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A)
Mirabai Chanu
B)
PV Sindhu
C)
Achanta Sharath Kamal
D)
Mary Kom

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Mary Kom

Six-time World women’s boxing champion and Olympic medallist "Mary Kom" was elected as the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday(15th Nov 2022).
 
The vice Chairperson position went to Sharath Kamal, the table tennis ace who will be receiving the Khel Ratna award this month.
 
Both received their certificates from the Returning Officer Umesh Sinha who will conducting the election of the IOA on December 10.
 
The athletes commission nominated Olympic medallists "PV Sindhu" and "Gagan Narang" for inclusion in the electoral college for the Executive Council of the IOA.
 
The immediate task of the Athletes Commission would be to identify eight Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) who would then be voting members of the IOA’s General Assembly.
 
The process of application for SOM closed at 4 p.m. on Tuesday(15th Nov 2022). The Athletes Commission would scrutinise all the applications on the basis of eligibility criteria etc. and choose the best eight.
 
One of the criteria is that the sportsperson should have retired from the sport, and should have won a medal in the Olympics, Asian Games or Commonwealth Games..

Source : Sportstar

A)
China
B)
Japan
C)
India
D)
South Korea

Correct Answer : Option (C) - India

In Shooting, India’s Arjun Babuta and Mehuli Ghosh won the "gold medal" in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Airgun Championship 2022 in Daegu, South Korea. after beating compatriots Kiran Ankush Jadhav and Elavenil Valarivan in the finals.
 
Arjun Babuta and Mehuli Ghosh, both of whom have been on a medal-winning spree at the ongoing championships, combined to beat Kiran and Elavenil Valarivan, 16-10 in the gold medal match.
 
Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita secured the gold medal in the event after beating compatriots Sri Karthik Sabari Raj Ravishankar and Nancy 17-11.
 
Indian shooters also secured two individual medals on the day, with Kanishka Dagar winning the bronze in the 10m air pistol youth women’s event.
 
South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin won the gold medal while another Korean, Kim Yeonwoo, secured the silver medal. Sandeep Bishnoi, clinched the gold medal in the 10m air pistol men's junior event..

Source : AIR

A)
Gold medal
B)
Silver medal
C)
Bronze medal
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Silver medal

The Indian pistol team of Paralympic medallists "Singhraj" and "Manish Narwal" along with "Deepender Singh" bagged a silver medal in the P4- Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event at the Shooting Para-sports World Championship 2022 at Al Ain, UAE 14th Nov 2022.
 
The Indian team finished with a total of 1579-13x, finishing behind the South Korean team of Sea Kyun Park, Aeekyung Moon and Jungnam Kim, who won the gold medal with an aggregate score of 1592-21x.
 
Turkey claimed the bronze medal with a total of 1574-23x..

Source : AIR


A)
Sam Curran
B)
Virat Kohli
C)
Jos Buttler
D)
Suryakumar Yadav

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Sam Curran

England’s "Sam Curran" was named the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 Player of the Tournament after his superb returns throughout the tournament. Curran stepped up to play a big part in England’s run to the trophy. He emerged as a key bowler in the death overs and a useful wicket-taker for Jos Buttler’s side.
 
The Player of the Match in the final and the official ICC Player of the Tournament, England’s Sam Curran was a lock for a place in the Team of the Tournament.

The left-armer was superb throughout the World Cup, particularly in the death overs, and finished with a stunning return of 3/12 in four overs against Pakistan. He took 13 wickets in the tournament and had a great economy rate of 6.52..

Source : T20worldcup

A)
Amit Panghal
B)
Shiva Thapa
C)
Vikas Krishan
D)
Rohit Tokas

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Shiva Thapa

Shiva Thapa has clinched a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Elite Boxing Championships held in Amman, Jordan.

He had to settle for a silver medal after losing to Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Abdullayev in the men’s 63-kg finals.

India finished the Championships with 12 medals, which included four gold, two silver and six bronze.

All the gold medals came through women’s boxers, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety Boora, Parveen and Alfiya Pathan..

Source : AIR

A)
Bangladesh
B)
Sri Lanka
C)
Malaysia
D)
Zimbabwe

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Sri Lanka

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the venue for Under-19 Men's and Women's T-20 World cup.
 
In a media release, ICC said the 2024 Under -19 men’s T-20 World Cup will be hosted by Sri Lanka while the 2026 edition will be staged in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
 
The 2025 Under -19 women’s T20 World Cup will be held in Malaysia and Thailand, and 2027 Under -19 women’s event will be jointly hosted by Bangladesh and Nepal.
 
ICC said the hosts are selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden.
 
ICC also declared the qualification pathway for the 10-team 2024 women’s T20 World Cup.  Eight teams will qualify for the event automatically comprising the top three teams from each group from 2023,  T20 World Cup.
 
The remaining two teams will be identified through the 10-team ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier.
 
The qualification pathway for the 14-team men’s World Cup 2027 was also decided with ten teams gaining automatic qualification. The remaining four teams will qualify via the ICC CWC Global Qualifier..

Source : AIR

A)
Germany
B)
Australia
C)
United States
D)
United Kingdom

Correct Answer : Option (D) - United Kingdom

The West Midlands will host the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup, announced the World Kabaddi Federation (WKF) on Saturday(12th Nov 2022).
 
The UK(United Kingdom) region will become the first destination outside of Asia to host the sport’s most prestigious global tournament, which will feature the world’s best kabaddi players from leading men’s and women’s teams, including India, Iran and Pakistan. The tournament will take place across the West Midlands during the first quarter of 2025.
 
As per a press release from WKF, the news was revealed as part of a West Midlands trade mission to India (November 6-12), led by the region’s Mayor Andy Street and Portfolio Lead for Economy and Innovation at the West Midlands Combined Authority, Cllr Ian Brookfield.

The week-long mission will create opportunities for bilateral trade and investment between India, the West Midlands and wider UK.
 
Kabaddi is the fastest-growing sport in South Asia and the second most popular after cricket. Originating in India some 5,000 years ago, the contact sport sees teams broken down into raiders and blockers, with the aim of scoring points by entering opposition territory, tagging an opponent and making it back into their own half without being tackled to the ground. It is now played in more than 50 countries, having grown in stature as a mainstream sport.
 
The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup will be organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League. The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), the region’s official economic development agency, will support and champion the event to ensure its impact is felt across the West Midlands and the United Kingdom(UK).
 
The World Cup will provide a further opportunity to build business and trade links between the West Midlands, UK and India, complementing WMGC’s work with the award-winning West Midlands India Partnership. Plans for the tournament include a Business and Trade event, showcasing the best of Indian businesses in the West Midlands.
 
Ashok Das, President of the World Kabaddi Federation and England Kabaddi, said : “Awarding the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup to the West Midlands in the UK was a straightforward decision and a very exciting milestone in the global growth and expansion of the sport across Europe.”..

Source : The Print

A)
Pakistan
B)
India
C)
England
D)
Australia

Correct Answer : Option (C) - England

England were crowned the champions after they defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia on Sunday(13th Nov 2022). 
 
They are the first team to hold the ODI and T20 World Cups at the same time after their memorable win over New Zealand in the 2019 50-over final at Lord’s. England also emulated West Indies to become only the second team in the history of the competition to lift two titles in the T20 World Cup.
 
England were in the box-seat after captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to field first, restricting Pakistan to just 8-137.

Ben Stokes used all his experience to score 52 from 49 balls just when his team needed it most as England chased down Pakistan’s meagre total of 137/8 with six deliveries remaining at the MCG.
 
T20 World Cup 2022 Final: Final score

PAK : 137-8 (20)

ENG: 138-5 (19)

Source : T20worldcup

A)
Mumbai
B)
Gujarat
C)
Karnataka
D)
Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Mumbai

Domestic giants Mumbai got their hands on the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2022, the elusive silverware missing from their bulging cabinet, defeating Himachal Pradesh by three wickets in the summit clash in Kolkata on Saturday(5th Nov 2022).
 
The 15th edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20(T20) competition that is played in India, was held from 11th October 2022 to 5th November 2022.
 
Put into bat first, Himachal posted a total of 143/8 in 20 overs with Ekant Sen (37 off 29) top-scoring for them. In reply, Mumbai chased down the target in 19.3 overs with three wickets in hand. Sarfaraz Khan scored 36 runs and Tanush Kotian claimed three wickets, which paved the way to win the trophy.
 
About Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy : The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T­20 cricket championship in India, which is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. The tournament is named after a former Indian test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Ali.

The first match was held in 2006-07 and the trophy was won by Tamil Nadu under the captaincy of Dinesh Karthick and also Rohit Sharma scored the first ever T20 century in the match. Until now, Tamil Nadu is the most successful team of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, by winning it thrice..

Source : News18

A)
Rohit Sharma
B)
Virat Kohli
C)
KL Rahul
D)
Hardik Pandya

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Virat Kohli

India's premier batsman Virat Kohli became the first batter in history to score 4000 runs in T20 Internationals. Kohli reached the milestone against England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide on Thursday(10th Nov 2022).
 
Kohli, remarkably, raced to the magnificent milestone while batting at an average of 53.34. He is the only batter in the shortest format to average over 50 and reached the milestone in 115 matches. His achievement became even more special as he played the role of a sheet anchor in the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-finals vs England after India were put into bat.
 
The talismanic batter contributed 50 runs off 40 deliveries to his team's tally in the all-important semi-finals. His innings which enabled India to reach a challenging total of 168/4 was laced with four boundaries and one hit over the fence.
 
Earlier, against Bangladesh in Adelaide, Kohli became the all-time leading run-scorer in men's T20 World Cups, breaking Mahela Jayawardene's 2014 record of 1016 runs. Kohli needed 42 runs to surpass 4000 T20I runs and did so with a boundary off Adil Rashid in the 15th over of India's innings.
 
The Indian star batter was the only cricketer to be named Player of the Tournament in both the 2014 and 2016 T20 World Cups.

Kohli has also amassed the most runs in T20I cricket history. He is ahead of skipper Rohit Sharma, Martin Guptill, Babar Azam, and Paul Stirling on the list. Kohli has a strike rate of around 140 and an average of more than 50 right now.
 
Kohli is also the leading scorer in the T20 World Cup 2022, having scored over 296 runs in six matches. Even while openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul failed to get going consistently, the star batter has served as an anchor for India's batting line-up. .

Source : The daily star