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

1 .

Who has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men's team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021?

A)

Rahul Dravid

B)

Sourav Ganguly

C)

MS Dhoni

D)

Virendra Sehwag

Correct Answer : MS Dhoni

India on Wednesday, 8 September 2021 announced their 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, with off-spinner R Ashwin making a return to the white-ball squad and MS Dhoni being announced as team mentor.

Jay Shah, the BCCI Honorary Secretary, revealed the thinking behind appointing Dhoni, the former India captain who led the side to the inaugural T20 World Cup trophy.

"As far as Dhoni is concerned, I spoke to him when I was in Dubai," said Shah. "He was okay with the decision, and he agreed to be a mentor for team India, for the T20 World Cup only.

"I spoke to the captain (Virat Kohli) and vice-captain (Rohit Sharma) as well as Ravi Shastri (the head coach), and that’s why we reached the conclusion."

2 .

Which player has won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021?

A)

Geet Sethi

B)

Pankaj Advani

C)

Aditya Mehta

D)

Sourav Kothari

Correct Answer : Pankaj Advani

India’s Pankaj Advani won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He has won this title for a second consecutive time. He is the winner of the last Asian Snooker Championship held in 2019. In 2019, Pankaj also became the only player who won the titles in all forms of billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds competitions. Yasin Merchant (1989, 2001), Alok Kumar (2004), Aditya Mehta (2012) were the other Indians who won the championship.

3 .

Which nation's cricket team has abandoned Pakistan tour citing security concerns?

A)

New Zealand

B)

England

C)

Australia

D)

South Africa

Correct Answer : New Zealand

New Zealand cricket team's tour of Pakistan has been abandoned due to security concerns. New Zealand was supposed to play the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi on September 13, 2021 before travelling to Lahore for a 5-match T20 series. This would have been their first match on Pakistan soil since 2003.

4 .

Lasith Malinga, who has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, played for which country?

A)

Bangladesh

B)

Australia

C)

West Indies

D)

Sri Lanka

Correct Answer : Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s legendary pacer Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. He had already hung his boots from the ODI and Test formats and on September 14 (Tuesday) 2021, he called it quits from the T20Is as well. Malinga last played for Sri Lanka in March 2020 before COVID-19 pandemic impacted cricket and since then, was on the sidelines.

He was also not considered for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be played in the UAE. The 38-year-old played 84 T20Is for his country picking 107 wickets including two five-wicket hauls and a four-wicket haul. Speaking about his overall career, he played 30 Tests and 226 ODIs as well while featuring in a whopping 295 T20 matches.

The shortest format was his forte where he used to deliver yorkers at will in the four-over spells and ended his career with a whopping 390 wickets (in all T20s). As far as IPL is concerned, Lasith Malinga played only for Mumbai Indians winning multiple title for them. His last ball in the cash-rich league remains the title winning one for the franchise where he dismissed Shardul Thakur of CSK to win MI its fourth IPL title in the 2019 season.

5 .

Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of the Indian cricket team in which format?

A)

Test

B)

T20

C)

ODI

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : T20

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has announced that he will step down as the T20 captain of the Indian cricket team after the men's T20 World Cup in Dubai in October 2021. He will remain the captain for the ODI and Test formats.

6 .

Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August 2021?

A)

Jasprit Bumrah

B)

Shaheen Afridi

C)

Joe Root

D)

Shakib Al Hasan

Correct Answer : Joe Root

England Test skipper Joe Root and Ireland's Eimear Richardson have been voted as the winners of the ICC Players of the Month for August 2021. Root was voted the ICC Men's Player of the Month for August for his consistent performances in the Test series against India that was the part of the next cycle of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).

Root had scored more runs in the first three Tests than England's next three highest run-scorers combined and had also been their highest individual scorer in each of their five innings. On the back of his stunning display in August, Root climbed to the top of ICC Men's Test Rankings for batters on September 1.

7 .

Which player has won the Belgian Grand Prix 2021?

A)

Lewis Hamilton

B)

Charles Leclerc

C)

Max Verstappen

D)

George Russell

Correct Answer : Max Verstappen

Bottas and Verstappen won the Belgian F1 Grand Prix August 28, 2021 Dutch driver Max Verstappen was the fastest on the training day before the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, but crashed at the end of the afternoon races. The Red Bull driver surpassed Valtteri Bottas from Mercedes by 41 thousandths, who won the first races for a change.

8 .

Which state launched the Talent Search Campaign in the area of Sports?

A)

Madhya Pradesh

B)

Maharashtra

C)

Karnataka

D)

Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer : Madhya Pradesh

The Government of Madhya Pradesh launched a comprehensive Talent Search Campaign in the area of Sports.

The aim of the campaign is to search for new talent in sports from the state. The state government also aims to give training to these new talents in a total of 18 sports academies of the state.

Therefore the CM of state, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has made an appeal to the youth having an interest in sports to register for the Talent Search Campaign.

The registered youth will be shortlisted as per their physical strength and proficiency in sports and will be trained in the state’s sports academies equipped with world-class sports facilities.

9 .

When will ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 begin?

A)

October 16th

B)

October 17th

C)

October 18th

D)

October 19th

Correct Answer : October 17th

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman will get underway from October 17th, with the final to be played in Dubai on November 14th.

The tournament will begin with the Round 1 Group B encounter between hosts Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17th, with Scotland and Bangladesh, the other teams in Group B, clashing in the evening match.

10 .

West Indies skipper ___________ named the ICC Player of the Month for July in women’s category.

A)

Fatima Sana

B)

Radha Yadav

C)

Shafali Verma

D)

Stafanie Taylor

Correct Answer : Stafanie Taylor

West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor were on Wednesday(11-08-2021) named the ICC Player of the Month for July in women's category.

West Indies all-rounder Taylor, who led her team in the ODI and T20I series win against Pakistan in July, was nominated for the award alongside teammate Hayley Matthews and Pakistan's Fatima Sana but her all-round performance in the series helped her claim the most votes.

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