pitch, Popping Crease, Run Out, Short Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Stumped, Short leg, Spin, Swing, Third-man, Yorker.
Croquet	Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out
Football	Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Free Kick, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Hat-trick, Marking, Off-Side, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Striker, Throw In, Tie-Breaker, Tripping.
Golf	Bogey, Bunker, Caddie, Fairway, Fourball, Greed Holes, Links, Par, Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee.
Gymnastics	A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Kip, Tumble, Wrap.
Hockey	Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Centre, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Blue line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in, Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Drop pass, Stick, Striking Circle, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Penalty Corner, Long Corner, Zonal Marking.
Horse Racing	Jockey, Punter, Steeplechase, Bookies, Thorough Bred.
Judo	Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko.
Karate	Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no.
Lawn Tennis	Ace, Advantage, A let, Back hand drive, Deuce, Chip Shot, Volley, Half Volley, Let fault, Foot fault, Double Fault, Smash, Service, Grand Slam, Singles sticks, Love, Slice.
Polo	Bunker, Chukker, Mallet.
Rowing	Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Drop, Regatta.
Rugby Football	Tackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.
Shooting	Bag, Bull’s Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug.
Skiing	Tobogganing.
Swimming	Breast Stroke, Crawl, Butterfly, Freestyle, Back Stroke.
Table Tennis	Foil, End line, Late control, Flat hit, Block stroke, Service, Penholder grip, Back spin, Centre line, Half Court, Side spin, Swing stroke, Push Stroke, Rally, Let, Reverse, Top Spin, Drop shot, Lob, Chopped return.
Volleyball	Antennae, Attack hit, Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love-All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley, Windmill Service.
Weight Lifting	Clean and Jerk, Bench Press.
Water Polo	2 metre line, 4 metre line, Goal line, Caps, Personal, Fault, Ball under.
Wrestling	Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Freestyle, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor.
Yachting	Soling Tempest, Flying Dutchman, Tornado.

Q. Match the following sports/game with the terms associated with them.

Name of Sports/Game	Terms
(A) Hockey	(1) Gully
(B) Badminton	(2) Butterfly Strokes
(C) Cricket	(3) Penalty Corner
(D) Swimming	(4) Bishop
(E) Chess	(5) Smash

Answers : A - 3, B - 5, C - 1, D - 2, E - 4

Objective Questions on Term Associated with Sports frequently asked in SSC, CDS, NDA, PSC, Railways and other competitive examinations-

(a) Chess
(a) Badminton
(a) Table Tennis
(a) Basketball
(a) Rowing
(a) Volleyball
(a) Volleyball
(a) Cricket
(a) Billiards
(a) Cricket

Answers - 1(b), 2(d), 3(d), 4(c), 5(a), 6(d), 7(b), 8(b), 9(a) and 10(a).

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