Sports Current Affairs MCQs
This category comprises 50 random questions from the total 176 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Sports Current Affairs category published in gktoday from 1 January, 2019 till July 7, 2020.
1. Fouaad Mirza, who was recently seen in news, is a famous sportsperson of which event?
[A] Boxing
[B] Equestrian
[C] Javelin Throw
[D] Shot put
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Correct Answer: B [Equestrian ]
Notes:
Fouaad Mirza was recently qualified to represent India in the Tokyo Olympics, in the equestrian event. The 27-year-old sportsman is the first Indian rider to qualify for the Olympics in equestrian sports. The only other rider was Imtiaz Anees, who was given a wildcard in Sydney Olympics
He is also the first Indian to win an individual medal in Asian Games since 1982, when he won the silver medal in the Team event in Asian Games 2018. The International Federation for Equestrian Sports recently confirmed his participation in the Olympics.
2. Which cricketer won the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for ‘Player of the Year’, presented by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Ben Stokes
[C] Kane Williamson
[D] Rohit Sharma
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Correct Answer: B [Ben Stokes]
Notes:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently presented the ICC Annual awards. The biggest award named ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for Player of the Year was bagged by the England All-rounder Ben Stokes.
Indian opener, Rohit Sharma was named the ‘ODI Player of the year’, while the Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins was presented the ‘Test Player of the year award’. The ‘Spirit of Cricket Award’ was presented to Virat Kohli. Another Indian cricketer, Deepak Chahar was given the ‘T20I Performance of the Year’ award.
3. Anshu Malik, who was seen in news recently, is associated with which sports?
[A] Badminton
[B] Tennis
[C] Wrestling
[D] Boxing
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Correct Answer: C [Wrestling]
Notes:
In the recently held Rome Ranking Series wrestling event 2020, Indian teenage wrestler Anshu Malik won the silver medal by technical superiority. She lost the final match for gold against the Nigerian wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye in the 57 kg category.
The 18-year-old wrestler Anshu maintained her form throughout the tournament and she won the bouts against several top-rated wrestlers of the world. Another Indian wrestler Divya Kakran missed her bronze medal, after losing to Danielle Suzanne Lappage of Canada. 2019 World Championship bronze winner Vinesh Phogat is yet to compete in the tournament.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Shivangi Sharma, a top swimmer who clinched five gold medals in the Khelo India Youth Games, belongs to which state?
[A] Assam
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Haryana
[D] Rajasthan
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Correct Answer: A [Assam]
Notes:
Shivangi Sharma is a top freestyle swimmer, who belongs to the state of Assam. She has won five gold medals and two silver medals for Assam, in the recently held Khelo India Youth Games. She became the most successful girl in the event with 7 medals.
Shivangi won her fifth Gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle event in the category of women (Under-21), in addition to her earlier gold in 100 m, 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle events and 2 silver medals in the team events.
7. 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.
8. Which Indian squash player became the runner-up in the Pittsburgh Open squash tournament?
[A] Joshna Chinappa
[B] Dipika Pallikal
[C] Saurav Ghosal
[D] Sunayna Kuruvilla
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Correct Answer: C [Saurav Ghosal ]
Notes:
Ace Indian squash player Saurav Ghosal became the runner-up in the Pittsburgh Open squash tournament after he lost to the top seed Egyptian player, Fares Dessouky in the final.
The second seed Saurav Ghosal lost 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 to the Egyptian player after he advanced to the finals by defeating the fifth seed Egypt’s Omar Mossad in the hard-fought semi-final match, which lasted for an hour and 13 minutes. Saurav has reached his career-high world ranking of 10 in April 2019.
9. Christine Sinclair, who recently became the world’s all-time leading goal scorer in football, belongs to which country?
[A] Brazil
[B] Italy
[C] Canada
[D] Argentina
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Correct Answer: C [Canada]
Notes:
Christine Sinclair is a famous footballer of Canada and the captain of Canada National Team. She recently created a record of becoming the world’s all-time international leading goal scorer.
She achieved this feat after her 185th career goal during the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. She has broken the world record of American Footballer Abby Wambach who had scored 184 goals. This record includes both male and female category. Ali Daei of Iran tops the men’s international scoring list with 109 goals.
10. Which tennis player clinched the women’s singles title in the Australian Open tournament?
[A] Ashleigh Barty
[B] Simona Halep
[C] Sofia Kenin
[D] Cori Gauff
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Correct Answer: C [Sofia Kenin]
Notes:
The 21-year-old American tennis star Sofia Kenin won her maiden Grand slam title, as she won the women’s singles title in the Australian Open tournament.
She defeated the other finalist Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-2 6-2 and became the youngest winner of the tournament, after Maria Sharapova clinched the trophy before 12 years. The mixed doubles title of the event was won by the duo -Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic and Croatia’s Nikola Mektic. While Krejcikova retained her mixed doubles crown, Nikola won his maiden trophy.
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