11. Which Indian sportsperson won the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award for the third consecutive year?
[A] Mary Kom
[B] P V Sindhu
[C] Saina Nehwal
[D] Sania Mirza
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Correct Answer: B [P V Sindhu]
Notes:
India’s ace shuttler and World champion P V Sindhu won the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a third consecutive time. Sindhu’s World Championship victory has also been selected as the Moment of the Year. Chief National Badminton Coach Pullela Gopichand was selected as the Coach of the Year.
Top-rated shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the ESPN’s Male Sportsperson of the Year award while Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary duo grabbed the Team of the Year honour.
12. Which team bagged the 9th National Ice Hockey Championship, 2020 title?
[A] Indian Army Red
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Indian Army Blue
[D] Indo Tibetan Border Police
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Correct Answer: A [Indian Army Red]
Notes:
At the 9th National Ice Hockey Championship recently held, the Indian Army Red team lifted the National Championship title. They defeated the Indo Tibetan Border Police team in the hard-fought final to bag the title.
The Army Red team had players from the Ladakh Scouts Regiment. 12 teams including Maharashtra, Haryana, Ladakh, Chandigarh, ITBP and the Army participated in the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI)-organised championship.
13. Who is the first cricketer to play 100 matches in all three formats of the game?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Ross Taylor
[C] Lasith Malinga
[D] Ben Stokes
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Correct Answer: B [Ross Taylor]
Notes:
Veteran Cricketer of the New Zealand Team, Ross Taylor recently created history by becoming the first cricketer to play 100 matches in all three formats of the game- Test, ODI, T20 I.
He achieved this feat during the first test match against India in Wellington. The 35-year-old batsman played his 100th T20 International against India last month. Taylor is also the leading run-scorer of New Zealand, in Test and ODI formats.
14. Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan duo, who were making news recently, is associated with which sports?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table-Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table-Tennis]
Notes:
Indian men’s doubles pair-Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan recently won the silver medal at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open, held at Budapest.
They lost the hard-fought final match to the German pair of Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska. In the semi-finals, the Indian duo has defeated top seeds of Hong Kong. Sharath Kamal had earlier won bronze medal with Manika Batra in mixed doubles.
15. Tennis star Maria Sharapova, who recently retired from the sport, belongs to which country?
[A] France
[B] Switzerland
[C] Russia
[D] Sweden
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Correct Answer: C [Russia]
Notes:
Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former WTA World No.1 has recently announced her retirement from professional Tennis.
The 32-year-old Tennis icon from Russia has won 36 WTA titles and held WTA World No.1 rank for continuous 21 weeks. She won her first Grand Slam at the age of 17, when she won the Wimbledon title in 2004. She had also won her Career Grand Slam.
16. Which Indian University was the winner of the Khelo India University Games 2020?
[A] Savitribai Phule Pune University
[B] Panjab University
[C] Madras University
[D] Andhra University
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Correct Answer: B [Panjab University]
Notes:
The inaugural edition of the Khelo India University Games concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on March 1. The Panjab University was crowned as Champions with 17 Gold medals among a total of 46 medals.
The second position was bagged by the Savitribai Phule University, Pune with 37 overall medals. Punjabi University was placed in the third place. Famous athlete Dutee Chand set a new National University record in 100 m race and won the gold medal in both the 100m and the 200m races.
17. Which Tennis star recently won the Dubai Tennis Championships, for the first time since 2013?
[A] Rafael Nadal
[B] Roger Federer
[C] Novak Djokovic
[D] Andy Murray
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Correct Answer: C [Novak Djokovic]
Notes:
World number one Novak Djokovic has recently won the Dubai Tennis Championships for the first time since 2013.
In the summit match of the men’s singles, the 32-year-old Serb star defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets and clinched the title. Novak has now won 21 matches consecutively. In 2010-11, he had won 43 matches consecutively.
18. Which Indian sportsperson has been named Sportsperson of the Year at the Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019?
[A] Mary Kom
[B] Sania Mirza
[C] P V Sindhu
[D] Harmanpreet Kaur
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Correct Answer: C [P V Sindhu]
Notes:
Ace Indian shuttler and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu was named Sportsperson of the Year at the ‘Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019’ in New Delhi.
Sindhu who won the World Championship, also received the ‘Unbreakable Spirit of Sports award’ and ‘Badminton Player of the Year (female)’. Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia was presented the Lifetime Achievement award and Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr was pesented the Icon of the Century award. Pulella Gopichand won the Mentor of the Year award.
19. Which is the first country to withdraw from Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears?
[A] Italy
[B] Canada
[C] Germany
[D] United States
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Correct Answer: B [Canada]
Notes:
Canada became the first major country to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears. Australia has also directed its athletes to prepare for the 2021 games, as it could not be held this year.
Earlier, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe has announced for the first time that the Olympic Games might get postponed. The International Olympic Committee is expected to decide about the schedule of the games soon, which had been planned to commence from July 24 this year.
20. Kobe Bryant along with eight others, were selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The museum cum hall of fame is located in which country?
[A] Brazil
[B] United States
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: B [United States]
Notes:
Basketball legend, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year, Kobe Bryant along with eight others, were selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Other personalities include American basketball coach Tim Duncan and former professional basketball player Kevin Garnett. The Honourees will be officially inducted in on August 29 in Massachusetts, United States, where the basketball museum, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located.
