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A)
Sebastian Vettel
B)
Daniel Ricciardo
C)
Fernando Alonso
D)
Sergio Pérez

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Sebastian Vettel

35-year-old German racing driver "Sebastian Vettel" has retired from Formula One racing at the end of the season. 
 
Vettel won four Formula One World Championships between 2010 and 2013 while competing for Red Bull and previously spent six seasons with Ferrari.
 
In the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2022 Sebastian Vettel finished in 10th place, the last one of his career. Vettel received a guard of honour from his fellow competitors before the race.
 
Sebastian Vettel :

* Vettel started his Formula One career as a test driver for BMW Sauber in 2006, making a one-off racing appearance in 2007.

* As part of the Red Bull Junior Team, Vettel appeared for Toro Rosso later that year and was kept as a full-time driver for 2008.

* Vettel was promoted to Red Bull in 2009. With Red Bull, Vettel won four consecutive titles from 2010 to 2013, the first of which made him the sport’s youngest World Champion.

* In 2013, he set the record for the most consecutive race wins with nine.

* Vettel signed for Ferrari for 2015 replacing Fernando Alonso and became Mercedes’ and Lewis Hamilton’s closest challenger in two title fights in 2017 and 2018, although he finished both years as runner-up.

* He parted ways with Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season to race with Aston Martin for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, before announcing his plans to retire from Formula One at the end of the 2022 season..

Source : Mint

A)
18 Gold Medals
B)
21 Gold Medals
C)
25 Gold Medals
D)
27 Gold Medals

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 25 Gold Medals

In Shooting, a dominant India ended their campaign at 15th Asian Airgun Championships in South Korea with a rich haul of 25 gold medals, including the two available on the final day 19th Nov 2022.

* Indian Pair of Manu Bhaker and Samrat Rana won the 10 meter Junior Air Pistol Mixed Team event.

* Bhaker and Rana shot 578 in the qualification to finish second behind Uzbekistan’s Nigina Saidkulova and Mukhammad Kamalov, who shot 579.

* However, the Indian duo turned the tables on the Uzbeks in the final with a crushing 17-3 victory.
 
* The Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Vijayveer Sidhu clinched the yellow metal in the corresponding senior event. Sangwan and Sidhu completely outshot Kazakhstan’s Valeriy Rakhimzhan and Irina Yunusmetova 17-3 in the Air Pistol Mixed Team final.

* Sangwan and Sidhu completely outshot Kazakhstan’s Valeriy Rakhimzhan and Irina Yunusmetova 17-3 in the Air Pistol Mixed Team final.
 
* They had topped the qualification round with a score of 579 with the Kazakhs finishing second with 577, thereby setting up the gold medal clash. In a show of complete dominance, India won 25 out of the 28 events in the competition scheduled over eight days..

Source : AIR

A)
Novak Djokovic
B)
Andy Murray
C)
Daniil Medvedev
D)
Novak Djokovic

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic beat Norway's Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday(20th Nov 2022), earning the biggest paycheck ever in tennis - $4,740,300 - for completing the season-ending tournament unbeaten.
 
* Djokovic sealed victory in style with his ninth ace to collect the title for the first time since 2015 in front of a rapturous crowd.
 
* "Got to stay focused the entire match, every single point, the momentum can switch to the other side really quickly."
 
* "The fact that I waited seven years makes this victory even sweeter," he added as he matched Roger Federer's haul of six titles in the season-ending event.
 
* The 23-year-old Ruud has enjoyed the best tennis of his career in 2022 and battled toe-to-toe with the 21-times major winner early on but produced two clumsy errors to hand Djokovic the break at the end of the first set.
 
* Djokovic put his foot on the accelerator from there on, harnessing his mighty forehand to break Ruud in the fourth game of the second set..

Source : Reuters

A)
Lewis Hamilton
B)
Daniel Ricciardo
C)
Charles Leclerc
D)
Max Verstappen

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen won a record-extending 15th race of the year at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday(20th Nov 2022) to conclude one of the most dominant seasons in Formula One history.
 
A year on from Verstappen's tense and controversial win over Lewis Hamilton to seal his first title, there was little drama at the Yas Marina Circuit.
 
Verstappen stayed ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez at the start and was never seriously challenged after that on his way to the win.
 
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc held off Perez's challenge on old tires to finish second and clinch second place in the championship standings, thwarting Red Bull's bid to have its drivers place first and second..

Source : Economic Times

A)
Sreeja Akula
B)
Manika Batra
C)
Mouma Das
D)
Poulomi Ghatak

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Manika Batra

Indian table tennis player "Manika Batra" clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament at Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday(19th Nov 2022), becoming the first Indian female paddler to win a medal at the event.
 
She defeated World number six and three-time Asian champion Hina Hayata by 4-2 to clinch the bronze medal..

Source : AIR

A)
Casper Ruud
B)
Andrey Rublev
C)
Jannik Sinner
D)
Carlos Alcaraz

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Carlos Alcaraz

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest year-end ATP World Number 1, making him the first teenager to achieve this feat. 
 
* Following Rafael Nadal's defeat to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the ATP Finals 2022 that knocked him out of contention for the final four.
 
* Alcaraz has shown an incredible rise in the world of tennis this year(2022).
 
* He soared from number 32 to the top of this sport’s mountain on September 12, which is also the biggest jump to number one in 50 editions of year-end ATP rankings.
 
* Before this 19-year-old star, the youngest year-end ATP World Number 1 was Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, who was 20 years, 275 days in age at the time of his crowning in 2001.

* On the other hand, Alcaraz will be 19 years, 214 days old on December 5, the 2022 year-end ranking date after the last ATP Challengers Tour events of the season.
 
* He is the 18th year-end world number 1 in history and the first outside of 'Big Four' players Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray since Andy Roddick in 2003.
 
* Alcaraz has joined Nadal (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019) as Spain's year-end world number 1.
 
* The 2021 Next Gen ATP Finals champion made a huge splash after becoming the youngest ATP 500 champion in the history of the series (since 2009) at the Rio Open. After that, Alcaraz clinched his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami.
 
* Alcaraz lead the tour with two Masters 1000 crowns and five overall titles in 2022. During the Madrid Open in May, he defeated heavyweights like Nadal, Djokovic and then-world number 3 Alexander Zverev to clinch the trophy.
 
* But the biggest moment of this 19-year-old's career came at US Open, where he was crowned as the youngest men's singles winner at this major American competition since the 19-year-old Pete Sampras in 1990.
 
* He is also the youngest grand slam champion in men's singles since a 19-year-old Nadal won the French Open in 2005.
 
* The teenager has completed this year with 57-13 record, which also includes nine victories in his 14 matches against Top 10 opponents..

Source : Business Standard
 

A)
Paolo Monna
B)
Christian Reitz
C)
Shiva Narwal
D)
Pavlo Korostylov

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shiva Narwal

Shiva Narwal won the gold medal in the 10m men’s air pistol competition. India’s gold tally at the Asian Airgun Championship in Daegu, South Korea. The first medal event was the 10-meter Air Pistol Women.
 
Asian Airgun Championship: Shiva Narwal bagged gold medal :
 
* In the gold medal match in the 10-meter Air Pistol Women Junior event, Manu Bhaker beat Esha Singh 17-15.

* The Indian men’s senior and junior 10-meter air pistol teams also claimed gold medals in their respective events.

 * The seniors’ team of Shiva Narwal, Naveen, and Vijayveer Sidhu registered an upset 16-14 victory over a strong South Korean team comprising 2018 world champions Lee Daemyung and Park Daehun along with Mok Jin Mun.
 
* The junior team of Sagar Dangi, Samrat Rana, and Varun Tomar saw off Uzbekistan’s Mukhammad Kamalov, Nuriddin Nuriddinov, and Ilkhombek Obidjonov 16-2 in the final event of the day.

* With the four gold medals and a silver each from Esha Singh and Palak yesterday, the Indian shooting team leads the Championship medals table with 34 medals, which include 22 golds, 8 silvers, and 4 bronze..

Source : AIR


A)
Switzerland
B)
Australia
C)
Russia
D)
India

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Switzerland

Switzerland won their first Billie Jean King Cup title on Sunday(13th Nov 2022) after Belinda Bencic saw off Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in straight sets in the second match of the finals to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead.
 
Jil Teichmann had earlier prevailed 6-3 4-6 6-3 over Storm Sanders in a thrilling contest to put last year's finalists Switzerland ahead before Olympic champion Bencic dismissed Tomljanovic 6-2 6-1 to clinch the best-of-three contest.
 
The teams also clashed in the semi-finals of last year's event in Prague, where Teichmann overcame Sanders and Bencic defeated Tomljanovic before Switzerland went on to finish runners-up to Russia..

Source : Reuters

A)
Lewis Hamilton
B)
George Russell
C)
Carlos Sainz Jr.
D)
Fernando Alonso

Correct Answer : Option (B) - George Russell

George Russell took his first race victory in Formula One at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix in a race that delivered action, drama and overtakes in equal measure. 
 
On a special day for Mercedes, who have largely struggled so far this season, Russell's teammate, Lewis Hamilton, came home in P2 as the German team closed out the top of the standings. 
 
The race had seen Hamilton and Max Verstappen renew rivalries as the pair collided heading into the second corner on the opening lap. As a result, the newly crowned two-time world champion suffered extensive front wing damage and was handed a five-second penalty in the process. 
 
Hamilton recovered well, claiming P2 come the end of the race to record his 191st career podium. 
 
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz rounded out the podium places with a fantastic recovery drive from P7 on the grid, whilst Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll all picked up points. .

Source : Sporting News

A)
Manipur
B)
Meghalaya
C)
Assam
D)
Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Manipur

The 2nd edition of the North East Olympic Games concluded in Shillong, Meghalaya with Manipur emerging as the overall team champion with a total of 240 medals which included 88 Gold Medals, 75 Silver Medals, and 77 Bronze Medals.


Assam took the second spot with a total of 203 medals which included 79 gold medals, 61 silver and 63 bronze medals.

* Arunachal Pradesh got the third spot from the host State with a total of 112 medals which included 39 gold, 36 silver and 37 bronze medals.

* Host State Meghalaya won a total of 149 medal consisting of 36 golds35 silver and 78 bronze medals and secured the fourth spot.

* Nagaland secured the fifth spot with a total of 78 medal comprising of 18 gold medals while Mizoram was at the sixth spot with a total of 106 medal including 16 gold medals.

* Tripura and Sikkim grabbed the 8th and 9th spots  with four gold medals and three gold medals respectively.
 
* In this one week long edition of the sporting event, about 3000 participants from all around the North East states competed in 18 disciplines like football, shooting, basketball and others at 12 venues spread across Shillong. 

* All the teams gave their heart out to win the medals for their respective states. The closing ceremony of the event is being held at SAI complex at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong..

Source : AIR