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

I. Penalty kick – Handball

II. Greco Roman – Boxing

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  1. Neither I nor II
  2. Both I and II
  3. Only II
  4. Only I

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Option 2 : Both I and II
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The correct answer is Both I and II.

Key Points

  •  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)

Additional Information

  • Terms related to boxing:- 
    Terminology  Meaning 
    Uppercut upward punch aimed at the stomach or the jaw.
    Punch strike with a clenched fist
    Knockout boxer is hit hard and he loses his consciousness
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