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

1 .

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

2 .

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

3 .

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

4 .

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

5 .

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

6 .

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

7 .

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

8 .

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

9 .

Women's Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to take place in which year?

A)

2025

B)

2024

C)

2023

D)

2022

Correct Answer : 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

10 .

Who was the first Indian woman hurdler to break the 13 second barrier on 17th Oct 2022?

A)

Anjali Bhagwat

B)

Reeth Abraham

C)

Jyothi Yarraji

D)

Debashree Mazumdar

Correct Answer : 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

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