Top 50 Sports Current Affairs Questions for All Competitive Exams
March 5, 2009 November 13, 2023
1. Jyothi Yarraji, who was seen in the news, is associated with which sports?
[A] Javelin Throw
[B] Hockey
[C] Shooting
[D] Hurdles
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Correct Answer: D [Hurdles]
Notes:
National record-holder Jyothi Yarraji won the women’s 100m hurdles gold in 13.08s in the T-Meeting at Tilburg in the Netherlands.
Earlier at the 26th National Federation Cup athletics championships in Ranchi, she had clocked 12.89 seconds in the final.
2. Which Indian cricketer has become only the third Indian opener to cross 13,000 runs across formats?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Rohit Sharma
[C] Ravindra Jadeja
[D] Shubman Gill
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Correct Answer: B [Rohit Sharma]
Notes:
India captain Rohit Sharma has become the third Indian opener to cross 13,000 runs across formats, after Virender Sehwag (15,758) and Sachin Tendulkar (15,335) to achieve this feat.
He is the third-quickest to the mark among all openers, only behind Matthew Hayden (293 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (295), as he crossed the mark in his 307th innings.
3. Which country is the host of the SAFF Championship in 2023?
[A] Nepal
[B] India
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Bangladesh
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Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:
In the SAFF championship India is set to face Lebanon in the semi-final at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
India earlier recorded a 2-0 win over Nepal in the SAFF Championship. In 2022, India retained the SAFF U20 title by beating Bangladesh 5-2 in the final.
4. Praveen Kumar and Nishad Kumar, who were seen in the news, play which sports?
[A] Shooting
[B] High Jump
[C] Golf
[D] Football
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Correct Answer: B [High Jump]
Notes:
Para-athlete Praveen Kumar became the first para-athlete from Uttar Pradesh to qualify for the 2024 Paris Paralympics after wining a bronze medal in the men’s high jump T64 event at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.
Kumar’s medal was the first for India at the championships. India’s Nishad Kumar clinches silver in Men’s High Jump event at Para Athletics World Championships.
5. Prithviraj Tondaiman, who was seen in the news, plays which sports?
[A] Cricket
[B] Shooting
[C] Football
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: B [Shooting]
Notes:
In shooting, India shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman bagged the bronze medal in the men’s trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Lonato 2023 in Italy.
Prithviraj Tondaiman’s bronze was India’s only medal at the Lonato shooting meet. This was his second individual ISSF World Cup medal, having won a bronze in Doha in March. The ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Italy was a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
6. Which position was bagged by the Indian shooters as a team in the Junior World Championship?
[A] First
[B] Second
[C] Third
[D] Fifth
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Correct Answer: B [Second]
Notes:
The Indian shooters failed to get among the individual medals in rapid fire pistol, but combined to bag the team silver behind China in the Junior World Championship in Changwon, Korea,
Sameer Ghulia, Mahesh Pasupathy, and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu, won the team silver in rapid fire pistol in the Junior World Championships.
7. Which racing driver has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2023 tournament?
[A] Max Verstappen
[B] Lewis Hamilton
[C] Sergio Pérez
[D] Charles Leclerc
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Correct Answer: A [Max Verstappen]
Notes:
Verstappen delivered his Red Bull team a record-breaking 12th consecutive Formula One win as he wins Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s seventh straight win stretched his lead over Perez to 110 points in the championship.
8. Which Indian player finished as runner-up at the Australian Open badminton tournament?
[A] Lakshya Sen
[B] HS Prannoy
[C] K Srikanth
[D] Chirag Shetty
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Correct Answer: B [HS Prannoy]
Notes:
India’s HS Prannoy finished runner-up at the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament after losing a three-game thriller to China’s Weng Hong Yang in the men’s singles finals.
The 31-year-old player from Kerala had beaten Weng in a three-game play to claim the Malaysia Masters in May.
9. What is the position of India in the FIH Men’s Hockey World Rankings, as of August 2023?
[A] First
[B] Third
[C] Fifth
[D] Seventh
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Correct Answer: B [Third]
Notes:
Indian men’s hockey team has jumped to the third spot in FIH Men’s Hockey World Rankings following their Asian Champions Trophy title win in Chennai.
India has reached the third spot with 2771.35 points. The rankings are topped by three-time World Champions Netherlands with 3095.90 points. Belgium is in the second position with 2917.87 points.
10. Who is the first Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach Chess World Cup semi-finals since 2002?
[A] D Gukesh
[B] R Praggnanandhaa
[C] Arjun Erigaisi
[D] Nihal Sarin
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Correct Answer: B [R Praggnanandhaa]
Notes:
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach Chess World Cup semi-finals since 2002.
The 18-year-old defeated World No 3 GM Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 in a semifinal decided by a single tiebreak win. He defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 5-4 to enter the semifinals. In the finals, he will face five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen.
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