1. Who won the men’s gold medal in 10-metre air pistol in the 63rd National shooting Championship?
[A] Saurabh Chaudhary
[B] Sarabjot Singh
[C] Abhishek Verma
[D] Shiva Narwal
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Correct Answer: A [Saurabh Chaudhary]
Notes:
The 17-year-old ace shooter of India, Saurabh Chaudhary clinched the men’s gold medal in 10-metre air pistol in the 63rd National shooting Championship, being held at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Saurabh had earlier won the gold medal in Youth Olympics and Asian Games. Sarabjot Singh won the silver medal while Shiva Narwal bagged the bronze medal. Saurabh is also qualified to represent India in the Tokyo Olympics in Shooting (Air pistol category).
2. Which Indian Grandmaster won the title in the Hastings International Chess Congress?
[A] Pendyala Harikrishna
[B] Sasikiran Krishnan
[C] P Magesh Chandran
[D] Abhijeet Gupta
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Correct Answer: C [P Magesh Chandran]
Notes:
Indian Grandmaster, P Magesh Chandran who presently lives in the USA, won the prestigious title of the Hastings International Chess Congress. The tournament was held in Hastings, England.
He completed the game with 7.5 points and remained unbeaten in all rounds. The 36-year-old chess player became the Grand master in 2006. With 6 points each, other Indian players Deep Sengupta and Swayam Mishra were placed in the 13th and 14th ranks respectively.
3. 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.
4. Which Indian woman tennis player won both the women’s singles and doubles title in the ITF Thailand Championship?
[A] Sania Mirza
[B] Ankita Raina
[C] Nirupama Sanjeev
[D] Sunitha Rao
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Correct Answer: B [Ankita Raina]
Notes:
India’s leading woman Tennis player Ankita Raina won the women’s singles title in the $25,000 ITF Thailand Championship. This is her first ITF singles title of the season and 10th of her sport career.
The 27-year-old third-seeded Ankita Raina beat Chloe Paquet of France 6-3, 7-5 in the summit clash, to clinch the title. Ankita had also won the doubles title of the tournament, along with Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands. Earlier this year, she had also reached the semi-finals at another $25000 event in Canberra.
5. Rakhi Halder, who was seen in news recently, is associated with which sports?
[A] Hockey
[B] Cricket
[C] Weight-lifting
[D] Wrestling
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Correct Answer: C [Weight-lifting]
Notes:
Rakhi Halder, the Indian weight-lifter from West Bengal was seen in news recently as she bagged gold medal in 64kg category at the 35th edition of the Senior Women’s National Weightlifting Championships, being held at Kolkata.
Rakhi Halder, who is an Indian Railways employee, had clinched gold in the Commonwealth Championship in June 2019 and the bronze medal at the Qatar International Cup. Earlier, former World champion Mirabai Chanu from Manipur set a new national record in the 49-kg category and won gold medal.
6. Which country won its maiden Under-19 World Cup title, in this year’s ICC World cup cricket tournament?
[A] Afghanistan
[B] Pakistan
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Sri Lanka
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Correct Answer: C [Bangladesh]
Notes:
The Cricket team of Bangladesh has clinched its maiden Under-19 World Cup title, in the ICC World cup 2020 cricket tournament, held at Potchefstroom, South Africa.
They beat the Indian team led by Priyam Garg in the Super League final match, by 3 wickets. The team was announced to have won, by D/L method. This is India’s seventh final appearance and the team has missed to earn its record fifth World Cup title.
7. The cricket team of which country was recently presented with the ICC Women’s Championship trophy?
[A] England
[B] South Africa
[C] Australia
[D] New Zealand
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Correct Answer: C [Australia]
Notes:
The Australian team was presented with the ICC Women’s Championship trophy. The team has retained the trophy by topping in eight-team ODI competition played from 2017 to 2020.
Australia has scored 34 points from 18 matches with one more series to play. The ICC Women’s Championship qualified hosts New Zealand and four other top teams including Australia, England and South Africa, directly to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021.
8. Which late Basketball player was recently named finalist of ‘Basketball Hall of Fame’?
[A] Barbara Stevens
[B] Kim Mulkey
[C] Kobe Bryant
[D] Rudy Tomjanovich
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Correct Answer: C [Kobe Bryant]
Notes:
The global sports icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash three weeks ago, was recently named as finalist of ‘Basketball Hall of Fame’.
One of the most dominant players in NBA history played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his 20-year career. Many other former Basket ball players and national coaches have also been named finalists of the ‘Basketball Hall of Fame’.
9. Which Indian chess player recently won the Cairns Cup chess tournament?
[A] Koneru Humpy
[B] Viswanathan Anand
[C] Harikrishna P
[D] Adhiban
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Correct Answer: A [Koneru Humpy]
Notes:
India’s top-rated Chess player and World Rapid chess champion- Koneru Humpy recently clinched the title at the Cairns Cup chess tournament.
In the second edition of the tournament, Humpy won the title with six points from nine rounds, ahead of the reigning world champion Ju Wenjun, who finished at the second place. Last year, Koneru Humpy won the coveted ‘2019 women’s World rapid chess championship’.
10. What is the theme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics?
[A] Play Together
[B] United by Emotion
[C] Tireless Tokyo
[D] Jubilant Japan
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Correct Answer: B [United by Emotion]
Notes:
The organisers of Tokyo 2020 recently released the theme of this year’s Olympics and Paralympics as ‘United by Emotion’. The theme reflects the unifying power of sports, as per the organisers.
The official Olympic motto is ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ which means ‘Faster, Higher and Stronger. Each host city chooses its own motto in every Olympics edition. The opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 games is scheduled on July 24.
