SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 18 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 5 of 100

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What is the standard width of a singles badminton court as per international regulations?

(a)6.10 meters
(b)13.40 meters
(c)5.18 meters
(d)12.00 meters

Answer

Why

Correct — C. One court serves both games. Its full width, used in doubles, is 6.10 m.

For singles, play stays inside the inner side lines, and the width drops to 5.18 m (17 ft).

The length, 13.40 m, is the same for both → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
6.10 meters — 6.10 m is the doubles width, the full width of the court between the outer side lines.
(b)
13.40 meters — 13.40 m is the court's length, the same for singles and doubles. It is not a width at all.
(d)
12.00 meters — 12.00 m matches neither the court's length (13.40 m) nor either width (6.10 m for doubles, 5.18 m for singles).

Concept

The outer boundary of a badminton court is 13.40 m × 6.10 m (44 ft × 20 ft).

The singles side lines sit inside the doubles side lines. The gap on each side is (6.10 − 5.18) ÷ 2 = 0.46 m.

The net is 1.524 m high at the centre and 1.55 m at the edges.

Three of the four options are real court measurements, 6.10 m, 13.40 m and 5.18 m, so the item tests which dimension belongs to which game.

Key facts

A badminton court is 13.40 m long and 6.10 m wide for doubles.
The singles court is 5.18 m wide.
The net is 1.524 m high at the centre and 1.55 m at the edges.
Court dimensions are set by the BWF Laws of Badminton.

Study next

Court dimensions in tennis, volleyball and kabaddiBadminton service courts and service linesConverting court sizes: 44 ft × 20 ft and 17 ft

Common traps

Picking 6.10 m because it is the court's printed width: that is the doubles width.
Mixing up length and width when every option is in metres: 13.40 m is the length.

Measurements set by official rules are also tested at 19 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.5 (table tennis ball diameter) and 19 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.8 (lane width on a synthetic track).

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