Latest Sports and Games General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Who has applied for Team India's head coach position?

A)

MS Dhoni

B)

Rahul Dravid

C)

VVS Laxman

D)

Sachin Tendulkar

Correct Answer : Rahul Dravid

Former India skipper Rahul Dravid applied for the position of head coach of Team India on October 26, 2021. He is currently serving as the head of the National Cricket Academy.

2 .

Which among the following companies placed the winning bid worth Rs 7,090 crore for a new IPL team?

A)

RPSG

B)

Glazers

C)

Uday Kotak

D)

Adani Group

Correct Answer : RPSG

The Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG group placed the winning bid worth Rs 7,090 crore for the Lucknow IPL team, while CVC Capital Partners has claimed Ahmedabad with a bid of Rs 5,166 crore.

3 .

Which are the two new IPL teams?

A)

Ahmedabad, Lucknow

B)

Pune, Kochi

C)

Bhopal, Nagpur

D)

Ranchi, Bhubaneswar

Correct Answer : Ahmedabad, Lucknow

Ahmedabad and Lucknow have been announced as the two teams of the Indian Premier League, taking the total number of IPL teams in the next season to ten.

4 .

Which player has won the 2021 Denmark Open men's single badminton championship?

A)

Chen Long

B)

Kento Momota

C)

Viktor Axelsen

D)

Anders Antonsen

Correct Answer : Viktor Axelsen

Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen has clinched the 2021 Denmark Open title, defeated Momota Kento of Japan in the final. The Victor Denmark Open 2021 badminton tournament was conducted at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark. It was held between 19th October 2021 and 24 October 2021.

5 .

Which Indian state will host the South Asian Federation Cross Country Championships and 56th National Cross Country Championships in 2022?

A)

Goa

B)

Assam

C)

Telangana

D)

Nagaland

Correct Answer : Nagaland

The 2022 South Asian Federation Cross Country Championships is scheduled to be held in Kohima, Nagaland on January 15, 2022. Besides this, the 56th National Cross Country Championships will also be clubbed with the South Asian Federation Cross Country Championships. This will be the first-ever national athletics event hosted by Nagaland.

6 .

_________ the winner of women's single title at Denmark Open 2021 badminton championship

A)

Chen Yufei

B)

Akane Yamaguchi

C)

PV Sindhu

D)

Nozomi Okuhara

Correct Answer : Akane Yamaguchi

Women’s single – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) beat An Se-young (South Korea)

7 .

Saranjeet Singh, who has passed away recently, was a sportsperson representing which game?

A)

Cricket

B)

Hockey

C)

Football

D)

Wrestling

Correct Answer : Hockey

Former hockey international Saranjeet Singh has passed away(22-10-2021). The former State Bank of India hockey player, who played for Coronation Club in the local league, represented Hyderabad juniors and seniors for many years in the late 70s and 80s and also played for India, which toured Germany in 1983.

8 .

Bandula Warnapura, who has passed away recently was the former Cricket player from which country?

A)

Sri Lanka

B)

Zimbabwe

C)

Bangladesh

D)

West Indies

Correct Answer : Sri Lanka

Former Sri Lankan cricket player, coach and administrator, Bandula Warnapura has passed away at the age of 68.

9 .

Who has been roped in as the new CEO of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by Sports Authority of India (SAI)?

A)

J.P. Singh

B)

Dilip Kumar Gupta

C)

PK Garg

D)

Dinkar Prakash Srivastava

Correct Answer : PK Garg

* The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has appointed Commodore PK Garg as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) effective from October 25, 2021.

* Commodore Garg is an Arjuna Award recipient (1990) in Sailing and has also won the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 1993-94.

10 .

Which team has won the Thomas Cup 2020?

A)

Italy

B)

China

C)

Malaysia

D)

Indonesia

Correct Answer : Indonesia

THOMAS Cup : Indonesia beat defending champion China, 3-0, to win Thomas Cup final played at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark on October 17, 2021.