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A)
Aman Sehrawat
B)
Sajan Bhanwala
C)
Sagar Jaglan
D)
Antim Panghal

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Sajan Bhanwala

Sajan Bhanwala won a bronze medal in the Greco Roman 77kg category at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022 on Tuesday(18th Oct 2022) to mark India’s first podium finish in Greco Roman wrestling in the age group at the worlds.
 
The Indian wrestler defeated Ukraine’s Dmytro Vasetskyi in a closely-fought bronze match to clinch the historic medal for India.

Sajan Bhanwala was trailing 4-10 at one stage but scored the next six points, including a four-point throw, to end the bout at 10-10.
 
Sajan emerged as the winner by criteria courtesy of scoring the highest-scoring move in the bout. In wrestling, if two grapplers finish a match level on points, the one who has scored the highest-scoring move or the final point wins the bout..

Source : Olympics
 

A)
Bernard Dunne
B)
James Toney
C)
Steve Collins
D)
Mike Tyson

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Bernard Dunne

Former Irish professional boxer "Bernard Dunne" has been named the high performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing. Dunne, who had a five-year (2017-2022) stint with the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, replaces Santiago Nieva.
 
The 42-year-old Dunne, who has bagged 13 national titles, has joined the Indian boxing elite programme at Patiala, said on Monday(17th Oct 2022).
 
During Dunne’s tenure with the Ireland team, Kellie Harrington emerged World (2018, Delhi) and Olympic (2021, Tokyo) champion, while Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke won golds at this year’s World championships in Istanbul and Aidan Walsh secured a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.
 
“India has the talent and the boxers have been performing exceedingly well. It will be a great opportunity for me to work with them and contribute to their success,” said Dunne, who won the European Championship in 2007 and the WBA World Championship in 2009.
 
“This is a major boost to our aim of winning medals at the Paris Olympics,” said Boxing Federation of India president Ajay Singh..

Source : The Hindu

A)
Chennai
B)
Bangalore
C)
Mumbai
D)
Ahmedabad

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bangalore

The 61st Senior National Open Athletics Championships 2022 was inaugurated by the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai at the Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru on 15 October 2022.
 
The Senior National Open Athletics Championships 2022 is being organised by the Athletics Federation of India. 

The five day championships which will be held from 15-19 October 2202 will see participation of over  800 participants from across the country competing in 47 medal events.

Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that the Karnataka government said that as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav the state government will train 75 athletes for the next summer olympics to be held in Paris France in 2024. 

Athletics Federation of india :  
 
* It is the apex sports body for athletics in India. It conducts various athletics championships in the country and is a member of the World Athletics and Asian Athletics.

* It was set up in 1943.

* It was earlier called as Amateur Athletic Federation of India

President : Adille Sumariwalla 
Headquarters : New Delhi 

Source : Olympics

A)
Bahrain
B)
Kuwait
C)
Turkey
D)
Qatar

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Qatar

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee has confirmed the Qatar Football Association (QFA) as the host association for AFC Asian Cup 2023

The AFC Executive Committee has also shortlisted the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) as the final two bidders for the AFC Asian Cup 2027.

Qatar will stage next year's Asian Cup in place of original host China after seeing off rival bids from South Korea and Indonesia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Monday(16th Oct 2022).
 
The continental championship was awarded to China in 2019 but the world's most populous country relinquished the rights earlier this year as it pursued a zero-COVID policy.
 
The AFC reopened the bidding process and Qatar, which will host the World Cup finals from next month, was preferred to bids from South Korea and Indonesia at an executive committee meeting on Monday(16th Oct 2022).
 
"Qatar's capabilities and track record in hosting major international sporting events and their meticulous attention to detail are well admired throughout the globe," AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said in a statement..

Source : Sport Star

A)
2025
B)
2024
C)
2023
D)
2022

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 2023

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to launch the long-awaited women's Indian Premier League (IPL) as a five-team tournament in March 2023.
 
As per the note sent by BCCI to state associations, the news agency Press Trust of India reported that the women's IPL will feature 20 league games with teams playing each other twice. 
 
The table toppers will earn a direct entry into the final, while the second and third-place teams will battle out in the Eliminator. Each team can have 18 players with a maximum of six from overseas.
 
"To have a well balance of domestic & international players and to have competitive teams, it has been tentatively decided to have five teams for WIPL. Each team can comprise a maximum of eighteen players whereas no team can have more than six overseas players.
 
"Further, no more than five overseas players - four from Full Members of the ICC and one from the Associate Members of the ICC – can be part of the playing XI of each team," read the BCCI note..

Source : India Today

A)
Anjali Bhagwat
B)
Reeth Abraham
C)
Jyothi Yarraji
D)
Debashree Mazumdar

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Jyothi Yarraji

Jyothi Yarraji 17th Oct 2022 created history by becoming the first Indian woman to break the 13-second barrier in the 100m hurdles event while smashing her own record at the National Open Athletics Championships here.
 
The 23-year-old, representing Railways, cruised to victory in 12.82s. With the wind gauge reading 0.9m/s, she could not be denied her national record timing a second time.
 
She had won the same event in the National Games in 12.79s but was supported by wind that exceeded the permissible limit. Her earlier national record was 13.04s set in May.
 
Yarraji was unstoppable today. She broke the meet record with 13.18s in the heats. In the final, she hit the front by the time the other seven athletes got to the second hurdle and was a comfortable winner.
 
Yarraji, who hails from Andhra Pradesh and trains in Bhubaneswar, capped a fine season. She thus became the second-fastest Asian in the event this year and sits just outside the continent’s all-time top-10 list.
 
Punjab's Manpreet Kaur won the women's shot put gold medal with an effort of 16.84 metres. Shilpa Rani (55.18m) of Haryana won the women's javelin throw gold..

Source : Tribune India

A)
Avinash Sable
B)
Karthik Kumar
C)
Ankit Yadav
D)
Avinash Sabrabal

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Avinash Sable

The Birmingham Commonwealth Games Avinash Sable, won the Indian elite race at the Delhi Half Marathon 2022 on 16 October 2022, beating Kartik Kumar by a margin of 0.04 seconds.
 
Both Sable and Kartik clocked 1:04:00 seconds. Avinash Sable was eventually declared the winner by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) technical officials after reviewing the footage.

Avinash Sable also won the last Delhi half marathon held in 2020. The distance in the Delhi half marathon is 21.097 Kilometers, while in the normal marathon the distance is 42.195 Kilometers.

In the Indian women’s elite race, Sanjivani Jadhav bagged the crown with a timing of 1:17:53.

Ethiopia’s Chala Regasa and Kenya’s Irine Cheptai, won the international men’s and women’s elite races, respectively..

Source : Olympics

A)
Anish Giri
B)
Donnarumma Gukesh
C)
Ding Liren
D)
Pentala Harikrishna

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Donnarumma Gukesh

India teenager Donnarumma Gukesh on Sunday(16th Oct 2022) scripted history as he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the ongoing Aimchess Rapid online tournament, becoming the youngest player ever to beat him as world champion.
 
Indian teenager Donnarumma Gukesh became the youngest to beat Magnus Carlsen as World Champion.
 
The 16-year-old Donnarumma beat Carlsen with white in the 9th round and hence defeated the Norwegian during his reign as world champion. It is also crucial to note that Carlsen was dominated by Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi as well.
 
In the seventh round of the preliminary matches of the Aimchess Rapid online chess competition on Sunday(16th Oct 2022), Erigaisi defeated Carlsen. Before agreeing to a draw with Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Erigaisi won three straight games, defeating Nils Grandelius (Sweden), Daniel Naroditsky (USA), and Carlsen (Poland).
 
Last month, Erigaisi fell to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup online competition’s championship match. He was able to recover from a sluggish start to the competition and return to the top eight thanks to his 54-move victory over the world champion..

Source : The Print

A)
Jatinder Singh
B)
Aqib Ilyas
C)
Monank Patel
D)
Aayan Khan

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Aayan Khan

UAE’s "Aayan Khan", the 16-year old allrounder, is the youngest player to feature in the men’s T20 World Cup 2022. Aayan was picked in the UAE XI for the team’s first match of the T20 World Cup against Netherlands at the Simonds Stadium in Geelong on Sunday(16th Oct 2022).
 
Aayan impressed in the U19 World Cup earlier this year with 93 and one for 13 in UAE's 82-run win over West Indies. Aayan was out for a seven-ball five against Netherlands. He then bowled three overs for 15 runs and picked a wicket.
 
Aayan broke Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir’s record. The left-arm quick played his first T20 World Cup when he was 17 years and 55 days old.
 
Netherlands’ Stephan Myburgh, at 38 years and 230 days, is the oldest in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Hong Kong’s Ryan Campbell played in the 2016 World Cup when he was 44 years and 33 days old..

Source : Sport Star

A)
Ravi Kumar
B)
Zhu Qinan
C)
Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
D)
Danilo Dennis Sollazzo

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil

* Indian shooter, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won the gold medal in men's 10m air rifle event at ISSF World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt.
 
* He defeated Danilo Dennis Sollazzo from Italy by 17-15.
 
* This win helped him to secure 2024 Paris Olympics quota for the country.
 
* He is only the second Indian to achieve this feat, after Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, who had won the gold in 2006 in Zagreb, Croatia..

Source : AIR