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

1 .

Which Indian shooter secured the third Paris 2024 Olympics quota for India at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo, Egypt on 22nd Oct 2022?

A)

Vijay Kumar

B)

Swapnil Kusale

C)

Gagan Narang

D)

Abhinav Bindra

Correct Answer : Swapnil Kusale

Indian shooter "Swapnil Kusale" earned India a quota place for the Paris 2024 Olympics at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022 in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday(22nd Oct 2022).

* Swapnil Kusale, an ISSF World Cup gold-medallist, finished fourth in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event. The top four in the event earned quota places for Paris 2024.

* This is India’s third quota spot for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Bhowneesh Mendiratta won the first in the men’s trap while Rudrankksh Patil, who was crowned world champion in the men’s 10m air rifle, got the second.

* World championships silver-medallist Anjum Moudgil narrowly missed out on an Olympic quota spot in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions.

* In the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions, Swapnil Kusale finished second in qualifying to go through to the ranking match.

* The Indian shooter led the field after the kneeling position but fell to third after the prone position.

* He was placed second right up until the final shot in the standing position and would have qualified for the gold medal match.

* However, Swapnil Kusale could only manage an 8.2 with his final shot, which dropped him back from second to fourth as Norway’s Jon-Hermann Hegg won the bronze medal.

* Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish won the gold medal after beating Tomasz Bartnik of Poland 16-6 in the final..

Source : Olympics

2 .

Who has won the Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship 2022-23, held at Head Quarter MC, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur?

A)

Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force

B)

Western Air Command, Indian Air Force

C)

Northern Air Command, Indian Air Force

D)

Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force

Correct Answer : Western Air Command, Indian Air Force

Western Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF) won the Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship 2022-23 held at Head Quarter MC, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur.

The final match of team Championship was played between Western Air Command and Training Command in which Western Air Command emerged as the winner.

The final of the open singles was played between Corporal Pradeep of Training Command and Sergeant Manolin of Western Air Command and Corporal Pradeep emerged as the winner.

The Championship was inaugurated by Air Marshal Vibhas Pande, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, HQ MC on 17 October 2022.

A total of eight teams comprising of 48 players from the seven Commands of Indian Air Force, participated in the Championship. The Championship was held in two events namely, Team Championship and Open Singles.

During the closing ceremony of the Championship on 21 October 2022, Air Marshal Vibhas Pande, Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Headquarters Maintenance Command was the Chief Guest.

After the prize distribution ceremony during his closing address, he congratulated the winners and appreciated all the participants, official of the Air Force Sports Control Board (AFSCB) and the Commanding Officer of HQ MC (U) who was instrumental in organizing the event..

Source : AIR

3 .

Fifth Khelo India Youth Games- 2022 will be held in which state?

A)

Madhya Pradesh

B)

Karnataka

C)

Tamil Nadu

D)

Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Madhya Pradesh

The Fifth Khelo India Youth Games -2022 will be held in Madhya Pradesh. The games will be held from 31st January to 11th February 2023.

This was announced by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur at an event in New Delhi in presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Talking to reporters after the event, Mr Thakur said, the Khelo India Youth Games will be held at eight locations. He said, more than 8 thousand 500 athletes and sportspersons are expected to participate in the sporting event.

Mr Thakur said, Khelo India Youth Games was stared in 2016 and provided a very effective platform to the youth of the country to showcase their performance and talents in sports.

Mr Thakur said that Madhya Pradesh is now showing its excellence in every sector and State Chief Minister has improved the infrastructure of sports and built up a big infrastructure of shooting and water sports..

Source : AIR

4 .

Who won the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 title?

A)

Arjun Erigaisi

B)

Hans Niemann

C)

Alireza Firouzja

D)

Magnus Carlsen

Correct Answer : Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen claimed the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 title with a tournament defeating Arjun Erigaisi in the quarter-finals of the 8th and penultimate event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

Norway's world number 1, going for a hat-trick of tournament wins in the Tour's penultimate event, scooped a $50,000 prize on top of his overall winnings so far of $192,500 and the title of 2022 Tour Champion.

Going into today's quarter-finals, Polish ace Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the only player who could catch him yet needed Indian teen Arjun Erigaisi to knock out Carlsen and then to win November's final Major of the season.

The 31-year-old had to work in the opening game of his quarter-final match as Erigaisi played some of his best chess against the champ to go thee pawns up and set up a seemingly easy win. Carlsen, however, never gives up and opened his full box of endgame tricks to claw his way back into the game. Erigaisi wilted under the pressure and after 137 moves Carlsen escaped with a draw...

Source : FIDE

5 .

Who won gold in the 10-meter Air Rifle Women Junior event at ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt 2022?

A)

Boris Polak

B)

Sergey Kamenskiy

C)

Ramita Jindal

D)

Abhinav Bindra

Correct Answer : Ramita Jindal

India's Ramita Jindal has won gold in the 10-meter Air Rifle Women Junior event at ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt.

She defeated Ying Shen from China by 16-12.

In the 50-meter Pistol Women Junior event, India's Divanshi has won gold, Varsha Singh settled for silver and Tiyana won bronze.

Rhythm Sangwan won a silver in the 25m Standard Pistol Women.

India's Abhinav Choudhary has secured silver in the 50-meter Pistol Men Junior event..

Source : AIR

6 .

Who won Gold medal in the men's javelin with the throw of 81.23m at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru 2022?

A)

Rohit Yadav

B)

Krishna Kumar

C)

DP Manu

D)

Kishore Kumar Jena

Correct Answer : DP Manu

Indian javelin thrower "DP Manu" clinched a gold medal in the men’s competition at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on Tuesday(18th Oct 2022).

Manu, who represents Services and won the National Games 2022 gold, threw the javelin to a distance of 80.32 m and improved it with 80.50 m in his third attempt. His sixth and last attempt went 81.23 m away and clinched him the gold, according to Olympics.com.

Former national champion Rohit Yadav got the silver medal after his effort of 79.80 m while Kishore Kumar Jena took home the bronze medal with the best effort of 78.05 m.

Men’s javelin throw :

1. DP Manu (Services – 81.23m),
2. Rohit Yadav (Railways – 79.80m),
3. Kishore Kumar Jena (Odisha – 78.05m).

Source : The Print

7 .

Who has won India's first Greco-Roman medal in U-23 Wrestling World Championship 2022?

A)

Aman Sehrawat

B)

Sajan Bhanwala

C)

Sagar Jaglan

D)

Antim Panghal

Correct Answer : 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

8 .

Who has been named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing on 17th Oct 2022?

A)

Bernard Dunne

B)

James Toney

C)

Steve Collins

D)

Mike Tyson

Correct Answer : 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

9 .

At which of the following places was the 61st Senior National Open Athletics Championship 2022 held between 15-19 October 2022?

A)

Chennai

B)

Bangalore

C)

Mumbai

D)

Ahmedabad

Correct Answer : 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

10 .

Which country to host association for Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Asian Cup 2023?

A)

Bahrain

B)

Kuwait

C)

Turkey

D)

Qatar

Correct Answer : 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