Badminton Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Your opponent is positioned close to the net, leaving space near the back of the court. Which shot is most suited to exploiting that position while giving you recovery time?
A tight net shot played directly in front of the opponent
A high, deep clear toward the back boundary
A flat drive aimed toward the opponent's racket side
A short serve into the opponent's front service court
2. From the rear court, a player disguises an overhead stroke and sends the shuttle softly so it falls near the opponent's net. Which shot has been played?
A clear
A drop shot
A drive
A lift
3. Which boundaries are used for a singles rally?
The outer side lines and the long service line for doubles
The inner side lines and the back boundary line
The inner side lines and the long service line for doubles
The outer side lines and the back boundary line
4. In doubles, a legal serve is directed to the correct receiver, but the receiver's partner returns it first. What is the result?
It is a fault against the receiving side.
A let is called, and the serve is taken again.
The partner becomes the designated receiver for the rest of the game.
The rally continues because either partner may receive.
5. In doubles, the serving side leads 4-3. The server serves from the right court and wins the rally. What happens next?
The serving side gains a point, and the server's partner serves from the left court.
The serving side gains a point, and the same player serves from the left court.
The serving side gains a point, and the same player serves again from the right court.
The serving side keeps service without gaining a point and changes courts.
6. A shuttle lands with part of its cork touching a boundary line. How is it judged?
In, because a shuttle touching the boundary line is considered inside the court
Out, because the whole cork must land inside the line
A let, so the rally must be replayed
In only when the player who hit it was serving
7. In the deciding third game of a match, when do the players change ends during the game?
When both sides have scored 10 points
Only after the deciding game has ended
Whenever the serving side changes
When one side first reaches 11 points
8. A doubles player strikes the shuttle, and that player's partner strikes it again before it crosses the net. What is the ruling?
Play continues because each partner may touch the shuttle once.
A let is called because the contacts were made by different players.
It is a fault against the pair that struck the shuttle twice.
Play continues if both contacts formed one attacking movement.
9. Which event results in a let rather than a fault or an ordinary rally outcome?
The shuttle touches the net and falls inside the opponent's court during a rally.
The server attempts to serve but misses the shuttle.
The shuttle disintegrates during play, separating its base from the rest of the shuttle.
The shuttle lands on a court boundary line.
10. In a standard badminton game, when is the usual mid-game interval available?
Immediately after every change of service
When both sides reach 10 points
When the leading score reaches 11 points
When the leading score reaches 15 points
11. Which description best identifies a badminton smash?
A gentle shot intended to land close to the net
A flat serve that travels just beyond the short service line
A high defensive shot sent toward the back boundary
A fast, forceful overhead shot directed steeply downward
12. During a rally, the shuttle clips the top of the net, crosses over, and lands inside the opponent's court. What is the ruling?
The rally is replayed because the shuttle touched the net.
The player who hit the shuttle loses the rally.
The shot counts only if it was not a smash.
The shot is valid, and the player who hit it wins the rally.
13. Which description matches key requirements of a legal badminton service?
The server keeps both feet in contact with the court and stationary as required, strikes the shuttle's base first, and contacts the whole shuttle below 1.15 metres.
The server may strike the feathers first if the shuttle is below shoulder height.
The server may stand on a service-court boundary as long as the racket does not cross it.
The server may stop the racket midway through the forward service motion to mislead the receiver.
14. What is the correct scoring procedure when a game reaches 20-20?
The next point immediately wins the game.
The score resets to 0-0 for a deciding mini-game.
A side must gain a two-point lead, except that the side winning the 30th point wins at 29-29.
Play continues until one side leads by three points.
15. In singles, a player has a score of 8 and is about to serve. From which service court should the player serve?
The right service court, because 8 is an even number
The left service court, because the receiver's position determines the side
The left service court, because 8 is an even number
The right service court, but only if the player won the previous rally
16. Under rally-point scoring, what happens after every completed rally?
A point is recorded only after two consecutive rally wins.
Only the serving side can score a point.
The rally winner scores two points if the shuttle was served.
The side that wins the rally scores one point.