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A)
Punjab
B)
Tamil Nadu
C)
Gujarat
D)
Indian Railways

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Tamil Nadu

In Basketball, Tamil Nadu beat Punjab 87-69 in the final to win the men’s title in the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship.

A)
Assam
B)
Bihar
C)
Kerala
D)
Odisha

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Odisha

Odisha Chief Minister "Naveen Patnaik" on Thursday(14th apr 2022) unveiled the official logo of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium.
 
The quadrennial tournament is scheduled to be held from January 13 to 29, 2023.
 
Hockey India and its official partner Odisha will host the marquee event for the second consecutive time in the country after successfully conducting the event in 2018.
 
"It's an honour and delight for me to unveil the logo of the FIH Hockey Men's World Cup for the second consecutive time," expressed Naveen Patnaik after unveiling the official logo.
 
The 15th edition of the FIH Hockey Men's World Cup will be staged in two cities Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, where the country's largest hockey stadium is being constructed. The new world-class stadium will have a seating capacity of 20,000..

Source : Business Standard

A)
Ansal Yadav
B)
B. Sai Praneeth
C)
Mithun Manjunath
D)
Rahul Yadav Chittaboina

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Mithun Manjunath

In Badminton, India’s Mithun Manjunath lost to Toma Junior Popov of France, 21-11, 21-19, in the finals of the Orleans Masters 2022 to settle for a silver medal.This was the first-ever BWF Super 100 final match played by Mithun Manjunath.

A)
India
B)
England
C)
Sri Lanka
D)
South Africa

Correct Answer : Option (A) - India

India will host Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023 ((SCCWC 2023) to champion the rights of street children worldwide. Organised by Save the Children India (Bal Raksha Bharat) and Street Child United, the 10-day event, which will be held in September, will have 22 teams from 16 countries participating in it.
 
The event will have street-connected children and young people take part in a mixed-gender cricket tournament, a festival of arts and a congress to champion the rights of street children worldwide.
 
SCCWC 2023 is the second edition of the tournament. The inaugural event was held in London/Cambridge in 2019, where eight teams competed, and Team India South emerged victorious after beating hosts England in a highly competitive final.
 
The winners will return in 2023 to defend their title alongside seven other teams from India who will represent organisations from across different regions of the country. They will be joined by teams from Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, England, Hungary, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Source : Times of India

A)
KL Rahul
B)
Rohit Sharma
C)
Virat Kohli
D)
Shikhar Dhawan

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma became the second Indian after Virat Kohli to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during the Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings IPL Match on April 13, 2022. He has become the seventh batsman overall to reach the major milestone after Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli and David Warner. 

A)
India
B)
Pakistan
C)
Bangladesh
D)
Sri Lanka

Correct Answer : Option (A) - India

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be hosted by India this year for the very first time. This will be the seventh edition of the tournament and it is scheduled to start from October 11 and conclude on October 30, 2022.

A)
Dwayne Bravo
B)
Chris Gayle
C)
Kieron Pollard
D)
Shikhar Dhawan

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Chris Gayle

West Indies cricketer "Chris Gayle" was the first-ever cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He achieved the feat during the IPL match between his team Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on April 19, 2017. Gayle had come into the match just three runs short of the milestone and reach it with a single in the four over of RCB's innings.

A)
MS Dhoni
B)
Rishabh Pant
C)
Rohit Sharma
D)
Faf Du Plessis

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma as he became the fifth batsman to score 500 fours in the Indian Premier League. He achieved the feat in the IPL match against Punjab Kings at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on April 13, 2022

A)
Vidit Gujrathi
B)
Pentala Harikrishna
C)
Divya Deshmukh
D)
R Praggnanandhaa

Correct Answer : Option (D) - R Praggnanandhaa

After stunning Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Master, 16-year-old chess sensation R Pragganandhaa, on Tuesday(12th Apr 2022), won the prestigious Reykjavik Open chess tournament. In the final played between two Indian players, it was R Praggnanandhaa who won the contest beating compatriot GM D Gukesh in the final round. The Indian youngster scored 7½/9 and finished a half-point ahead. 
 
The win gave Praggnanandhaa (ELO 2624)13.2 ELO points. Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson, and Abhimanyu Mishra finished a half-point behind and tied for the second place. Gukesh, who logged six points, finished 17th while GM Abhijeet Gupta took the eighth spot, securing 6.5 points.  The 2022 Reykjavik Open, a nine-round Swiss tournament with classical time control (90 min for 40 moves followed by 30 min to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one), took place at the Harpa Music and Conference hall from April 6 to April 12, 2022.
 
R Praggnanandhaa wins Reykjavik Open chess tournament :

R Praggnanandhaa managed to win the title by turning things around after his opponent blundered when he appeared to be losing. The youngster had an outstanding Reykjavik Open chess tournament in which he went unbeaten through the nine rounds and finished with wins over Matthieu Cornette (France) and Gukesh in the last two rounds. R Praggnanandhaa also posted four other wins, including the one over American Abhimanyu Mishra, who, last year, became the then youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and four months..

Source : Republic World

A)
Ranchi
B)
Raipur
C)
Bengaluru
D)
Jamshedpur

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Jamshedpur

The Sports Authority of India has approved Rs 75 lakh to host the Khelo India National Ranking Women Archery Tournament over six phases at Tata Archery Academy. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand is set to host the first phase of the tournament on 12 April 2022 and 13 April 2022.
 
The tournament will be held across the Recurve and Compound events in the senior, Junior and Cadet Categories, and will be conducted as per the World Archery Rules. The Archery Association of India (AAI), in collaboration with the Jharkhand Archery Association and TATA Steel, are organising the tournament.
 
Top 32 Recurve and Compound archers in Senior, Junior and Cadet categories have been selected to be a part of the tournament based on the recently concluded National Championships.
 
Archers who have also met the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) in any of the International Championship/Nationals/Selection Trials/Khelo India tournaments/State Championship/State Selection Trials in 2021-2022 have also made the cut.
 
The six Women’s National Ranking tournaments will be held every alternate month with the final phase scheduled for December 2022. The cumulative points of the 5 phases shall be calculated to arrive at the ranking of the top 16 archers for the final phase in December wherein the top 16 archers shall be given cash awards, amounting to a total of Rs 37.5 lakh.

Source : The Print