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A)
Palak Kohli
B)
Bhavina Patel
C)
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
D)
Manisha Ramadass

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan

India's Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan claimed twin gold medals following a stellar run at the Brazil Para-Badminton International 2023.

* The 18-year-old Nithya defeated Peru's Giuliana Poveda Flores 22-20 21-11 in the women's singles SH6 category finals to win the gold medal.

* She also combined with Sivarajan Solaimalai to beat Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai and Choi Wing Kei 21-11 21-17 in the mixed doubles SH6 final.

* The participants of SH6 classification comprises 'standing/short stature' players.

* Tokyo Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam also struck gold in the men's doubles after defeating Korean pair of Joo Dongjae and Shin Kyung Hwan 22-20 21-19 in finals of SL3-SL4 class.

* The SL3/SL4 class has players who play standing with severe/minor lower limb impairment.

* Bhagat also signed off with a singles silver after losing 12-21 13-21 to fellow Indian Kumar Nitesh in SL3 category, while Sukant secured a bronze.

* Among others, Tarun claimed a silver after losing 7-21 13-21 to France's Lucas Mazur in the summit clash.

* Manasi Joshi too settled for a silver after losing 11-21 21-18 0-21 to Turkey's Halime Tildiz...

Source : Economic Times

A)
Guwahati
B)
Varanasi
C)
Hyderabad
D)
Chennai

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Chennai

The Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey tournament will be held in Chennai, India from 3 August to 12 August 2023, Hockey India (HI) confirmed on Monday (17th April 2023).

* The Asian Champions Trophy, in its seventh edition, will be held in Chennai for the first time. It will also be the first international hockey competition to be hosted in Chennai since the Asia Cup was held there in 2007.  

* The tournament will also serve as a preparatory event for the Indian men’s hockey team ahead of the Asian Games in September-October to be held in Hangzhou, China.

* The Asian Champions Trophy was last held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2021. South Korea defeated Japan in the final on penalties to win their maiden title. India defeated Pakistan 4-3 in the bronze medal match...

Source : Olympics

A)
Shafali Verma
B)
Komalika Bari
C)
Shaili Singh
D)
Reeth Abraham

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shaili Singh

Long jumper Shaili Singh logged a 6.76m effort, the second-best by an Indian after the legendary Anju Bobby George, to win the women’s long jump gold medal at the Indian Grand Prix 4 2023 athletics meet in Bangalore, Karnataka on Saturday (15th April 2023).

* Shaili Singh also made the cut for the Asian Games 2023, scheduled in Hangzhou, China, later this year, by breaching the women’s long jump qualifying standard of 6.45m set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

* The 19-year-old also improved her personal best by 28cm at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, which catapulted her over Aishwaya Babu (6.73), JJ Shobha and V Neena (6.66), Mayookha Johnu (6.64), M Prajusha, Nayana James and Ancy Sojan (6.55) in the list of best long jumps by an Indian woman. Only Anju Bobby George’s national record of 6.83m ranks better.

* Silver medallist Nayana James (6.53m) also beached the Asian Games qualifying standards.

* In the women’s shot put, Rio Olympian Manpreet Kaur produced a best effort of 16.81m to win the gold medal. She also breached the Asian Games qualifying standard of 16.30m.

* Baranica Elangovan, meanwhile, bagged gold in the women’s pole vault with a throw of 4.10m. The Tamil Nadu athlete, too, breached the qualification standards of 4.10m for the upcoming Asian Games...

Source : Olympics

A)
Baban Daware
B)
Aman Sehrawat
C)
Ravi Kumar Dahiya
D)
Dharan Singh Dahiya

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Aman Sehrawat

Aman Sehrawat clinched India’s first gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

* Sehrawat topped the podium in men’s 57 kg freestyle category on the penultimate day of the competition.

* He defeated Kyrgyzstan's Almaz Smanbekov 9-4 to win the gold medal.

* Aman Sehrawat’s victory in Astana ensured the men’s freestyle 57kg gold medal stayed with India for the fourth year running.

* This was Aman Sehrawat’s second podium of the year. Last year, Sehrawat was the first Indian wrestler to win gold at the Under-23 world championships in Spain.

* With two freestyle medals India’s tally rose to 13 in the competition. The Greco-Roman wrestlers won four medals while the women’s wrestlers bagged seven..

Source : AIR

A)
Shakib Al Hassan
B)
Shubman Gill
C)
Virat Kohli
D)
David Warner

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Shakib Al Hassan

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan scooped the ICC Men’s Player of the Month (March 2023) while Rwanda’s Henriette Ishimwe bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month (March 2023) as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (13th April 2023) announced the winners of the awards for March 2023.

* Both all-rounders edged out their fellow contenders following a vote conducted among a specialist panel — comprising ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and media representatives — and global cricket fans registered at icc-cricket.com, who had been voting since the nominees were announced last week.

* In claiming the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March, Shakib wins his second Player of the Month crown after first winning in July 2021.

* He triumphs following a string of fine displays with bat and ball, cementing his position at the summit of the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for all-rounders. As well as an impressive series win over Ireland, Shakib was instrumental in securing a historic 3-0 T20I series victory over touring world champions England..

Source : News18

A)
05
B)
07
C)
09
D)
12

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 07

Indian women wrestlers have bagged seven medalstwo silver and five bronze – in Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 at Astana in Kazakhstan and finished 3rd in the Women’s Teams Ranking.

* In the last edition, India won 5 medals and settled at the 4th spot.

* Antim Panghal won silver in the 53-kg category. Nisha Dahiya also claimed silver in the 68-kg category.

* Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Manisha, and Reetika bagged bronze medals..

Source : News On Air

A)
Vinesh Phogat
B)
Sakshi Malik
C)
Priya Malik
D)
Nisha Dahiya

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Nisha Dahiya

India's Nisha Dahiya won silver at the women's 68kg category at the Asian wrestling championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan on 11th April 2023.

* This is the biggest-ever medal of her career in the women's 68kg category.

* Nisha, on a fine injury comeback, reached the final but fell to Japan’s Ami Ishii 10-0 and finished as a runner-up. Nisha had defeated China's Feng Zhou 7-6 in the semi-finals.
 
* Another Indian wrestler, Priya Malik clinched a bronze in 76 kg category. She defeated Japan's Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.

* Overall, India have won six medals so far..

Source : AIR

A)
Steve Smith
B)
KL Rahul
C)
David Warner
D)
Aaron Finch

Correct Answer : Option (C) - David Warner

Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner on Saturday (8th April 2023) became the quickest batter to reach the 6000-run mark in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during a match against Rajasthan Royals at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

* He is now only the third batter to enter the elite club after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, skipper of Punjab Kings. The burly Australian took 165 innings to climb Mt. 6k, while Kohli had taken 188 and Dhawan 199 to achieve the same.

* Warner, who has donned the Orange Cap on three occasions, in IPL 2015, 2017 and 2019, got to the milestone with a boundary. Trent Boult, who removed Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey in the opening over on Saturday, sent in a short ball that was pulled behind square for four.

* The left-hander brought up a 44-ball fifty with a four off Ravichandran Ashwin. It was Warner’s 57th half-century in the IPL. He has also struck four centuries in the tournament. Warner also moved to the topped of the batting charts for the season during the knock.

* Warner’s Delhi, thus far, has lost both its IPL 2023 matches - against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants..

Source : The Hindu

A)
Debasish Das
B)
Arjun Erigaisi
C)
Vidit Gujrathi
D)
D Gukesh

Correct Answer : Option (D) - D Gukesh

Indian young Grandmaster D Gukesh has won the title of World Chess Armageddon Asia and Oceania event. Gukesh emerged winner in a topsy-turvy summit clash late on Sunday (9th April 2023).

* He won the feat by defeating former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusatarov of Uzbekistan in the final.

* Talking about other Indians, Vidit Gujarati and Karthikeyan Murali have also won this title. Former world champion Viswanathan Anand has congratulated Grandmaster D Gukesh on his victory.

* The 16-year-old Indian won in a field that included former world classical champion Vladimir Kramnik, Daniil Dubov, Yangyi Yu (China), Vidit Gujrathi and Karthikeyan Murali (both India) and Param Maghsoodloo (Iran), apart from Abdusattorov.

* The All India Chess Federation is the central administrative body for the game of chess in India. It was established in 1951.

A)
Rashid Khan
B)
Andrew Tye
C)
Amit Mishra
D)
Andre Russell

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Rashid Khan

* Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans has broken the record of taking the most hat-tricks in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat in an IPL match played against KKR in Ahmedabad.

* Rashid made Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur his victims for three consecutive balls. Rashid has gone ahead of other bowlers in the world by completing his fourth hat-trick in this short format of cricket.

* In the year 2008, while playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), former India bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji took his first hat-trick of the IPL.