Sports Current Affairs MCQs
This category comprises 50 random questions from the total 205 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Sports Current Affairs category published in gktoday from 1 January, 2019 till August 11, 2020.
1. Which Indian player was named as the captain of ESPNCricinfo’s ODI and T20 teams of the decade?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Mahendra Singh Dhoni
[C] Rohit Sharma
[D] Suresh Raina
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Correct Answer: B [Mahendra Singh Dhoni]
Notes:
Former Indian cricket team captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected as the captain of both the ESPNCricinfo’s ODI and T20 teams of the decade. The present skipper Virat Kohli was selected as the captain of ESPNCricinfo’s Test team of the decade, while he found place in all the three formats. Famous Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was included in the ODI team of the decade, while spinner R Ashwin found place in the test team. Bumrah was the only bowler to be placed in the T20 list.
2. David Stern who passed away recently was the Commissioner of which famous Sports league?
[A] Formula 1, F1
[B] National Basketball Association, NBA
[C] Major League Baseball, MLB
[D] National Hockey League, NHL
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Correct Answer: B [National Basketball Association, NBA]
Notes:
A famous figure among the basketball Community David Stern passed away recently. He served as the Commissioner of National Basketball Association, NBA from 1984 to 2014. He also made a record of being the longest serving Commissioner of a major league. He played a crucial role in broadening the scope of NBA in the international arena and making it popular and successful. The Women’s National Basketball Association was founded under his leadership.
3. For how many times, India has emerged as winner in the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament since it began in 2009?
[A] One
[B] Two
[C] Three
[D] Four
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Correct Answer: C [ Three ]
Notes:
India has emerged winner in the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament for three times since it began in 2009. P.V. Sindhu won it in 2013 and 2016, and Saina Nehwal in 2017. This year, B. Sai Praneeth has been already knocked out.
4. Which badminton player recently won the Malaysian Masters 2020 title?
[A] Viktor Axelsen
[B] Kento Momota
[C] Sai Praneeth
[D] Kidambi Srikanth
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Correct Answer: B [Kento Momota]
Notes:
World No 1 Badminton player of Japan, Kento Momota defeated former world champion Viktor Axelsen in the final match of Malaysia Masters 2020 tournament and clinched the title.
Kento Momota had won 11 major titles in the year 2019 and that is the highest number of titles held in a year by any badminton player. He won the 2019 BWF World Tour finals and also was awarded the BWF Best Male Player of the Year award. He is expected to represent Japan in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Chinese badminton player Chen Yu Fei won the women’s singles title of the tournament.
5. Which Indian wrestler won the Gold medal at the Rome Ranking Series 2020 event, held recently?
[A] Geeta Phogat
[B] Babita Phogat
[C] Vinesh Phogat
[D] Sakshi Malik
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Correct Answer: C [Vinesh Phogat]
Notes:
Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the Gold medal in the 53 kg category, at the Rome Ranking Series 2020 event, held recently. In the final bout for gold, she defeated the Ecuadorian wrester Luisa Elizabeth Valverde 4-0. In the journey towards the final match, Vinesh overpowered two top-rated and tough Chinese wrestlers. This is her first Gold medal in the year 2020.
Earlier, in the tournament, another Indian wrestler Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the 57 kg category.
6. Which famous International Tennis tournament is held in the month of January, every year?
[A] US Open
[B] Australian Open
[C] French Open
[D] Wimbledon
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Correct Answer: B [Australian Open]
Notes:
The Australian Open tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held every year, before the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open events. It is organized by Tennis Australia and generally held during the last fortnight of every January. The event comprises of many categories including Singles and Doubles matches for Men and Women, Mixed Doubles, Junior Championship and wheel-chair matches.
The 2020 Australian Open is the 108th edition, scheduled from January 20 to February 2 at Melbourne Park, Victoria, Australia. The defending Champions of the event in Men’s singles and Women’s singles are Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka respectively.
7. Divyansh Singh Panwar, who was seen in news recently, is an Indian player of which sports?
[A] Boxing
[B] Wrestling
[C] Shooting
[D] Archery
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Correct Answer: C [Shooting]
Notes:
Divyansh Singh Panwar is a 17-year-old Indian shooter from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He was seen in news as he recently clinched the gold medal in Meyton Cup, a tournament held in Austria.
Divyansh won the Gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event and ace Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela bagged the Gold medal in the 10m air rifle women’s category. Other shooters Deepak Kumar and Anjum Moudgil also bagged a bronze medal each in men’s and women’s 10m air rifle events respectively. The four Indian shooters have already secured their quotas for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
8. Which Indian wrestler was recently inducted in the government’s All India Council of Sports (AICS)?
[A] Bajrang Punia
[B] Deepak Punia
[C] Yogeshwar Dutt
[D] Sushil Kumar
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Correct Answer: C [Yogeshwar Dutt]
Notes:
The Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports has recently reconstituted the advisory body, All India Council of Sports (AICS) and extended the tenure of the body to three years. V. K. Malhotra remains the President of the Council.
The number of members of the advisory body was reduced to 18 from the original count of 27. The new inductees to the council are wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Paralympian Deepa Malik and Mountaineer Bachendri Pal among others. The names of notable sportspersons which were omitted include Bhaichung Bhutia, Sachin Tendulkar, Viswanathan Anand and P Gopichand.
9. Mohammed Hussamuddin, who was seen in news recently, is a famous Indian player of which sports?
[A] Cricket
[B] Archery
[C] Wrestling
[D] Boxing
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Correct Answer: D [Boxing]
Notes:
Indian boxer Mohammed Hussamuddin was seen in news recently as he clinched the silver medal in the 57-kg category, at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament. The tournament was being held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Hussammudin, who is a Commonwealth Games bronze-winner, lost the final bout to Italy’s Francesco Maietta and settled with the silver. Other two Indian boxers who won bronze medals in the tournament were four-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa and former world silver-medallist Sonia Lather.
10. Which chess player won the title of the ‘Tata Steel Masters chess tournament’?
[A] Viswanathan Anand
[B] Magnus Carlsen
[C] Fabiano Caruana
[D] Vladislav Artemiev
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Correct Answer: C [Fabiano Caruana]
Notes:
USA’s second seed Fabiano Caruana clinched the title of the ‘Tata Steel Masters chess tournament’ with a record-winning score of 10 points from 13 rounds. He was assured of the title even before the final round. Only Garry Kasparov (1999) and Magnus Carlsen (2013) have won the tournament by scoring 10 points since 1980.
Current World champion Magnus Carlsen finished second in the tournament. Indian Grand master and five-time Viswanathan Anand settled for the sixth place with 6.5 points from 13 rounds.
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