Who has won the ICC Player of the Month Award for October 2022?

Today General Knowledge(GK)

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

KL Rahul

Suryakumar Yadav

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Virat Kohli

India star "Virat Kohli" won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Month Award for October 2022 for his exploits in the T20 World Cup 2022.

Kohli won the honour after having been nominated for the new award for the first time in his career. The former India captain pipped the likes of David Miller of South Africa and Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe for the top prize.

Virat Kohli has been rewarded for his sensational start to the T20 World Cup 2022 campaign in Australia. Kohli played 4 knocks in October 2022 and hit 205 runs, including two fifties at a stunning strike rate of 150..

Source : India Today

Published On : November 7, 2022

Category : Sports

Recent General Knowledge Questions

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Who was recently awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation?

Nihal Sarin

Koneru Humpy

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Vaishali Ramesh Babu

Correct Answer : Vaishali Ramesh Babu

Indian Chess Prodigy, Vaishali Ramesh Babu who has been awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, the International Chess Federation said India is booming as far as the Chess landscape is concerned.

She also expressed confidence that India will perform well at the upcoming World Championship. Talking exclusively to Akashvani News, she lauded the contribution of Chess legend, Viswanathan Anand in taking Indian Chess to new heights.

While sharing her journey, Vaishali, said that it was due to her father’s decision to keep her away from television that she got enrolled into a Chess academy. She added that her parents have been her big support system.

Vaishali is the third Indian female Grandmaster, joining Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli. Vaishali completed the requisite 2500 ELO points at the Llobregat Open tournament in Spain, last year. However, the title was officially given to her only recently following the FIDE Council meeting during the Candidates Tournament in Toronto last month..

Source : AIR

Published On : May 2, 2024

Category : Sports

Q .

India test fired smart anti-submarine missile developed by whom?

HAL

ISRO

DRDO

None of these

Correct Answer : DRDO

India has successfully test fired Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) anti-submarine missile system off the Balasore coast of Odisha.

SMART is a next generation missile-based light weight torpedo delivery system. It has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Published On : May 2, 2024

Category : Defence

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Which Country to Launch Chang'e-6 Lunar Probe Carrying Pakistan's ICUBE-Q Mission?

China

Russia

Japan

South Korea

Correct Answer : China

Pakistan’s Institute of Space Technology (IST) said on April 30 that the lunar mission iCube-Q will be launched on 3 May 2024 aboard China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe, according to a report by Dawn.

The satellite was developed by IST in partnership with China’s Shanghai University SJTU and Suparco, which is the national space agency of Pakistan. It carries two optical cameras and will capture images of the Moon’s surface.

The Chinese embassy in Pakistan also confirmed the development and said the Chang’e 6 lunar probe will carry payloads from France, European Space Agency and Pakistan on a round trip.

“Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, #SUPARCO’s logo is seen on China’s most powerful rocket #LongMarch5! Together with China’s #ChangE6 lunar probe and payloads from France and #ESA, Pakistan’s CubeSat is ready to go to the moon in just a few days!” the embassy said in a post on X.