Sports - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Royal Challengers
B)
Gujarat Titans
C)
Rajasthan Royals
D)
Lucknow Super Giants

Correct Answer :   Gujarat Titans

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 ended with Gujarat Titans (GT) lifting the trophy by defeating inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on May 29th, 2022. The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, was the 15th edition of the professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
 
Brief scores of Rajasthan Royals Vs Gujarat Titans Final Match :
 
Rajasthan Royals : 130/9 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 39; Rashid Khan 1/18, Hardik Pandya 3/17).
Gujarat Titans : 133/3 in 18.1 overs (Hardik Pandya 34, Shubman Gill 45 not out).
 
Main points of IPL 2022 Final :
 
* IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony : It was a full house at the Narendra Modi Stadium as the attendance marked 1,04,859.

* BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and General Secretary Jay Shah then receive a certificate as IPL created a Guinness world record for the world’s largest cricket jersey.
* AR Rahman, the Academy Award winner, was the star of the show at the IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony.

* Ranveer Singh’s dance performance, which included the ‘Vaathi Coming’ from Master and ‘Naatu Naatu’ from RRR, was the perfect start of the electric evening of the IPL 2022 Closing Ceremony...

Source : F T L

A)
Mirabai Chanu
B)
Jamuna Boro
C)
Lovlina Borgohain
D)
Deepika Kumari

Correct Answer :   Lovlina Borgohain

Olympics bronze medallist "Lovlina Borgohain" has been elected as the chair and a voting member on the Board of Directors for the Athletes' Committee, the International Boxing Association (IBA) said on Thursday(26th May 2022).
 
Borgohain received the highest number of votes during the election held at the 2022 Women's World Championships.
 
"I feel honoured to have been elected as the chair of IBA's Athlete's Committee, I expected to become a member, but never thought that I will also become the chair of the committee, this will help me promote Indian boxing and especially women boxing to other boxers of the world," Borgohain said in a release.
 
"This is a huge opportunity for me to promote boxing and I plan to first discuss what all needs to be addressed in Boxing this year with other members and boxers of the world and then take those suggestions and grievances to the Board of Director's committee."
 
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has also been elected as a member of the IBA Athletes Committee following the election held during the 2021 IBA Men's World Championships.

Source : Times Of India

A)
33 Medals
B)
36 Medals
C)
37 Medals
D)
41 Medals

Correct Answer :   33 Medals

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup 2022 was held at Suhl in Germany. The Indian contingent was led by ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary. At the ISSF Junior World Cup 2022, the Indian junior shooting team came in first position overall. They won 33 medals in total, including 13 gold, 15 silver, and 5 bronze. With four gold medals, Italy came in second place.
 
At the last edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup in 2021, India had 43 medals – 17 golds, 16 silvers and 10 bronze – to top the medals table.

India’s medal winners at ISSF Junior World Cup 2022:
 
Gold medals :
* Simranpreet Kaur Brar and Vijayveer Sidhu – 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team
* Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Sameer – men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team
* Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan – women’s 25m pistol team
* Sift Kaur Samra – women’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual
* Rhythm Sangwan – women’s 25m pistol individual
* Rudrankksh Patil, Paarth Makhija and Umamahesh Maddineni – men’s air rifle team
* Rudrankksh Patil – men’s 10m air rifle individual
* Shiva Narwal – men’s 10m air pistol individual
* Palak – women’s 10m air pistol individual
* Saurabh Chaudhary, Shiva Narwal and Sarabjot Singh – men’s air pistol team
* Esha Singh-Saurabh Chaudhary – 10m air pistol mixed team
* Manu Bhaker, Palak and Esha Singh – women’s 10m air pistol team
* Arya Borse, Zeena Khitta and Ramita – women’s air rifle team



Silver medals :
* Anish-Tejaswani – 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team
* Pankaj Mukheja and Sift Kaur Samra – 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team
* Shivam Dabas, Pankaj Mukheja, Avinash Yadav – men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team
* Anish – men’s 25m rapid fire pistol individual
* Manu Bhaker – women’s 25m pistol individual
* Shivam Dabas – men’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual
* Abhinav Shaw – men’s 10m air rifle individual
* Ramita – women’s 10m air rifle individual
* Manu Bhaker – women’s 10m air pistol individual
* Palak and Sarabjot Singh – 10m air pistol mixed team
* Ramita and Paarth Makhija – 10m air rifle mixed team
* Sift Kaur Samra and Surya Pratap Singh – 50m Rifle Prone Mixed Team competition
* Shardul Vihaan, Arya Vansh Tyagi and Vivaan Kapoor – men’s trap team
* Sarabjot Singh – 10m air pistol men individual
* Preeti Rajak, Sabeera Haris and Bhavya Tripathi – women’s trap team

Bronze medals :
* Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore and Areeba Khan –  women’s skeet team
* Vijayveer Sidhu – men’s 25m rapid fire pistol individual
* Naamya Kapoor – women’s 25m pistol individual
* Nischal, Ashi Chouksey, Samra Sift Kaur – women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team
* Ashi Chouksey – 50m rifle 3 positions

Source : Olympics

A)
India
B)
Canada
C)
Turkey
D)
Ireland

Correct Answer :   Turkey

The 12th edition of the 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championship (WWBC) was held at Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility, Istanbul, Turkey. The event saw the participation of 310 Boxers from 73 nations. Belarusian and Russian boxers were not allowed to compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
 
Main points :
 
* India for the first time in the past four years, had won a total medal tally of 3, which includes one Gold and two Bronze.
 
* The India Boxer Nikhat Zareen( from Nizamabad, Telangana) won the gold in the flyweight (52kg) division with 5-0 points against Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas. With this win, she became the fifth Indian women boxer to win the World Championship.
 
* The other two Indian women boxers Manisha Moun (from Haryana) and Parveen Hooda(from Haryana) had won the bronze medals in the 57kg and 63kg categories respectively.


Rank Nation  Gold  Silver  Bronze  Total
Turkey 5 0 2 7
Ireland 2 0 0 2
Canada 1 1 0 2
4 India 1 0 2 3

A)
Japan
B)
Pakistan
C)
Malaysia
D)
India

Correct Answer :   India

Indian men’s team slammed six goals in the final quarter to record a 16-0 win over Indonesia in a thrilling Pool A game of the Asia Cup 2022 to qualify for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup. 
 
India joined Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea in the Super 4 round of the Asia Cup. India needed to win the contest by at least a 15-0 margin to qualify and the young side thrived under pressure.
 
Both India and Pakistan finished on four points each in Pool A behind Japan but the holders qualified for the Super 4s on the basis of a better goal difference (1). Pakistan had lost 2-3 to Japan earlier in the day. 
 
This was India’s first win in the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Pakistan before suffering a 2-5 defeat at the hands of Japan, who finished first in Pool A. Japan won all of their three matches in the pool..

Source : Olympics

A)
Mohit Dahiya
B)
Satender Malik
C)
Deepak Punia
D)
Yogeshwar Dutt

Correct Answer :   Satender Malik

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has imposed a life ban on wrestler Satender Malik after he thrashed referee Jagbir Singh during CWG trials inside the KD Jadhav Hall at the IGI stadium. The incident took place after Satender Malik lost the 125kg final during the Commonwealth Games 2022 trials in the presence of the WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan. He reportedly punched the referee at the stadium, prompting the wrestling federation to impose a life ban on the wrestler. 

A)
Rajat Patidar
B)
Rahul Tripathi
C)
Dinesh Karthik
D)
Abhishek Sharma

Correct Answer :   Rajat Patidar

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB's) "Rajat Patidar" became the first uncapped player in history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to score a century in the playoffs on May 25, 2022. Rajat Patidar achieved this feat during RCB’s eliminator clash against Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens in Kolkata with an unbeaten 112 runs off just 54 balls. The previous highest score by an uncapped player in the playoffs was Manish Pandey, who then playing for Kolkata Knight Riders had scored 94 runs for his side during 2014 IPL edition..

Source : Sports NDTV

A)
Jay Shah
B)
Chetan Anand
C)
Narinder Batra
D)
Sourav Ganguly

Correct Answer :   Narinder Batra

Narinder Batra resigned as the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on May 25, 2022. Batra announced that he is not going to run for another term as President of the body. Narinder Batra is also the President of the International Hockey Federation. He said that his role as FIH President requires more time especially since world hockey is undergoing an essential development phase with the launch of new platforms and activities and the creation of a new competition this year, the FIH Hockey Nations Cup.

A)
BCCI
B)
EWCB
C)
NZNC
D)
SANC

Correct Answer :   BCCI

The Indian cricket board, usually a slow-starter when it comes to picking up trends, has finally gone ahead and embraced the idea of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). On Monday(23rd May 2022), the cricket board unveiled cricket metaverse company FanCraze as its official associate partner for the Women's T20 Challenge.

For the longest time, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had stayed away from bringing NFT companies on board as sponsors and had also asked the franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to 'keep the distance'. This happened at a time when the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its other member boards had already started bringing NFT companies on board through official tie-ups..

Source : Times Of India

A)
Kerala
B)
Odisha
C)
Karnataka
D)
Haryana

Correct Answer :   Haryana

Hockey Haryana emerged winners of the Hockey India sub-junior women's national championship 2022 after defeating Hockey Jharkhand 2-0 in the final in Imphal yesterday(22nd May 2022). Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey 3-0 to secure third place in the tournament. 
 
Pushpanjali Sonkar, Manisha Patel, and Purnima Yadav scored a goal each to help Uttar Pradesh Hockey seal third place in the competition for the second consecutive time..

Source : News On Air